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 […]
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BLACKPOOL, Norbreck Castle Hotel. This Easter the South Lancs Amateur Radio Club is pleased to support the Narsa Rally/Hamfest in Blackpool. Event on Sunday 13th April 10:00am till 4pm. SLARC will have a table there to introduce NEW members into the world of amateur radio. Our Gov’nor, Dave, M0TEG and Steve M0XEM will also be attending and also other members […]
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
The first meet in 2025 and we kick off with our annual AGM. Thank you in advance if you can attend and remember if you want a vote on club business you have to turn up. Proxy voting is currently N/A. Please note this will be a Tuesday and like from last month all future meetings will take place on […]
Every Monday evening the club gets together to host a weekly net on GB7HN courtesy of Steve Curtis the repeater keeper of GB7HN. We welcome all licensed amateur radio enthusiasts. This is an open net and all are welcome whether your a member or not, these nets are run by SLARC members weekly. Feel free to come join us and […]
Saturdays tend to be the day when we get together as a group and travel up to Ashurst Beacon to make some radio contacts. The site is public wide open spaces and high from sea level and gets a good line of sight for VHF contacts. Good preparation for this event means we can sometimes get the use of a […]
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 […]
The next 145 Alive event will commence Saturday 11th May at 13:00 UK time. See below for regional allocated frequencies. Our local event is hosted by Net controllers Phil 2EODGP & Steve 2E0OTG of LADAR (Leyland & District Amateur Radio Club)
David Crowe RSGB 19:30 – 20:30 Meeting at the usual place. Please try to attend this one!!! David will be talking about the Do's and Dont's of the new regulations to our licenses that changed at the end of February this year.This will be a Q and A.