How to Join the Isle of Avalon Amateur Radio Club

We are always ready to welcome new members to the club – those who would like to know more about radio and perhaps become licensed amateurs themselves. The UK amateur licence has three levels, Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced.

As a club, we advocate people do self-training for the exam. We can help on an informal basis with questions on the syllabus; but there is no plan for us to run structured training courses. We can run the exam at the Scout hut which is a RSGB registered examination venue, though most people do the exam at home online nowadays.

Anyone who has had an interest in radio, but perhaps thought it was too difficult for them to master, will be warmly welcomed at the club, and will be given the maximum help to enable them to achieve their own personal goals in the area.

Subscriptions

Subscriptions have been suspended, we now work on a donations basis for consumables (energy and refreshments). We don’t have any plans to change this, in the past new members training for their Foundation Licence were not subject to subscriptions, at the Committee’s discretion.

It’s worth regulars filling out the membership form that Mike has, for some benefits of the Club RSGB affiliation.

Club Meetings

We meet every other Friday (take a look at the calendar for which days). at site 2 from 6pm, this is near the Sweet Acre garden centre. This is NOT the Scout Hut, please contact the Membership secretary if you need to know how to get there, or call us on 145.475 MHz if you are already licensed. If you have found the garden centre, look for the aerials as you go down the road towards the rugby club.

Please note that this location is not indoors, dress warmly and be prepared for rain!

We monitor 145.475 MHz around 18:00 in case anyone requires a talk-in.

Club nets

On Monday we have an occasional¹ CB net on UK40 ch34 27.93125 FM at 20:00

On Wednesday we have a net on 145.475MHz FM at 20:00 This is a formal net and is logged.

All times are local time.

We do occasionally run nets on other days, take a look at the calendar for more details.

1. occasional because fewer members are on this band ↩