Ham Radio Ireland

Ham Radio Ireland

spotted comments from Richard VK2SKY, 

what caught my attention was mention of the Galway VHF Group, some of my ancestors came from Loughrea, Galway,  Michael Connolly and wife Maria Griffin, emigrated with their family to Australia, settling in Terranora, south of Sydney, during the potato famine.

so here is blog for the group back in Ireland

Galway VHF Group

access to their online newsletters

Ham Radio Ireland ~ Galway VHF Group

and their Facebook page

(20+) Ham Radio Ireland | Facebook

some interesting Amateur Radio Clubs in Ireland, Scotland and Shetlands

 some more interesting Amateur Radio Club pages :

https://radioshetland.co.uk/ Radio Shetland

https://zarcclub.wordpress.com Zetland ARC (Shetlands)

https://www.galwayradio.com/ Galway ARC (Ireland)

http://corkradioclub.ie/ Cork ARC (Ireland)

http://www.cmars.org.uk/ Mclean Clan ARC (Scotland)

http://www.maclean.org/cmars/ McLean Clan ARC (Scotland)

https://galwayvhfgroup.blogspot.com Galway VHF Group (Ireland)

limerickclareamateurradioclub.ie Limerick-Clare ARC (Ireland)

and their facebook pages for some :

https://www.facebook.com/CorkRadioClub

https://www.facebook.com/GalwayRadioClub

and IRTS – Amateur Radio in Ireland, Irish Radio Transmitters Society

this is Irish equivalent to RSGB, WIA, ARRL, JARL etc

and to get a full list of AR Clubs in Ireland see here :

IRTS – Amateur Radio in Ireland, Irish Radio Transmitters Society

DMR Network from Galway, Ireland

I stumbled onto this blog, it was pretty impressive,  these guys are certainly enjoying their hobby.

One day I would like to visit Ireland and Scotland and Shetlands.

galway-dmr-network