{"id":32380,"date":"2023-06-16T17:23:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T16:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=32380"},"modified":"2023-06-16T17:33:20","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T16:33:20","slug":"news-for-wales-18-june-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/all-regions\/region-6\/2023\/06\/16\/news-for-wales-18-june-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News for Wales \u2013 18 June 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Online Amateur Radio Community runs a 40m slow-to-medium speed CW net every Monday evening at 7pm. All are welcome to join in. For more information see the website<\/strong><\/a>. On the first and third Saturdays of the month, the group holds a virtual social night called \u2018The Rubber Duck\u2019 on Zoom. For more information, see the website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Online Radio Club has a virtual radio club night at 7.30pm every Thursday via Zoom. It is suitable for all radio enthusiasts regardless of individual skill level. Go to the website<\/strong><\/a> for the meeting link.<\/p>\n

Ham Radio Network has a talk on the theme of An Evening with\u2026 on Monday. See the website<\/strong><\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

The next meeting of Aberdare and District Amateur Radio Society will be held on Friday the 23rd<\/sup> of June at Hirwaun YMCA Hall, CF44 9RB from 6pm. Ian Miles 2W0IWM, info@aberdareradio.club<\/p>\n

Aberkenfig and District Amateur Radio Club has its weekly meeting on Wednesday from 7pm at Tondu Railway Club, Station Approach, Bridgend. The club is an approved RSGB Examination Centre for those wishing to study and take their amateur radio exams. Brian, GW4DVB, info@aberkenfigradioclub.co.uk<\/p>\n

Barry Amateur Radio Society will be having a club night at Sully Sports and Social club from 7.30pm on Tuesday. There will be a club net on 144.550MHz from 8pm on Wednesday. On Friday there will be a Zoom meeting from 7pm hosted by Glyn, GW0ANA. Steve, 2W0VOG, 07900 560 080<\/p>\n

Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society is holding a face-to-face and on-air meeting on Tuesday the 20th<\/sup> of June starting at 6.30pm, so there is no experimental digital net on XLX490 that evening. Also, as the military cadets are holding an Exercise Blue Ham evening on the 60m shared band, there is likely to be some activity there. Three other regular nets are also being held:\u00a0a 70cm FM net on GB3CM on Wednesday starting at 7.30pm;\u00a0a 2m FM net on GB3FG on Thursday starting at 8pm;\u00a0and an 80m SSB net on Sunday starting at 2.30pm, conditions permitting.\u00a0Andy, GW0JLX,\u00a0 07768 282 880, G0JLX@mail.com<\/p>\n

Cwmbran And District Amateur Radio Society has a club night every Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm at Henllys Village Hall, NP44 6JZ. New and old members are always welcome. The Society has a fully-equipped shack for member use which also houses the GB3YA repeater which is owned and maintained by the club. For more information contact Ken Smith on 07411 595 103 or visit the website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On Sundays, Dragon Amateur Radio Club has a net around 145.550MHz from 7pm. On Monday, the club will be meeting at Canolfan, Esceifiog, Gaerwen, Anglesey, 7pm. On Thursday there will be a net via the GB3AN repeater and Wires X room 86178 from 7pm. darc.secretary@gmx.co.uk<\/p>\n

Highfields Amateur Radio Club meets at Rhiwbina Recreation Club, Lon Y Dail, Cardiff CF14 6EA at 7pm every Tuesday.\u00a0The club\u00a0has access for disabled visitors. The club has nets on GB3WB from 9.30pm to 10.30pm most nights of the week. mw6hdv@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Today, the 18th<\/sup>, Holy Island Amateur Radio Club is active for Museums on the Air from Holyhead Maritime Museum. Cath Thorley, GW4CVT, MW0KBN@aol.com<\/p>\n

On Sundays, Newport Amateur Radio Society has an HF net around 3.705MHz at 10am. On Tuesday there is a net on 145.375MHz at 8pm. Find out more on the website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On Sundays, North Wales Amateur Radio Group has a net through GB3OR from 8pm. On Tuesday, the Group is meeting at Mochdre Village Hall from 7pm. Jack\u2019s Net takes place through GB3OR from 8pm on Wednesday. On Saturday, the group will be operating a special event station from Llanfairfechan from 10am to 5pm. Sandra, MW6ACZ, sandra.ted@zen.co.uk<\/p>\n

Phoenix Amateur Radio Club Cymru has now moved to its new premises at Griffithstown Community Hall, Victoria Street, Griffithstown, Pontypool, NP4 5HH. The club meets every other week on a Monday evening between 7 and 9pm. The club has a D-STAR net on DCS002B on a Tuesday evening from 8pm. There is an HF net on Wednesday evening on 1.938MHz LSB at 7.30pm. Contact Chris, 2W0OGY on 07473630005 for more information.<\/p>\n

Rhondda Amateur Radio Society has now moved to Ystrad, Rhondda, Sports Centre CF41 7SY, where there is greater availability of car parking space, and better access to main bus route stops.\u00a0The club anticipates that the move will make it easier for residents, both local to Rhondda and beyond, to access it.\u00a0At present, the club is involved in getting its equipment and learning sessions up and running. This is an ideal time for new members to become involved. So, if you think you would like to try amateur radio, or one of its many facets, please give John a ring on 01443 432 542, or simply turn up at one of the club meetings to find out more.\u00a0Prior radio knowledge is not required.<\/p>\n

On Monday, from 7pm, Saint Tybie Amateur Radio Society is meeting at the portacabin adjacent to Saron Hall, Saron, Ammanford, SA18 3LN. On Friday, there will be a club meeting from 7pm. Gareth, GW4JPC, gw4jpc@yahoo.co.nz<\/p>\n

Uskside Amateur Radio Club meets every Wednesday from\u00a06 to 8pm at the Bowls Centre, Glebelands Stadium, Bank Street, Newport, NP19 7HF. New members are welcome. mat.knight@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Online Amateur Radio Community runs a 40m slow-to-medium speed CW net every Monday evening at 7pm. All are welcome to join in. For more information see the website. On the first and third Saturdays of the month, the group holds a virtual social night called \u2018The Rubber Duck\u2019 on Zoom. For more information, see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20358,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-region-6","category-region-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20358"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}