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
Quarterly Meetings
January – April – July – October
Our quarterly meetings are held at various locations around the area. Pleases check our calendar 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.
- Guidance for limiting exposure to EMF February 28, 2020Following last week’s launch of an Ofcom Consultation on EM field exposure, the RSGB has released a briefing paper for all UK amateurs. This gives more details as the proposals involve a change to licence conditions for any station operating with greater than 10W EIRP. The Society has formed a team to prepare a considered […]rsgb
- US amateurs respond to 3.4GHz threat February 28, 2020A proposal by the FCC in the USA to remove the entire amateur 3.4GHz allocation without compensation has seen strong opposition as ARRL, AMSAT and hundreds of individual amateurs have filed comments in response to a current consultation. The ARRL highlighted decades of active usage and experimentation including mesh networks, amateur television, weak signal long-distance […]rsgb
- Ofcom’s policy on two-letter call signs February 28, 2020Ofcom has recently updated its website to clarify its policy relating to the issuing of call signs with two-letter suffixes. The notes can be found on the Ofcom website—select “Amateur radio call sign allocation”.rsgb