{"id":43381,"date":"2025-11-07T10:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=43381"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:59:33","slug":"news-for-wales-9-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/all-regions\/region-6\/2025\/11\/07\/news-for-wales-9-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News for Wales \u2013 9 November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p>On Tuesday, Barry Amateur Radio Society has a club night from 7.30pm at Sully Sports and Social Club, CF64 5SP from 7.30pm. There is a club net on 144.550MHz from 8pm on Wednesday. On Friday, there will be a Zoom meeting from 7pm. Steve, GW5VOG, 07900 560 080, s.cawsey@sky.com<\/p>\n<p>On Sundays, Blackwood and District Amateur Radio Society has a net on 3.706MHz from 12 noon. On Tuesdays, the net is on 144.575MHz from 7.30pm. On Friday there is a meeting at Islwyn High school, NP12 0NU. Mark, 2W1MRK, 07972 336 885<\/p>\n<p>Carmarthen Amateur Radio Society is holding four regular nets this week:\u00a0a multi-mode digital net on XLX490 D on Tuesday starting at 8pm;\u00a0a 70cm FM net on GB3CM on Wednesday starting at 7.30pm;\u00a0a 2m FM net on GB3FG on Thursday starting at 8pm, assuming the repeater is available. If it is not, then XLX490D is the fallback;\u00a0and an 80m SSB net, conditions permitting, on Sunday starting at 2.30pm, with an experimental 40m net following on immediately afterwards.\u00a0For more information on the above please contact Andy, GW0JLX on 07768 282 880.<\/p>\n<p>Chepstow and District Amateur Radio Society\u00a0meets on Tuesday from 7.30pm, in the Scout Hut next to the British Legion\u00a0on Grahamstown Road, Sedbury, Chepstow, NP16 7AD. The Society welcomes all radio users. gw4lwz.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>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, with an Echolink connection, via GB3YA-R. Both are owned and maintained by the club. Join the Monday evening net on 145.712.5MHz, CTCSS 94.8, with a 600kHz split, from 7.30pm. To find out more visit the club website at mc0yad.club \u00a0Gareth, MW6GVR\u00a0 mw6gvr@aol.com<\/p>\n<p>Dragon Amateur Radio Club runs a club net at 6.30pm on Sundays on 145.550MHz and at 7.15pm via the GB3AN repeater. Tomorrow, 10 November,, there is a Zoom meeting. On Thursday, a club net via the GB3AN repeater starts at 7pm. Mw7mon@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>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. There are nets via the GB3WB repeater from 9.30 to 10.30pm most nights of the week. harcmemsec@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Holy Island Amateur Radio Club meets at The Boathouse Hotel, Holyhead on Wednesday at 7pm. For full details, visit holyislandarc.club. mw0kbn@aol.com<\/p>\n<p>Llanelli Amateur Radio Society meets at the Swiss Valley Community Centre from 7pm every Monday. The Society has a radio room with HF, 6m, 2m and 70cm equipment, as well as C4FM and FT digital modes. Tea and coffee are available as well as disabled access and toilet facilities. james@gc0ezq.com, gc0ezq.com<\/p>\n<p>On Sundays, Newport Amateur Radio Society has an HF net around 3.705MHz from 10am. Tomorrow, 10 November, there will be a digital net on XLX135N from 8pm. Tuesday sees a net on 145.375MHz from 8pm. A clubhouse evening takes place on Thursday from 7pm. For more information, visit gw4ezw.org.uk<\/p>\n<p>North Wales Digital Radio Network is a Facebook group that is helping users in the North Wales area with all aspects of digital amateur radio. Members can also be heard on the following repeaters: GB7IA, GB3OD, GB7SA GB7RH and GB7HM. They can also be found on DMR Talk Group 870, Time Slot 2 and Talk Group 23470 Time slot 1. facebook.com\/groups\/northwalesdigitalradionetwork<\/p>\n<p>Rhondda Amateur Radio Society meets at Ystrad, Rhondda Sports Centre, CF41 7SY, on Tuesdays between 7pm and 9pm. More information about the Society can be found by visiting gw2fof.co.uk\u00a0 Paul Day, MW0PBD, 07394 994 555<\/p>\n<p>For information on Rhyl and District Amateur Radio Club\u2019s events and activities, visit the club website at radarc.uk \u00a0or email Alan, GW4HDR via secretary@radarc.uk<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, St Tybie Amateur Radio Society meets at the portable cabin next to Saron Hall, SA18 3LN from 7.30pm. The Society has a net on 3.739MHz at 11am on Friday. Gareth, GW4JPC, gw4jpc@yahoo.co.nz<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Uskside Amateur Radio Club holds its club night, starting at 7.30pm in the High Cross Community Hall, Church Close, Rogerstone, Newport NP10 9SH. The club holds a net on Friday on 145.525MHz from 7pm. The Club is a registered venue for amateur radio exams. usksidearc.newport@gmail.com, usksidearc.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 On Tuesday, Barry Amateur Radio Society has a club night from 7.30pm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43381","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\/43381","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\/20399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43382,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43381\/revisions\/43382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}