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(Affiliated
to the - Radio Society of Great Britain.)
The Llandudno Radio Rally is on 1&
Precise details of how the present club
originally came into being are obscure. However, older members have
recollections of amateur radio activities associated with Bangor University in
the sixties, and early meetings in the Bangor RFC. These activities certainly
formed the embryo from which the present club emerged after adolescence in CB
radio. The name Dragon Amateur Radio Club was agreed upon at a meeting in
October 1985, and many meetings were held at the Four Crosses, until 1997.
Dragon ARC meetings are now held at the Ebenezer
Church Hall, Lôn Foel Graig, Llanfairpwll. The Church Hall is an
ideal Club House being recently modernised with fitted kitchen, central heating
and ample parking.
The Dragon ARC has full affiliation to
the Radio Society of
Great Britain, the national representative body for radio amateurs
within the
Club members come form all walks of
life; many are or have been employed in the radio/electronics/electrical
industries, and most hold a full Amateur Radio Licence. The Club has a Training
Officer, and assistants, who run courses for the Fundamental, Intermediate and
Full, Amateur Radio Licence examinations.
Many of the Club members are competent Morse operators (or
ex-professionals) and they regularly enter Morse contests to represent the Club
in that mode, and members are very willing to train those interested, in the
use of the Morse code. (Club members operate GB2CW for the RSGB) Single
sideband (SSB), radio teletype (RTTY) and many of the newer, computerised
modes, are also used by members in contests, events and daily use. Technical
experimentation is encouraged and also construction of all types of operational
equipment and antennas.
As Club activities, Special Events and
contests are undertaken at least half a dozen times each year, at which the
Club’s own equipment is used. The main ones being International Marconi Day,
when GB4MD runs from the old Marconi Trans-Atlantic Station (1914) at Waunfawr,
& GB4HMD runs form the early Coast Wireless Station
(1901) at Holyhead. And Club participation in International Lighthouses and Lightships
Weekend ensures that GB2TD gets an airing from Trwyn Du lighthouse, at
Penmon. Special QSL (verification) cards
are printed and exchanged with the stations we contact at these events, and
also when GW4TTA is used. This work is
handled by the Club’s own QSL Manager.
The Club meets twice monthly, on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month, commencing 7.30pm for 8.00pm. The meetings start off quite informally with members socialising generally. Followed by a more formal section where a talk/demonstration on radio-related matters is given, either by one of the Club members or a visiting “expert” (see copy of the latest programme). Visits are sometimes arranged to places of interest, Club members have been taken on a guided tour of local BBC/ITV Broadcast stations. We have also visited 22 Squadron, at RAF Valley, and a number of other interesting venues. The evening finishes off informally, with tea/coffee and biscuits and more general chat.
VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR
CLUB MEETINGS.
For further
information including Club Membership forms, please contact the Club Secretary:
Martin Snow, GW3PRL, Rhwng y
ddwydre, Brynsiencyn, Anglesey, LL61 6TZ.
01248 430 848
email <martinsnow1943 at hotmail dot com>