News for England Midlands – 11 October 2026

| October 9, 2026

Bolsover Amateur Radio Society meets on the first and third Tuesday of the month at Hillstown Village Hall, S44 6LW from 8pm.

Further information and reminders for meetings can be found on the Society’s Facebook page @bolsoverars

Contact Richard, G0RRZ on 07905 868 221 for more information.

Bromsgrove and District Amateur Radio Club has nets on 145.400MHz from 7.30pm on Mondays and Thursdays.

Members also have a regular coffee morning on Wednesdays in the Club’s shack from 10.30am.

The Club meets at 8pm every Friday at Avoncroft Arts Society.

Burton Amateur Radio Club holds informal open nets on Sundays from 10am and on Thursdays from 8pm around 145.575MHz FM.

There is slow CW training on 14.055MHz from 11am on Mondays and Thursdays. Club night is on Wednesdays at 7.30pm.

For details, visit the Club’s Facebook page

Contact: info@burton-arc.co.uk

Central Radio Amateur Circle has a net on 145.300MHz from 7.30pm every Tuesday.

The group is taking part in JOTA Weekend, Special Event Station GB2WSD with the Walsall Scout District on Saturday and next Sunday, 18 October.

Contact: cracradio@outlook.com

Cheltenham Amateur Radio Association has a net every day via the GB3CG repeater from 8.20am.

There is a net on Mondays from 8pm. Slow CW around 3540kHz is on Tuesdays from 8pm.

The net on Wednesdays is on 144.350MHz from 8pm.

For more information, visit g5bk.uk

Contact: committee@g5bk.uk

Coventry Amateur Radio Society holds an open FM net on Mondays on 145.375MHz from 8pm.

There is a meeting on Wednesday via Zoom, starting at 11am. The regular Friday club night is at St Bartholomew’s Church, Brinklow Road, Binley from 8pm.

Contact: John, G8SEQ (Club Secretary), info@coventryradio.org.uk

Dudley and District Amateur Radio Society meets every Tuesday from 6pm to 10pm at Ruiton Mill, 59 Vale Street, Upper Gornal, Dudley DY3 3XF.

Contact: Keith, M0WYZ, keithm0wyz@gmail.com

Gloucester Amateur Radio and Electronics Society’s daily informal get-togethers are on 145.475MHz FM, starting at 3.30pm. Tomorrow, 12 October, the Society has a construction meeting.

For details, visit g4aym.org.uk

Contact: 01242 699 595 (afternoons)

Heckington and District Radio Group has a net on 446.03125MHz on Mondays from 7.30pm. On Fridays, a net via the GB3LC repeater starts at 7.30pm.

More details about the Group’s activities are at heckingtonradiogroup.com

Contact: secretary@heckingtonradiogroup.com

For details of Hereford Amateur Radio Society’s activities and events, visit herefordradioclub.uk

For details of Hinckley Amateur Radio and Electronics Society’s events and activities, visit hares.org.uk

Contact: hinckleyradiosociety@gmail.com

Kettering and District Amateur Radio Society has a breakfast meeting from 10am on Sundays.

Club meetings take place from 7pm every Tuesday. On Thursdays there is a net on 145.300MHz from 7pm.

Contact: Les, 2E0MNZ, les@moylehousehold.co.uk

For details of Leicester Radio Society’s events and activities, visit g3lrs.org.uk

Contact: Sandra Morley, G0MCV, 07930 274 044

Lincoln Short-Wave Club has a Club net on Mondays on GB3LM or 145.350MHz at 8pm.

Loughborough and District Amateur Radio Club’s meeting on Tuesday features a talk on Chat GPT by John, M0IUB.

For details of the Club’s events and activities, visit g3ral.net  

Contact: Chris, G1ETZ, 01509 504 319, g1etz@aol.com

Malvern Hills Radio Amateur Club has an EGM on Tuesday to elect a chairman.

The club’s net from 8pm on Wednesdays is on 145.350MHz FM.

Contact: Dave, G4IDF, 01905 351 568

Midland Amateur Radio Society’s meeting on Wednesday includes a short committee meeting, discussion of the agenda for next week’s AGM and training classes.

The funeral of Midland Amateur Radio Society’s President Ron Swinburne, M0SWN takes place at Yardley Crematorium on Thursday at 12.15pm.

For details of the Society’s events and activities, visit midlandars.org.uk/meetings

Contact: Norman, G8BHE, 07808 078 003

Northampton Radio Club has an informal Zoom meeting on Thursday. Members will be sent the link in advance.

For details of all the Club’s activities, visit northamptonradioclub.co.uk

Contact: Richard, M0RKJ, secretary@northamptonradioclub.co.uk

Nuneaton and District Amateur Radio Club has a weekly net on Thursdays from 9.30pm for Nuneaton and North Warwickshire on 145.475MHz.

For more information on the Club’s events, visit ndarc.co.uk

Contact: chairman@ndarc.co.uk

Nunsfield House Amateur Radio Group has a shack night and club net on 145.275MHz from 8pm on Mondays and Thursdays.

Friday’s meeting features part two of the presentation on offshore pirate radio in the 1980s.

More information is available at nharg.org.uk

Contact: Paul Gamble, G1SGZ, pr@nharg.org.uk

RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club meets at the Pyewipe on Thursday at 7.30pm.

For details of the Club’s meetings and activities, visit g0raf.co.uk

Contact: Steve, G1PPA, 07794 701 155

Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society has a net every weekday from 8.30am on 144.275MHz.

Training and practice CW nets take place on 144.275MHz on Mondays and Fridays at 4.30pm.

Members meet at Boughton Leigh 12th Rugby Scouts Hut from 8pm on Tuesdays.

Contact: Steve, G8LYB  stephen@tompsett.net

For details of all Salop Amateur Radio Society’s events and activities, visit salopradiosociety.org

Contact: salopamateurradio@gmail.com

For details of Solihull Amateur Radio Society’s events and activities, visit solihullradioclub.co.uk

South Birmingham Radio Society has a weekly Sunday meeting in the shack from 10am, including the RSGB news broadcast.

A coffee morning in the Society’s shack on Tuesday begins at 10.30am. Visitors are welcome.

There is an activities evening in the shack from 7pm on Friday.

Contact: Gemma Gordon, M6GKG, gemmagordonm6gkg@gmail.com

South Derbyshire and Ashby Woulds Amateur Radio Group’s regular Sunday net is at 11am on 51.470MHz FM. The club has a net on Tuesdays on 145.4125MHz from 7pm.

The Group’s AGM takes place on Wednesday at 7pm at the regular Wednesday club night. Visitors are welcome to join the club night.

There is a net on Friday on 70.4125MHz starting at 7pm. For details of the Group’s future events and activities, visit sdawarg.org

Contact: sdawarg.secretary@gmail.com

Spalding and District Amateur Radio Society has a meeting on Fridays in Marjorum Hall.

For details of all the Society’s events and activities, visit sdars.org.uk

Stratford Upon Avon and District Radio Society’s meeting tomorrow, 12 October, is at Venture House and features a follow-up by Dave, G8JMY on the Microcontroller-based Speech Compressor project.

For details of all the Society’s events and activities, visit stratfordradiosociety.org.uk

Contact: 01608 664488, sdrscontact@talktalk.net

Telford and District Amateur Radio Society’s regular FM club net on Sundays begins at 8pm on 144.600MHz FM.

The meeting on Wednesday includes part two of Lily, M1HPS’s talk on radio in aviation.

For details of the Society’s events and activities, visit tdars.org.uk

Contact: secretary@tdars.org.uk

For details of all Welland Valley Amateur Radio Society’s events and activities, visit wvars.com

Contact: interested_in@wvars.com, 01858 432 105

Wolverhampton Amateur Radio Society has a net on Sundays around 145.350MHz from 8pm.

For more information, visit wolverhamptonars.co.uk or @wolvesars on social media.

Contact: Wayne Hughes, 2E0LKF, Secretary

Worksop Amateur Radio Society has a club night every Tuesday at the Club House, West Street from 6.30pm.

On Thursday, there is a club net on 145.450MHz FM from 7pm. For more information on events, see the club’s Facebook page.

Contact: Gary, G5IGD, secretary@G3RCW.org.uk

Wythall Radio Club has a Club meeting in the Darts Room on Friday at 9.45am.

Details of all the club’s events are at wythallradioclub.co.uk

Contact: Clive, M0KNP, 07831 480 645

Category: News for England East Midlands, News for England West Midlands