Category: 2025 News

On the 3rd of November 2025 the Dragon Amateur Radio Club held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Canolfan Esceifiog Community Centre, Lon Groes, Gaerwen, Anglesey, LL60 6DD and on Zoom for those unable to attend. With over 22 members in attendance and 3 members attending via ZOOM this years AGM had a very positive …

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Victory Over Japan (VJ) Day is observed annually on August 15th, commemorating the 1945 surrender of Japan and the end of World War II.  2025 marked the 80th anniversary of VJ Day. To mark the 80th anniversary of VJ Day Dragon Amateur Radio Club members David Morgan GW6MLI and Martin Moyse 2W0NKS ran a special event …

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Each year, the Dragon Amateur Radio Club takes part in Lighthouses and Lightships on the Air. Our chosen location is usually close to Trwyn Du Lighthouse at Penmon, Anglesey. This year we set up on the Friday, ready to begin operating early on Saturday morning. The main station ran on a simple doublet antenna with an …

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I found myself free for this year’s contest and thought, why not dust off the official club call GW4TTA and let it sing on the airwaves once again? I decided to do it properly — truly portable (hence GW4TTA/p), going back to basics with no internet cluster crutches, no comforting hum of mains power, and …

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Each year during the Antarctic Midwinter, the BBC World Service broadcast a special programme called the ‘Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast’. The programme is specially broadcast for the around 40 scientists and support staff of the British Antarctic Survey who are enduring the harsh polar midwinter. The first Midwinter Broadcast was in 1955, meaning that this years …

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A club presentation by Simon MW0NWM While amateur radio is, at its core, a hobby centred around communication via radio waves, there’s a whole world of helpful websites out there. On Monday the 2nd June 2025 Simon MW0NWM gave a talk at the Dragon Amateur Radio Club highlighting some of the best websites that he …

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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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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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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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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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