Ofcom Plan of Work

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Ofcom has published a statement on its proposed Plan of Work for the year 2023 to 2024. The statement describes plans for a review of amateur licensing arrangements. According to the document, consultation on the work is planned for the first quarter of the year. A subsequent statement is scheduled for the fourth quarter of the year. Once more details are available, the RSGB will review the consultation and provide guidance to UK amateurs on how to respond to Ofcom.

You can read the statement in full on the Ofcom website - https://www.ofcom.org.uk/news-centre/2023/ofcom-publishes-its-plan-of-work-for-202324

Echo of BBC’s first broadcast in Scotland 100 years ago is heard from centenary event at Pacific Quay

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Echo of BBC’s first broadcast in Scotland 100 years ago is heard from centenary event at Pacific Quay

An echo of the BBC’s first broadcast in Scotland 100 years ago today has been picked up internationally by radio amateurs in a special event to mark the centenary.

From an attic in Bath Street, Glasgow, on 6 March, 1923, John Reith, the general manager of the British Broadcasting Company – as it was then known – announced that “5SC was calling”.

That was the callsign for listeners to Station 5SC - a radio service which launched the broadcaster’s programming in Scotland.

And to celebrate the anniversary, the BBC Amateur Radio Group and West of Scotland Amateur Radio Society have been running an event which features the original callsign for that first audience who were listening on their crystal radio sets.

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Steubenville-Weirton Amateur Radio Club Donates Books to Library System

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Steubenville-Weirton Amateur Radio Club Donates Books to Library System

For people interested in learning about being an amateur radio operator, a collection of books donated to the Public Library of Steubenville and Jefferson County by the Steubenville-Weirton Amateur Radio Club makes that venture an easier, more comprehensive one.

“Amateur radio is a hobby consisting of people who are interested in utilizing various means of radio communication to connect to each other either locally or worldwide with anything from simple to highly sophisticated radio devices,” explained Gregory Day, who serves as secretary-treasurer of SWARC. “It is a hobby that was first developed in the early part of the 20th century. The American Radio Relay League, the national organization for amateur radio, was established in 1914,” he noted.

The club donated a set that consists of 17 different volumes, six of which are a six-volume set of the same title.

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