{"id":47742,"date":"2026-05-08T12:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=47742"},"modified":"2026-05-08T12:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:30:09","slug":"news-for-northern-ireland-10-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/all-regions\/region-8\/2026\/05\/08\/news-for-northern-ireland-10-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News for Northern Ireland \u2013 10 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> Rally will take place on Sunday, 17 May\u00a0at Share Discovery Village, 221 Lisnaskea Road, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen BT92 0JZ.<\/p>\n

Traders can arrive from around 9am and the doors open to visitors from 11am. The usual facilities, including parking, food and drink, RSGB book stall and bring and buy\u00a0will be available on site.<\/p>\n

The entrance fee is \u00a35 and this includes a ticket for the draw.<\/p>\n

To book a table, email Alan, GI6PYP at argault91@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Operators are using special event callsign 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

The special 2m net transmits for the last time from 8pm on Friday.<\/p>\n

Stations are warmly invited to listen out for and join GB5MMF on the 2m band.<\/p>\n

Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society<\/strong> members are taking part in Mills on the Air on today, 10 May.<\/p>\n

The Society meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 7.30pm in the Marquis Hall, Abbey Street, Bangor, BT20 4JE. The meeting includes a RAYNET-UK presentation and the Society\u2019s summer events programme.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the Society\u2019s Facebook page or email gi6fzi@yahoo.com<\/p>\n

For details of Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> events and activities, visit bushvalleyarc.org\u00a0 or email\u00a0bushvalleyarc@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Carrickfergus Amateur Radio Group<\/strong>\u2019s regular Tuesday meeting is at 7pm in Carrick Elim Church, North Road, Carrickfergus.<\/p>\n

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

For more information, email muarc.secretary@yahoo.co.uk<\/p>\n

North West Group Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> meets on Tuesday at Shantallow Community Centre, 38 Drumleck Drive, BT48 8EN.<\/p>\n

For more information, email nwgarc@gmail.com<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

All radio amateurs and shortwave listeners are welcome to come along.\u00a0For more information, email info@wtarc.org.uk<\/p>\n

White Mountain Amateur Radio Club<\/strong> meets on Sundays from 12 noon and on Wednesdays from 7pm, at 7 Sheepwalk Road, Lisburn.<\/p>\n

The Club has training sessions every Friday at St John Ambulance, North Belfast, BT15 3EP from 7pm.<\/p>\n

Contact: info@wmarc.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club Rally will take place on Sunday, 17 May\u00a0at Share Discovery Village, 221 Lisnaskea Road, Lisnaskea, Enniskillen BT92 0JZ. Traders can arrive from around 9am and the doors open to visitors from 11am. The usual facilities, including parking, food and drink, RSGB book stall and bring and buy\u00a0will be available on […]<\/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-47742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-region-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47742","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=47742"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47744,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47742\/revisions\/47744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}