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May 29
Mills on the Air GB0ML Saturday 10th May 2025
On Saturday 10th May, members of Dragon Amateur Radio Club gathered at Melin Llynon / Llynon Mill on the island of Ynys Mon for the annual Mills On The Air weekend, which is held every May.Thanks to the owner of the mill, Richard Holt we were able to set up on the lawn in front …
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May 16
DARC member Les Hayward MW0SEC
Les has many hobbies including walking and music. Les says that he can still play a passable bass guitar but says that his keyboard skills are very poor, so he uses the Mixcraft application which enables him to correct some of the bum notes! Click play on the audio sample below to hear Les’s rendition …
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May 16
DARC member John Byast 2W0JYB remembers the fallen on VE Day 2025
Like a lot of people John doesn’t have much time to spare but on the 80th anniversary of VE Day he took some time out to remember the ones that had fallen at a service at Parys mountain in Anglesey. More than 500 people braved the chill evening air to gather in a car park, …
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Apr 27
Celebrating International Marconi Day 2025
International Marconi Day is observed annually on the Saturday closest to April 25, which is the birth date of Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, inventor of the radio. On Saturday, April 26th, 2025 operating as GB2IMD the Dragon Amateur Radio Club celebrated international Marconi day which marks the anniversary of the first transatlantic message being sent from the historic …
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Apr 10
The annual Dragon Amateur Radio Club Junk Sale 2025
What do radio amateurs do with their old and unwanted equipment and components? They sell them! Very often the big ticket items, expensive radios etc, are traded at one of the many amateur radio shops, or we sell them online. However for those smaller items and components we take them to the annual Dragon Amateur …
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Mar 27
What does the RSGB do for you?
On the 17th of March 2025 Simon MW0NWM gave the Dragon Amateur Radio Club members a very interesting and informative talk answering that very question! It turns out that the RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain) provides members with a range of benefits, including access to its very own magazine (Radcom), exclusive online resources, Award schemes …
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Mar 12
DARC 2024 construction championship winners
Every year the Dragon Amateur Radio Club holds a construction contest with the aim of encouraging members to build either radio equipment or ancillary items which will enhance their radio operations and then to exhibit the builds to encourage others to follow their example. Read about the contest at https://dragonamateurradioclub.co.uk/darc-construction-contest-2024-18th-nov-2024/ On February 3rd 2025 the Dragon …
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Mar 12
A cold day on the Great Orme, Llandudno
It’s March the 11th 2025 and it might look sunny outside, but it isn’t, it’s freezing —so cold that even penguins would be like, “Nah, I’m staying in.” But did that stop David Morgan (GW6MLI) and Martin Moyse (2W0NKS) because when the radio waves call, you answer, even if your fingers are so numb they …
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Mar 12
David Morgans (GW6MLI) Home brew 15 Delta Loop antenna
During March of 2025 RSGB Cymru (Wales) have been running a 15m 21Mhz challenge contest for members and affiliated clubs in regions 6 and 7. Participants are encouraged to build a home-brew resonant antenna for the 21MHz / 15M band, and make as many QSO’s as possible during the challenge. David initially built a long wire at …
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Mar 12
Talk on Producing Media for Websites by Martin 2W0NKS
On the 3rd of March Martin (2W0NKS) gave the club a talk on producing media for websites. Martin explained that Good media is crucial for a website because it enhances user experience, engagement, and credibility, boosts engagement and retention, improves communication, enhances SEO and performance, builds trust and credibility, and attracts new interest in the club and …
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