Rhyl & District Amateur Radio Club - Photo Gallery
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The 1960s:
Short Wave Magazine iss. April 1963On February 25 (1963), the Flintshire Radio Society had a night-on-the-air. Here we see, left to right: SWLs Whitehead and Habesh ; GW3PKH/T ; at the gear GW3JGA (on the microphone) with GW3FPF ; and, at right, GW3PCZ/T and SWL Antley, hon. secretary of the club, which meets on the last Monday of each month at the Railway Hotel, Prestatyn.
The 1970s:
VHF contest about 1977Newspaper cutting approx 1977. Alan GW4HDR, Bryan GW8OYT, Mike GW8NPN, Roy GW8XLL
VHF NFD - Moel Fferna, nr Corwen, 1978Back row: Barney GW8ACG, Phil GW8UGX, Roy GW8XLL, Alan GW4HDR. Front row: Ian GW8OGI, Bryan GW8OYT
VHF NFD - Moel Fferna, nr Corwen, 1978Ian GW8OGI, Alan GW4HDR
The 1980s:
VHF contest about 1980Keith GW8UCG, Paul GW8UWR, Roy GW8XLL, Ian Dunt, Jim GW4RGA?, George GW8UIM
VHF contest about 1980John GW4PFC, Martyn GW6ITJ, Tony GW6RNA
VHF contest, Axton, April 1982Left to right: Alan GW4HDR, (inside - Phil GW8UGX, Martyn GW6ITJ), Bryan GW8OYT, Keith GW8UCG, Paul GW4NLD - in Roy's home-made mobile shack.
VHF contest, Moel Fferna, 1982 (Photos Roy GW8XLL)
Back row: Phil GW8UGX, Paul Walsh SWL, Roy GW8XLL, Paul GW8UWR. Front row: Alan GW4HDR, Steve GW8WTJ, Bryan GW8OYT
Alan GW4HDR, Steve GW8WTJ
Alan GW4HDR
The contest site
Roy GW8XLL
Phil GW8UGX (now GW4PJQ)
The 2m antennas
Paul GW8UWR (now GW4NLD)
Paul Walsh (was SWL, now MW6PWQ)
Local newspaper cutting. (The newspaper article incorrectly states this was Moel Fammau - in fact it was Moel Fferna, near Corwen)
Rhyl High School 'Interest Fair' GB2IF - March 1984 (Photos Roy GW8XLL)
Unknown?, Ray GW6IYP, Mike GW8NPN, Roy GW8XLL
Ian GW6OWR, Paul GW4NLD, Mike GW8NPN
Ray GW6IYP, Mike GW8NPN (hidden), Roy GW8XLL
Practical Wireless 2m QRP contest 1985 Moel Fferna (Photo Alan GW4HDR)
Tony GW6RNA, Alan GW4HDR, Melfyn GW1AKT
Slides taken Dec 1985 & Jan 1986 (Photos Alan GW4HDR)
GW8OYT shack
GW8OYT 2 metre antennas
Bryan GW8OYT in shack
Dennis GW6ZHQ/GW0VFQ in shack
GW6ZHQ (GW0VFQ) antennas
GW8XLL 60 ft tower
GW8XLL shack
Roy GW8XLL in shack
GW8XLL tower
GW4VLU antennas
GW4VLU shack
Mike GW4VLU in shack demonstrating just how hot his home made dummy load gets!
Mike GW4VLU in his mobile
GW8UWR/GW4NLD shack
Paul GW8UWR/GW4NLD in shack
GW8UWR/GW4NLD antennas
GW4HDR shack
GW4HDR antennas
GW4HDR antenna's eye view
Alan GW4HDR in shack
Gerry GW1JOB/GW0CNK in shack
Mike GW1XGD & George GW0MOF
GW4SLK shack
GW4SLK antenna
Rod GW4SLK in shack
Barney GW8ACG tower
Whose antenna was this??
GW0DSJ shack
Ted GW0DSJ
Gerry GW0CNK & Paul GW4NLD
Ted GW0DSJ at Club home brew competition
Club home brew competition
Gerry GW0CNK, Harry GW2HDO, John GW8XDG
Mike GW0HWK, Rod GW4SLK, Mike GW4VLU
George GW0MOF, Melfyn GW1AKT, Mike GW1XGD
More Slides taken 1987 (Photos Alan GW4HDR)
GW4SLZ shack
GW4SLZ yagi beam
George GW4SLZ in shack
George GW4SLZ & home brew linear
GW4HDR shack
John GW1ZFA
Gilbert GW1TMK
Mike GW0HWK in shack
GW0HWK shack
Len GW1WBS
Cliff GW4ITO
GW0DSJ shack
Ted GW0DSJ in shack
GW0DSJ's home brew radios
Trip to Jodrell Bank radio telescope
Another Practical Wireless 2m QRP contest 198? Cyrn-y-Brain (Photos Melfyn GW1AKT)
Alan GW4HDR
GW6RNA, GW4HDR
GW6RNA, GW4HDR
John GW4PFC at Eiras Park 198?operating from Bob GW4PUX's car (Photo Melfyn GW1AKT)
Meeting at 2nd Rhyl Scout Hut,1988 (Photo George GW0MOF)
Meeting at 2nd Rhyl Scout Hut,late 1980's (Photo Roy GW8XLL)
The 1990s:
Meetings at Bodelwyddan Castle, early 90s (Photos Roy GW8XLL)
North Wales Radio Rally - Bring & buy stand early 90s? (Photos Roy GW8XLL)
Bring & buy stand
Alan GW4HDR, Iain 2W1ALD, Bryan GW8OYT, George GW0MOF, George's xyl, Ted GW0DSJ
Muriel, Dennis GW0VFQ, Margaret, Cliff GW4ITO, Nat GW0OGK? in Rally office
Bring & buy stand
Bring & buy stand
Bring & buy stand
Bring & buy stand
Jack GW3UMB, Ron GW7HEE, Tom GW0DSW
Bring & buy stand
Left to right: Mike GW0OGE, Alan GW4HDR and son Iain 2W1ALD, Gerry GW0CNK, Ted GW0DSJ, George GW0MOF, Roy GW8XLL
Bring & buy stand
Club information stand
Special Event station 'GR0KPC' at Bodelwyddan Castle, May 1995 'VE Day' (Photos Alan GW4HDR)
Back: Alan GW4HDR, Alan GW3UTG, Ted GW0DSJ, Front: Mike GW0HWK, Roy GW8XLL, Rob GW0DFY.
Rob GW0DFY, Roy GW8XLL
Ted GW0DSJ
Puffin Island DXpedition July 1995
Local Newspaper article about the DXpedition to Puffin IslandPhoto shows left to right:- Melfyn GW1AKT, Ted GW0DSJ, Alan GW4HDR, Ted GW0VEE, Frank GW0VUP, John GW3JGA, Paul GW4AMZ, Roy GW8XLL, Rob GW0DFY (taken at Bodelwyddan Castle).
As usual, the newspaper article was completely wrong!!
The people in the photograph were not the group that went to Puffin Island.
Only Ted DSJ and Alan HDR from this picture actually went.
The Puffin Island expedition was organised by the 'North Wales Radio Society', assisted by our club.
Puffin Island is a small island, approximately 1100m long by 330m wide.
It is about 55m ASL at it's highest point. It is located 750m off the South Eastern most tip of the Island of Anglesey.
The island is uninhabited, except for thousands of sea birds, and a lot of rats.
I don't think any puffins have been seen here for many years.
The only buildings are the ruins of an old monastary, and an old semaphore station.
It is a true island, separated from the main island of Anglesey by a deep channel,
but the RSGB's IOTA committee for some reason would not accept this as an IOTA island in it's own right,
and would not issue us with an IOTA reference!.
View of Puffin Island from Penmon point, Anglesey. (Photo Alan GW4HDR)
The 2000s:
PW 144MHz QRP contest June 2004 ("The North Wales Wafflers" contest group - a combined effort by the Rhyl & Dist. ARC and the NWRS)
Assembling the 4x17ele antenna. Photo shows left to right:- Muriel GW7NFY, Albert GW0RCZ, Dave GW4DMR, Anna MW0CCS.
A few days before the contest. Assembling and testing the new antenna system.
(Photos Barrie GW7EXH)
Testing the 4x17ele antenna
Arrival at the site - the easy way
On site at Moel Fferna
(Photos Gordon MW0GBR)
Arrival at the site - the hard way
Barrie GW7EXH
Antenna assembly
Antenna assembly
Antenna assembly
Barrie GW7EXH, Albert GW0RCZ
Anna MW0CCS, Barrie GW7EXH
Albert GW0RCZ
Dave GW4DMR, Gordon MW0GBR
QRP contest site Moel Fferna 2004 (Photos Albert GW0RCZ)
The 2020s:
Meeting at Rhyl Rugby Club, 22 Sept 2021
LEFT - From L to R:
Martyn GW4CQZ, Rhys GW4RWR, Martyn GW6ITJ, Alan GW4HDR, Barrie GW7EXH, Ceri 2W0LJC & David GW8NZN.
22 Sept 2021
Meeting at Rhyl Yacht Club building, 04 Sep 2024 (Photos Simon MW0NWM)
L-R standing: David GW8NZN, Tony GW7AMS, Rhys GW4RWR, Ceri 2W1LJC, Roger MW0IDX, Nigel MW0NDE, Dave MW1DSB, Martyn GW4CQZ, Steve 2W0JEB, Gordon MW0GBR, Alan GW4HDR, Ken MW7FXH, Danny GW7BZR
Sitting: David GW6MLI. Not in photo: Simon MW0NWM (taking photo), & Sylvia SWL.
Gordon MW0GBR and Alan GW4HDR comparing the Xiegu G90 and IC-705. Roger MW0IDX and Rhys GW4RWR watching.
Sunset at the Yacht Club. 40m 1/4 wave vertical on the left
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