{"id":47962,"date":"2026-05-15T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=47962"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T10:35:15","slug":"news-for-northern-ireland-17-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/all-regions\/region-8\/2026\/05\/15\/news-for-northern-ireland-17-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News for Northern Ireland \u2013 17 May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club Rally<\/strong> is taking place today, 17 May, at 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\u00a0are available on site.<\/p>\n

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

For more information, email Alan, GI6PYP via\u00a0argault91@gmail.com<\/p>\n

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.<\/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.<\/p>\n

For 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 is taking place today, 17 May, at 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\u00a0are available on site. […]<\/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-47962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-region-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47962","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=47962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47963,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47962\/revisions\/47963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}