{"id":47434,"date":"2026-04-24T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=47434"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:23:34","slug":"news-for-northern-ireland-26-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/all-regions\/region-8\/2026\/04\/24\/news-for-northern-ireland-26-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News for Northern Ireland \u2013 26 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A special 2m net is running every Friday from 8pm until 15 May.<\/p>\n<p>Operators will be using special event callsign <strong>GB5MMF<\/strong> to raise awareness of the Mae Murray Foundation and the important work the charity does supporting people with disabilities and promoting accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>Stations are warmly invited to listen out for and join GB5MMF on the 2m band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society<\/strong> meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 7.30pm in the Marquis Hall, Abbey Street, Bangor, BT20 4JE. This month\u2019s meeting is a Constructors Contest.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the Society\u2019s Facebook page or email gi6fzi@yahoo.com<\/p>\n<p>For details of <strong>Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> events and activities, visit bushvalleyarc.org\u00a0 or email\u00a0bushvalleyarc@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Carrickfergus Amateur Radio Group<\/strong> will host a RAYNET NI\u00a0talk and presentation on Tuesday from 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>This is an open event. Members and non-members\u00a0are all very welcome to come along to the talk in Carrick Elim Church, North Road, Carrickfergus.<\/p>\n<p>The Club\u2019s regular\u00a0meetings are held on Tuesdays at the same venue from 7pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mid Ulster Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> meets on the second Sunday of each month at Tandragee Golf Club. All are welcome and a carvery lunch is served at 1pm if required.<\/p>\n<p>For more information email muarc.secretary@yahoo.co.uk<\/p>\n<p><strong>North West Group Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> meets on Tuesday at Shantallow Community Centre, 38 Drumleck Drive, BT48 8EN. For more information email nwgarc@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> meets on the second Wednesday of every month from 7.30pm at the Order of Malta Hall, Brook Street, Omagh, BT78 1DE. All radio amateurs and shortwave listeners are welcome to come along.<\/p>\n<p>For more information email info@wtarc.org.uk<\/p>\n<p><strong>White Mountain Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> meets on Sundays from 12 noon, and on Wednesdays from 7pm, at 7 Sheepwalk Road, Lisburn.<\/p>\n<p>The Club has training sessions every Friday at St John Ambulance, North Belfast, BT15 3EP from 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: info@wmarc.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A special 2m net is running every Friday from 8pm until 15 May. Operators will be using special event callsign GB5MMF to raise awareness of the Mae Murray Foundation and the important work the charity does supporting people with disabilities and promoting accessibility. Stations are warmly invited to listen out for and join GB5MMF on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-region-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47434","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=47434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47435,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47434\/revisions\/47435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}