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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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
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 […]
Tuesday 25th Feb. John will talk about ARDF so please join us from 19:30 , coffee and biscuits normally provided. SLARC monthly meetings.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]