Membership of AMSAT-UK is open to anyone who has an interest in Amateur radio satellites/space activities, including the ISS. You do not have to have an amateur radio licence to join (many of our members are interested in listening to satellites, decoding the telemetry, etc This forms an important part of our hobby!). Nor do you have to reside in the UK. There are separate membership rates for those living outside the UK, these separate rates go to offset the extra postage costs involved in mailing our quarterly publication, "Oscar News".

Join today at tinyurl.com/6fxfbrv or visit the AMSAT-UK website at www.uk.amsat.org

Highfields Amateur Radio Club The Highfields Amateur Radio Club (HARC) is a club for licensed Radio Amateurs and non-licensed Shortwave Listeners in and around Cardiff.

If you are interested in radio we would be delighted to see you at the Club, which meets at 18:30 for 19:00hrs every Tuesday evening at the Rhiwbina Recreation Club, Lon-y-Dial, Cardiff, CF14 6EA. We regularly run training courses, and are registered with the RSGB as an approved examination centre for all three levels.

Website: www.highfields-arc.co.uk. Further details can be obtained from the Club Secretary Paul Gough by email 2w0cdz@gmail.com Kevin G6FKE and Martin M0ZIF run weekly training courses usually on a thursday night from the Trimpell Sports and Social club, Outmoss Lane, Morecambe. We run foundation, Intermediate and full courses. Our ethos is to have our students half way through the next level of learning by the time they sit there exam.

We are happy to teach both practical and theoretical sides of the hobby and would like to pass our knowledge on to others.

For more details of courses or to contact us you can email Kevin at g6fke@m0scg.org.uk or Martin at martin@m0zif.co.uk

Full details are on our website www.m0zif.co.uk/courses.aspx The Farnborough & District Radio Society (FDRS) is a club for Radio Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners in and around Farnborough, Hampshire.

If you have an interest in radio we would be delighted to see you at our club, which meets at 7:30 for 8:00pm every 2nd and 4th Wednesday in the month at the Farnborough Community Centre, Meudon Avenue, Farnborough We regularly run training courses and hold exams for amateur radio licences. Full details are on our website www.farnboroughradio.org.uk The club meets every thursday night from 19.00 at the venue above, we run courses and exams for all levels and morse testing as well.

we have one guest speaker a month plus other events.

Website: www.prestonars.co.uk Further details from club secretary Richard M0RDZ by email secretary@prestonars.co.uk

Address:
Preston ARS, Lonsdale Club, Fulwood Hall Lane, Preston PR2 8DA Crawley Amateur Radio Club will be running a Foundation Course on weekend 15th/16th October, commencing 09.30 at Hut 18, Tilagate Recreational Park, Crawley. Closing date for entry Friday 23rd September.

Crawley ARC will also run an Advanced Examination on Monday 5th December at 19.00 which will be preceded by four or five weekly seminars to help bring students up to speed. Application for the exam need to be received by 7th November.

For further information and details of how to apply please contact Malcolm (G3NZP) who is QTHR and can be reached on 01342 713573. The club is an internet based club within Northern Ireland that comes together to hold field days for radio work. All event details can be found on www.mn0ocg.co.uk. or by contacting Alex (MI0MVP) at mi0mvp@btinternet.com The Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS)runs training courses for the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced exam.

The courses held at the Danbury Village Hall near Chelmsford on Thursday evenings from 7 to 9 pm.

The PowerPoint slides for all the courses are available for download from the club website.

Foundation Intermediate Advanced courses

We do not charge for the courses and have been running as an exam center for over 6 years. Please visit the new forum at http://warc.smfforfree.com/index.php

Windsor Ct, Anne Crescent, Waterlooville, Hants PO77BX
Tel: 02392680852
Email: warc.1@ntlworld.com
Forthcoming RCE Courses

Intermediate - 27th-28th October, 17th-18th November 2012

Foundation - 1st-2nd December 2012

Advanced - Sundays Jan-Feb 2013 - exam 2nd March

Full details: www.g3pia.org.uk or ring Ann G8NVI on 01235 816379 The Verulam Amateur Radio Club (st Albans) will be holding a six week Foundation training course starting on Wednesday 28th October 2009 at 7.30pm. The examination will be held on December 9th.

The all-inclusive fee (RSGB,"Foundation Licence Now!" book, other materials and the exam fee) is just £25.

Please contact Chris (G6CMD) on VARC_TrainingUK@yahoogroups.com or phone Brian (G3YKB) on 01923 228121 to book a place.
  Meets every Tuesday night
From: 7:30pm to 10:30pm
Sully Sports & Social Club, South Road, Sully, South Wales

We have a fully equipped shack. From HF to UHF in SSB- CW- plus full DATA Modes for yet more fun. All the HF RF goes into a 7 Element Beam at 60 feet for your enjoyment. This RF can be warmed up with an Amp for full legal power output if you need that little bit extra in a contest or DX-ing

For more information about our group go to www.bars.btck.co.uk GX0MIN or M2W
Whitton Community Centre
Percy Road, Whitton, Middlesex, TW2 6JL

Whitton Amateur Radio Group in West London is a registered examination centre for all levels of licence but at the present time our courses covering the Foundation, Intermediate and Advance levels are unfortunately on hold.

Telephone 0870 760 5082 (answer phone)
Email g0ofn@msn.com
Web: http://www.warg.info/index.php/training

Whitton Amateur Radio Group welcomes visitors or new members and we meet every Friday from about 8.00 until Late. An impressive looking 50-year old home-made amateur station housed at Muckleburgh has been brought back to life by members of the North Norfolk Amateur Radio Group. The station was built by Wing Commander Ieuan Edward Hill G6HL in the 1950's to the highest professional standards and he continued using it until he died in 1997. In 2000, his daughter, Rosemary Cox, donated the equipment to the Group where it has been on static display in the "Radio Hut" at the museum ever since.

When donating the equipment, Mrs Cox wrote: "One of my late Father's dearest wishes was that his radio equipment should be ....used where possible, be learnt from and enjoyed by a future generation." The Group has always intended to honour that wish but pending restoration to full working order the station has been used as a Morse practice desk for visiting children who are shown how to send their names in the code, and awarded certificates for their achievement.

G6HL obtained his first radio receiving licence in 1925, and his first experimental transmitting licence in 1928. His first call was 6HL, becoming G6HL soon after when prefix letters were added to call signs to indicate the country where a station was located. Accompanying the station is an historic collection of QSL cards, dating from 1928 to 1997, recording and confirming the huge number of contacts G6HL made around the world, including many from countries with names that no longer exist.

While the museum was closed during the winter, 2007/2008, members of the Group, led by Bill Ward G4NRE, have been working to finally get the station back on the air. With a lack of written instructions and the great number of knobs, switches, sockets and connecting leads on the equipment, often unmarked, it has not been an easy task but success came on 13th December 2007 when Bill exchanged greetings on 20m with F4EIT using the Group's permanent special event call GB2MC. For those present, it was an exciting and truly memorable occasion hearing this magnificent piece of equipment come back to life.

Further work was needed, however, to make it fully operational and this has now been completed. It is hoped to put the station on the air regularly when the Radio Hut is open to visitors in 2008 and to make many contacts worldwide using both SSB and CW. Unusually the station has SSB capability which was rare in the early 1950s when the mode was only just coming into use in the UK and there can be few, if any, amateur SSB stations of that era still in use. It would be interesting to know of any others are still on the air and their operators are asked to contact G4NRE (who became the Group's new chairman at its AGM in January 2008) to let him know of their existence and arrange a two-way vintage sked!

The Group welcomes new members who have time to spend up to a day a week at Muckleburgh.

In collaboration with the management of the Muckleburgh Collection, the North Norfolk Amateur Radio Group is organising a vintage radio / amateur radio boot sale on Sunday 12th September 2010. The boot sale will also include militaria and general/domestic items for sale organised by the museum. Set-up will be from 8.00 a.m. and admission from 10.00 a.m.

For one day only, admission to the museum, restaurant and shop will be free, providing an unusual opportunity to visit the country's largest privately owned military museum without charge. There will also be an opportunity to visit the Radio Hut, home of the North Norfolk Amateur Radio Group, which houses the Group's unique collection of all-service vintage military, amateur, and other communications equipment as described on this website. This promises to be an enjoyable, interesting and worthwhile day out. Make a note in your diaries now! Radio clubs, individual amateurs and other radio enthusiasts, military enthusiasts and members of the public are invited to participate in this boot sale. No traders. Pitch fee, payable on arrival, £5.00. All enquiries to Bob Finch G0HYZ, phone: 01263 838198.

At the annual general meeting on 28th January 2008, the following officers were elected. Chairman, Bill Ward G4NRE; Treasurer, Bill Green G4DMB; PRO, Tony Smith G4FAI; Secretary, Bob Finch G0HYZ has agreed to become Secretary.

Chairman: Bill Ward G4NRE - Tel: 01603 487047 - E-mail: g4nre(at)yahoo.com PRO: Tony Smith G4FAI - Tel: 01263 821936 - E-mail: g4fai(at)btinternet.com

c/o The Radio Hut, The Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne, HOLT, Norfolk, NR25 7EG

Information about events, etc can be found on NNARG website They are a small but friendly club with a wide range of interests and experience. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Regular events take place throughout the year.

Information about events, etc can be found on their website We are currently running the following courses at the club:-
Foundation
Intermediate
Full
and for those who are interested, a Morse class.
Courses are FREE to fully paid up club members.

Full details can be found on our web site www.gw6gw.co.uk KARS started only in January 2008 but is proving to be a great success and is growing well. We meet every first and third Wednesday of the month at the Scottish Scout Headquarters, Fordell Firs, Hillend, Dunfermline. Visitors are, of course, most welcome but, because of the nature of the site we meet upon, they must contact us on mm0xbd@kars.org.uk first.

Further information is available at http://www.kars.org.uk The Burnham Beaches Radio club meets every first and third Monday of the month at Farnham Common Village Hall, Victoria Road, Farnham Common. The club participates in a wide range of amateur radio activities and runs regular courses for those wishing to get on the air. For more information contact Charles on 01753 861115, visit our website at http://come.to/bbrc or email us bbrcinfo@btconnect.com Mid Ulster Amatuer Radio Club, meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3pm in Brownlow Resource Centre, Craigavon, Co Armagh, More details of courses adn club activities can be found at www.muarc.com or via email to cqmuarc@googlemail.com