{"id":49648,"date":"2026-08-07T12:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=49648"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:59:49","slug":"rallies-and-events-news-9-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/rallies-and-events\/2026\/08\/07\/rallies-and-events-news-9-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Rallies and Events News \u2013 9 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today,9 August, <strong>Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society Hamfest<\/strong> is taking place at Cobham Sports and Social Club Ground, Merley, near Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3DA.<\/p>\n<p>The doors are open from 9am to 3pm. Car-boot and field traders are welcome from 7am. Admission costs \u00a35 and includes parking.<\/p>\n<p>Talk-in is on 145.550MHz.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frars.co.uk\/\">frars.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 15 August, <strong>DX Commander Fest<\/strong> will be taking place at Holly Farm Business Park, Honiley, Warwickshire, CV8 1NP.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/dxcommander.com\/\">dxcommander.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, 16 August, the <strong>North Wales Amateur Radio Group Rally<\/strong> and Tabletop Sale will take place at the Bryn Cadno Community Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The doors open at 10am and the entry fee is \u00a33. Light refreshments will be available.<\/p>\n<p>To book a table, email secretary@nwarg.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rugby Amateur Transmitting Society Radio Rally<\/strong> will be taking place on Sunday, 16 August at Princethorpe College, Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9PY. The doors will be open to the public from 10am.<\/p>\n<p>More details are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/rugbyats.co.uk\/\">rugbyats.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also on Sunday, 16 August, <strong>West Manchester Radio Club Red Rose Summer Rally<\/strong> will take place at Mather Hall, Mather Lane, Leigh WN7 2PJ. The doors open at 10am.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and bookings, email rally@wmrc.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today,9 August, Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society Hamfest is taking place at Cobham Sports and Social Club Ground, Merley, near Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 3DA. The doors are open from 9am to 3pm. Car-boot and field traders are welcome from 7am. Admission costs \u00a35 and includes parking. Talk-in is on 145.550MHz. For more information, visit frars.co.uk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20399,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rallies-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49648","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=49648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49649,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49648\/revisions\/49649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}