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Encyclopedia > Radio Society of Great Britain
Lambda House, the RSGB headquarters in Potters Bar

First founded in 1913 as the London Wireless Club, the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is the UK's recognised national society for amateur radio operators. The society's patron is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and it represents the interests of the UK’s 60,000 licensed radio amateurs. Long recognised as one of the leading amateur radio organisations in the world, the society is a member organization in the International Amateur Radio Union representing the UK. It also acts as a medium for communication between the enthusiasts and the UK Government. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, looking north towards the railway bridge Potters Bar is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom,[2] located 16 miles (25 km) directly north of London. ... An amateur radio operator is an individual who, typically, uses equipment at an amateur radio station to engage in two-way personal communications with other similar individuals on radio frequencies assigned to the Amateur Radio Service. ... Prince Philip redirects here. ... The IARU Logo. ...

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Role of the RSGB

The RSGB has traditionally acted as the organisation through which amateur radio enthusiasts interact with the official UK Government body, OFCOM, for regulating radio usage. However, OFCOM has recently used its website to solicit opinions directly from the interested parties. However, the RSGB continues to advise and to seek to influence OFCOM on the likely impact of proposed changes in many areas – from decisions on licensing and bandwidth controls through to the use of Broadband over Power Lines PLT (which it is thought would cause large amounts of electromagnetic noise). Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Power band. ... Electromagnetic interference (or EMI, also called radio frequency interference or RFI) is a (usually undesirable) disturbance caused in a radio receiver or other electrical circuit by electromagnetic radiation emitted from an external source. ...


RSGB also acts as a parent organisation to many smaller groups and societies. Some of these societies unite local areas (such as repeater groups) or groups of individuals (such as Forces service groups, or old timer groups) or even people interested in a particular bandwidth (such as 2m groups).


The society publishes a monthly magazine called RadCom along with a range of technical books. RadCom is the monthly magazine published by the Radio Society of Great Britain and is provided free to all corporate members of the Society. ...


History of the RSGB

The RSGB made the first radio transmission across to the United States, but failed to have any receiving equipment. Many members were slightly annoyed by this fact and so formed other sections of the RSGB which were later absorbed into the RSGB itself.


During World War II the entire RSGB Council and many of its members were recruited into MI8, also known as the Radio Security Service. Its mission to was to intercept clandestine enemy transmissions. [1][2] The name MI8 was temporarily applied to a cryptography effort mounted within the US Army during World War I. Herbert Yardley was assigned to this unit during the War, and after it continued his cryptographic work during the 1920s at what Yardley called the American Black Chamber in his book...


In 2006 the RSGB co-operated with Ofcom to revise the amateur radio licence. Changes included removing the annual licence fee and requirement to log all transmissions, permission to operate one's amateur radio station remotely, and increasing the spectrum available to the lower classes of licencee.[3]. logbook aboard the frigate Grand Turk A Logbook is a book for recording readings from the log (see also maritime log). ...


Future of the RSGB

The RSGB has to contend with declining popularity in Amateur Radio. This is partly accredited to the rise in interest in computers and the internet being accessible to all. Also, ever changing technology has caused some knowledge that was once required for the use of a radio no longer to be applicable, and new knowledge required for incoming technologies.


There also are competing demands from more and more non-amateur uses of radio (for example mobile operators and wireless devices). Despite this the RSGB has been able to maintain existing amateur radio allocations and negotiate some new ones.


See also

The ARRL Logo. ... Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC), known in French as Radio Amateurs du Canada, is a Canadian association of amateur radio operators. ... The New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters, or NZART, is a non-profit association of Amateur Radio Operators. ... The Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA) was formed in 1910, and is the first and oldest national radio society. ... The National Body representing Amateur Radio in South Africa. ... The National Institute of Amateur Radio is an amateur radio society based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in India. ... The Japan Amateur Radio League is the national Amateur Radio organization for Japan. ... Ofcom is a regulator for communication industries in the United Kingdom. ... RAYNET (Radio Amateurs Emergency Network) is a British national voluntary communications service provided by radio amateurs. ...

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Publications

Books

  • Brown, Chris (ed) (2001) Radio & Electronics Cookbook Radio Society of Great Britain. ISBN 0-7506-5214-4
  • Dennison, Mike and Lorek, Chris, eds. (2006). RSGB Radio Communication Handbook. 8th Edition. Radio Society of Great Britain. ISBN 0-905086-09-1.
  • Dodd, Peter (1996) Antenna Experimenter's Guide, The Radio Society of Great Britain. ISBN 1-872309-36-4
  • Fielding, John (2006) Power Supply Handbook Radio Society of Great Britain. ISBN 1-905086-21-0
  • Fielding, John (2006) Amateur Radio Astronomy Radio Society of Great Britain. ISBN 1-905086-16-4
  • Hawker, Pat (2002) Antenna Topics Radio Society of Great Britain. ISBN 1-872309-89-5
  • Poole, Ian (2004) Radio Propagation -- Principles & Practice Radio Society of Great Britain. ISBN 1-872309-97-6

Magazines

  • RadCom The official journal of the Radio Society of Great Britain.

RadCom is the monthly magazine published by the Radio Society of Great Britain and is provided free to all corporate members of the Society. ...

References

  1. ^ West, Nigel. GCHQ: The Secret Wireless War 1900-1986. ISBN 0-340-41197-X. 
  2. ^ Radio Security Service. CLUTCH Club.
  3. ^ RSGB AGM report. RSGB.

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Radio Society of Great Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (478 words)
First founded in 1913, the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) is the UK's recognised national society for amateur radio operators.
The society's patron is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
The RSGB are the official body for the Amateur Radio enthusiasts.
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Whilst the international definition of radio telegraphy is broader than simply Morse, the RSGB believes that these words in the PDNR are capable of misinterpretation, and should be removed.
Most particularly, the RSGB formally asks, in returning to the original Lillehammer decisions, that no further amplification be included in the “Operating Skills” section through inclusion of words such as “radio telegraphy”, which are capable of misinterpretation.
In this respect, the RSGB asks for confirmation that it is not the intention to seek, through the wording of M-AOQ, the continuation of the requirement for mandatory Morse testing for an HF amateur licence.
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