RSGB Band Plans

The RSGB Band Plans for 2025 were published in the March 2025 issue of RadCom and are also available on the RSGB website in a variety of formats. The RSGB would like to remind all radio amateurs to consult the Band Plans before operating and to refer to the master files on the Society’s website. To ensure you are using the correct data, please do not copy them onto other websites or use versions that you find elsewhere.

RSGB Band Plans - http://www.rsgb.org/bandplans

New RSGB Nominations Committee Chair Appointed

The RSGB Board has appointed Will Richardson, 2E0WYA as the new Nominations Committee Chair.

If you are interested in joining the Board as a Nominated Director and have the skills and experience to help move the Society forward into its next chapter, please contact Will via nominations.chair@rsgb.org.uk

The Society would like to increase the diversity of its Board, and is also looking particularly for radio amateurs who have knowledge of the science and technology of amateur radio, and the spectrum it uses.

ARRL Announces Logbook of The World Systems Upgrade

ARRL’s Logbook of The World® (LoTW®) is the 2nd most popular benefit among ARRL members. It is also an extremely popular service internationally for non-members, as it is the primary means for providing confirmations for ARRL Awards, such as DXCC and Worked All States.

As a part of the ongoing modernisation of the ARRL systems infrastructure, LoTW will be receiving major upgrades to the operating system it is running on, the relational database system it uses to store and access logbook and awards data, and server hosting, where it will be fully migrated to the cloud. These changes will, among other improvements, ensure LoTW performance needs can be better met based on user demand.

LoTW will be unavailable from 27th June to 2nd July 2025, to complete these upgrades. We will bring LoTW back online if it is available sooner than 2nd July 2025.

More Information - http://www.arrl.org/logbook-of-the-world