Wirral & District Amateur Radio Club

08/11/2025

22/07/2025

Do you want to give D Star another try during the Summer?

A message from Ian (M0ABL)

Just a reminder that the GB7WP D Star repeater is up and running again on Wirral.
Now located in Moreton / Leasowe area, it is on 430.72500 Rx and 439.72500 Tx.
The repeater is set up for Digital Voice and has a 25 Watt output power

28/08/2024

Telford Hamfest this Sunday 1st September.

1 week to go to the Telford Hamfest, we will be opening the doors at 10:15
Please keep an eye out for road signs for any diversions
- we will publish any we know of.
If you are driving from Shrewsbury via Roden
Driving up from M54 along A41
Check
https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/roads-and-highways/road-network-management/interactive-roadworks-map/interactive-roadwork-map-all-works/
The venue is just a short distance (10 miles) north of the M54 (Jct 3) and is easily accessed from other trunk roads: SatNav code TF10 8NB.

Talk-in station GB4THF 145.550 MHz FM

The usual Flea Market will be located by the main car park, approaching the exhibition Hall. More sellers took advantage of this facility in 2023. Tables are available at just £10 each on a first-come-first-served basis. Some car boot selling space will be available adjacent to the main car park. An advance phone call would be very helpful in planning space.

The venue offers more than just a traditional radio rally and we have developed a good reputation both from our exhibitors and visitors for careful preparation and organisation on the day.

14/01/2024

More good news - Central Radio Amateur Circle (CRAC) have agreed to run the this year - it will be in the same room as previous. April 21st

14/01/2024

We are on three and a half months until – lets get the date in your diaries April 21, 2024 forward this post to your clubs and friends in the doors open 10.30am

26/11/2023

A sad message from our club secretary Simon G6XHF.

Neil McLaren - G4OAR - 18/11/42 – 24/11/23

It is with great sadness that I report the passing, after a short illness, of WADARC early member and twice past chair Neil (G4OAR).

Neil will be well known, and greatly missed by anyone who has been involved in the club at any time since its formation. He was a club stalwart and I doubt there is anyone in the club, past or present who hasn’t benefitted from Neil’s help, advice, and enthusiasm at some stage.
Until very recently, he rarely missed a club meeting or event and thoroughly enjoyed the fortnightly D&Ws as well as the annual Friedrichshafen Hamfest visits.
He was an enthusiastic member of the Club’s contest team in the early 1980s, especially with National Field Day. He subsequently teamed up with other locals to form the Wirral Contest Group (G4WCG). His involvement with contests was reawakened in recent years with the UKAC. He also enjoyed planning, setting up and operating our club Special event stations such as JOTA, which he supported with his time, equipment loan and operating skills. He was happy to sit and chat with young people on the air, all JOTA weekend, often commenting that their interest in our hobby will not be sparked if no-one talks to them.
Neil was keen on most technologies. He enjoyed building computers and in the days of Packet Radio he was also a prolific operator of that system as well as an accomplished CW operator. His abilities with I.T. were also put to good use as the Club Webmaster. This was a role which he took very seriously, spending hours researching Amateur Radio related articles to include in our pages and updating our site three or four times a week right up until he became ill at the beginning of last month.
Neil appeared to be a life-long confirmed bachelor until August 2013 when he married Win (G1GSJ). Although this prompted a move to Shropshire he maintained his WADARC affiliations and both he and Win were regular club attendees. His Wirral QTH will have been familiar to thousands of locals even with no interest in radio as his 80ft Versatower in the back garden was unmissable when driving past.
Neil was also an accomplished musician and organ player, skier, and bird photographer.

A sad loss to the club.

22/11/2022

28/06/2022

It is with sadness that we announce that Richard Welch (G8NDD) went SK last Friday evening after a short illness and brief stay in hospital.

Richard was a long time member of WADARC and was Controller of our local RAYNET Group. Although not a frequent visitor, Richard was always a willing helper, making himself available to assist at many of our Special Event Stations.

For many years, Richard was our 'Chef' at the annual club barbecues and indeed brought his own barbecue along to support the event.

RIP Richard

Further details will follow.