RSGB is looking for a new Lecture Coordinator

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RSGB is looking for a new Lecture Coordinator

The RSGB facilitates just over 60 lectures each year in a mixture of in-person, hybrid and remote formats. 50 of these are at the RSGB Convention and 11 are delivered through the livestreamed Tonight@8 webinar programme of events.

This set of presentations aims to cover a wide mix of amateur radio-related subjects, across all depths of amateur radio experience and knowledge. They are watched and admired by RSGB members and non-members across the world. The RSGB Lecture Coordinator is part of the Tonight@8 and Convention teams. Its recent Lecture Coordinator Keith Hotchkiss, G0FEA has stepped back to focus on his professional commitments, so the RSGB is looking for someone new for this volunteer role.

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RSGB President honoured with RAYNET-UK award

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At the recent RAYNET-UK AGM, the Brian Tindill Shield was awarded to RSGB President John McCullagh MBE, GI4BWM for his outstanding contribution to amateur radio and RAYNET in Northern Ireland.

It highlighted in particular his outstanding contribution to providing emergency radio coverage during his voluntary service with RAYNET.

HAMSCI Receives Grant

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Nathaniel Frissell, Ph.D. (W2NAF), associate professor physics and engineering at The University of Scranton was recently awarded a grant of $1.8 million by the National Science Foundation to further the efforts of HamSCI, a network of ham radio operators helping to measure weather effects among the earth's ionosphere.

“... the grant supports the development of a network of 30 standardized receive stations capable of observing high frequency (HF) Doppler shifts, HF amateur radio Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR, pronounced “whisper”) transmissions, very low frequency (VLF) transmissions and natural radio emissions, and the geomagnetic field.”
— Nathaniel Frissell, Ph.D. (W2NAF)

The grant will also fund 10 WSPRSonde transmitters to serve as a source of GPS-stabilized HF beacon signals and will tie into the existing WSPR network.

HamSCI has recently organized the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipse QSO Parties allowing hams to contribute to scientific studies aimed at understanding how the inonosphere reacts to solar eclipses.