RCF News Archive
Nordin Belkabir successfully applied to the RCF under our exam support scheme, and has now passed the foundation exam. Please join us in congratulating Nordin ! The scheme is still open and the trustees encourage anyone who is under the age of 21, …
Ofcom have available Innovation and trial licences (I&T licences) to enable access and use of the radio spectrum for the purposes of research and development. The RCF Trustees feel that this type of licence could potentially be of interest to universities conducting research …
When G-QRP Club Secretary Dick, G0BPS, heard about the RCF initiative to pay for sixty RSGB Foundation exams taken by young people in full-time education, he asked if the Club could help out. The Club Committee (minus Chairman Steve, G0FUW, also an RCF …
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The Radio Communication Foundation (RCF) has decided to ease the burden of foundation license exam costs for sixty deserving youngsters in 2024. The RCF is a small charity that seeks to promote radio engineering and amateur radio. Last year, several teachers identified the …
This message is addressed to the new generation of emerging engineers and scientists who are interested to take up a new technical hobby. Opportunities for taking radio amateur training are offered at rsgb.org/main/clubs-training/for-students/online-training-resources-for-students. Following the training, a short, online, multiple-choice exam can lead to a transmitting licence, …
The RCF is working with the RSGB’s National Radio Centre, Bletchley Park and the Smallpeice Trust in monitoring the coronavirus situation. A decision will be made in mid-April on whether the May Connect Day will go ahead as planned, or if it needs …
On Saturday, 30 March 2019 we ran our fourth RCF Arkwright Connect Day at the RSGB National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park, when chosen young people get the chance to complete their Foundation licence in just one day. More about the event, and …
By way of a follow-up to the In Focus feature in the June 2016 Practical Wireless, Steve Hartley, G0FUW has an update on the RCF’s activities. Download Practical Wireless article (2-page/297KB PDF) With thanks to Don Field at Practical Wireless.
Radio Frequency (RF) engineering and communications are an important part of the electronics sector in the UK, however the decline in numbers of young people taking an interest in radio communications has created a specific skills shortage. The Radio Communications Foundation (RCF) and …
