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On Saturday 12th of April from 12pm – 3pm, two friends from two different radio clubs who met through dmr radio during the Wales Ragchew net come together to host a 145 alive event as dual net control, both M7CCS Chris Smith from Wales Digital Radio Group & M7SPI Stuart Parr from SLARC – South Lancs Amateur Radio Club are […]
Amateur Radio Direction Finding dates within the North West, England courtesy of John Livsey – G0JJL These are listed below: Sunday 4th May 2025 – Haigh Hall Woodland Park, Wigan, Lancashire 3.5MHz – “Come and have a go day” – not a competition event. Sunday 18th May 2025 – Haigh Hall Woodland Park, Wigan, Lancashire 3.5MHz Saturday 21st June 2025 […]
Luke at Customised Stuff offers SLARC members a deal of 2 polo t-shirts and 1 hoody for £29, customized with the club logo and personal callsign. Sizes range from small to 4XL. Use code WELCOME10 for 10% off and free delivery. Check their website for more exclusive merchandise.
Last November, one of our members from the SLARC South Lancs Amateur Radio Club, Stu – M7SPI – A Radio Amateurs Learning Journey, mentioned that he knows friends who host a rugby podcast namely Fat Monkey. This year, they’ve formed another amateur rugby league team once again to compete in charity matches benefiting Wigan & Leigh Hospice, going up against […]
UK band plans for Amateur Radio bands :– Updated: January 2025 These band plan pages consist of the more basic frequencies, for a more detailed overview its certainly worth downloading the latest PDF Files from the RSGB from the link below. RSGB latest band plan – Click Here
On Sunday, January 26th, I will be hosting a net for the 145 Alive amateur radio event, representing the South Lancs Amateur Radio Club on the frequency of 145.550 MHz as the net controller. My name is Stu, with the callsign M7SPI, and I am located in Wigan, with a locator of IO83QN. The event will take place from 12:00 […]
Upcoming is the last club meeting at Abram Community Centre of 2024 before the christmas break. Lets make this the biggest turn out of the year. This will be held on the Wednesday 26th November from 7:30pm onwards. Its just a nominal entrey cost of £3 to all and includes a brew and honuary biscuits. Club meetings are open to […]
Use of Callsigns and Suffixes Call signs The purpose of call signs Call signs are the primary method amateurs use to identify themselves when communicating withother operators. Each amateur radio licensee has a unique call sign, by which they can be identified.This is important for spectrum management as it enables receiving stations to know who is callingthem and so ensures […]