{"id":37987,"date":"2025-03-14T12:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=37987"},"modified":"2025-03-14T12:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T12:57:42","slug":"rallies-and-events-news-16-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/rallies-and-events\/2025\/03\/14\/rallies-and-events-news-16-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rallies and Events News \u2013 16 March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Biggleswade Swapmeet, organised by the British Vintage Wireless Society, is taking place on Sunday 23 March at The Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 8JH. Doors open to stallholders from 9am, with general entry from 9.30am. Admission is \u00a38. Hot and cold refreshments are available all day. There will be vintage technology of varying sorts, as well as a bring-and-buy stall run by the British Wireless and Television Museum. For enquiries, including stall bookings, please email Jeremy Owen, G8MLK via secretary@bvws.org.uk \u00a0More details can also be found via BVWS.org.uk<\/p>\n<p>The Callington Radio and Electronics Rally will be held in the Town Hall, New Road, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 7BD on Sunday 23 March. Public access to the event is from 10am until 1pm. Entry is \u00a32 each with no charge for those under the age of 16. A comprehensive selection of traders, clubs and societies from the south west will be present along with a bring-and-buy stall and the usual excellent catering service. As an improvement from last year, the bring-and-buy stall now accepts payment by all major debit and credit cards using contactless, chip and pin or by phone. The venue has disabled access and toilet facilities with ample parking in a nearby car park. Although the main hall is now fully booked, tables are still available in an adjacent room at \u00a35 for the large size and \u00a33 for the smaller one. Pre-booking is essential, so please contact Alastair, M0KRR at <a href=\"mailto:alastair.kerr1@btinternet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alastair.kerr1@btinternet.com<\/a> or by phone on 01503 262 755 with your requirements as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Sunday 23 March is The Dover Amateur Radio Club 2025 Rally which is taking place at the St Radigunds Community Centre, Poulton Close, Dover, CT17 0HL. The doors are open between 10am and 2pm and entry is \u00a33. Tea, coffee and bacon rolls will be available on site. Tables are available at \u00a315 each, with a maximum of two tables per vendor. For table bookings and the latest news go to darc.online\/rally<\/p>\n<p>The Pencoed and District Amateur Radio Club Rally is on Sunday 30 March at Sarn and Bryncwils Social Club, Bryncoch Road, Sarn near Bridgend, CF32 9NY. Entrance is \u00a32.50. Tables are available at \u00a310 each. Refreshments will be available. Public access to the event is from 10am, with trader access from 8am. Please contact Ieuan Jones via 07791 709 691 for further information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biggleswade Swapmeet, organised by the British Vintage Wireless Society, is taking place on Sunday 23 March at The Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 8JH. Doors open to stallholders from 9am, with general entry from 9.30am. Admission is \u00a38. Hot and cold refreshments are available all day. There will be vintage technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20377,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rallies-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37987","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\/20377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37988,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37987\/revisions\/37988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}