Meirion Amateur Radio Society

RSGB region 6 club of the year 2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2016

Meirion amateur radio society is affiliated with the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) who represent all radio amateurs throughout the UK. MARS take their part in representing radio amateurs from South Gwynedd (Meirionydd) very seriously and welcome anyone who has an interest in any aspect of radio, electronics or communications in general.

Special Events

MARS often operate special event stations and are proud to be associated with organisation like the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Barmouth, and the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway in Porthmadog. Please listen out for our callsigns whenever you are on the air and give us a call if you like, we will be glad to hear from you.

GC4LZP – GB6BLB – GB0WHR – GB1WAA

Monthly Meetings

Our monthly meetings are held at The Stag Inn Dolgellau, visitors and new members are always very welcome.

Meetings are normally held on the first Wednesday of the month at 19.30 hours, except January when it is the second Wednesday.

Click below to see rules of our 2018 vhf club competition

Three balloons go up on Thursday June 15, 2018
Three high altitude balloon launches will take place from a site in Welshpool on Thursday, 21 June 2018, conditions permitting. Starting between 10.30 and 11.30am, the balloons will have a number of experiments on board to look at various aspects of space flight. Involving a number of schools in the north west, the launches are […]
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70MHz experimental NoVs now easier June 15, 2018
Following agreement with Ofcom, the RSGB is pleased to announce that a new much faster online process is now available for all Full Licensees to access the 70.5-71.5MHz experimental band. Applications can now be made online for a new, annually-renewable Notice of Variation. It works in a similar way to the 146-147MHz NoV. This replaces […]
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RBN adds FT8 spots June 15, 2018
The Reverse Beacon Network is beta-testing a separate Telnet feed for FT8 spots. You can find it at telnet.reversebeacon.net port 7001. This is in addition to the existing feed on port 7000, which has been re-purposed as CW-only. Also, Aggregator version five has been developed as a beta that can handle FT8 spots received from WSJT-X. […]
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