Following our AGM on the 17th April, we have elected the following committee members Chairperson – Rhys Griffiths (GW0DIV) Treasurer – John Howells (GW4BUZ) Secretary & Activities Officer – Carol Hodson (MW6KJX) Webmaster & Shack Manager – Mark Stevenson (MW6KJZ) Exam Secretary – Paul Day (MW0PDB) The following persons were […]

Yesterday was a good day with the Pontypridd Girl Guides, setting up a station for Thinking Day on the Air. Although there weren’t many contacts with other guides, we did spend 40 minutes speaking to a group in Scotland. The guides were using some handhelds to talk to each other […]

Students at the Rhondda ARS are currently working towards their Intermediate Licence, new members are always welcome and we can also accommodate those working towards other licences such as Foundation and Full… If you want to discuss getting your licence with a member of the club, pop in any Tuesday […]

A massive thank you to Steve Mackey for his talk on the progress the Rhondda Tunnel Society is making yesterday evening. A fantastic insight into the current, but extremely well-preserved state of the tunnel and a look into the future at how Europe’ longest cycle tunnel, at 2 miles long, […]

The Rhondda Amateur Radio Society has been approached and have agreed to assist a local girl-guiding group with their Thinking Day on the Air event. The annual event which sees Girl Guiding groups make radio contact with other girl-guiding groups across the world. As well as learning about other groups […]

JOTA 2017 was a massive success, the scouts of the 1st Tonypandy Scouts Group made contacts with other scouts and amateurs across the world using various modes from good old fashioned HF, the slightly newer Data Modes right the way through to the latest in Digital Modes on Fusion through a local […]

Whatever you call them, without them, a radio would be pretty useless! We have a special guest visiting the Radio Society on 28th November at 8pm… Andy, the proprietor of G-Whip will be stopping by to have a discussion and answer questions on anything about Antennas. If you would like […]

On Friday evening and all day Saturday (20th & 21st October 2017), the Rhondda Amateur Radio Society will be assisting the 1st Tonypandy Scouts Group with Jamboree on the Air. Members of the scouts and the public can come along and make contact with other JOTA stations around the UK […]