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FISTS Affiliated Clubs     ** Work-in-progress - not all clubs are listed yet **

The benefits of being affiliated to FISTS include:
  • Public demonstration of mutual support between our clubs and for CW.
  • Affiliated clubs can apply for FISTS awards and participate in FISTS activities with QSOs made using the club's callsign(s).
  • FISTS members, including those in affiliated clubs, can count QSOs made the club's callsign(s) towards their award applications and activity entries
  • Publicity via the FISTS website's Links page, in the FISTS news feeds, and Key Note.
To become a FISTS-affiliated club, the club's committee must approve the request and at least one person must be a paid-up member of both the club and FISTS.  There is no fee involved.  To apply, or for more information, please contact the Membership Secretary link text.
 

List of Affiliated Clubs

Club Location Notes
30m CW Activity Group (30CW).   The group encourages CW activity on 30m to ensure we do not lose this very special prime CW band to other modes, nor to other primary services.
807 ARO Ossett, West Yorkshire. This is an informal group with a focus on contesting.
Andover Radio Amateur Club (ARAC) Wildhern, Wiltshire. 1st and 3rd Tuesday in each month from 7.30pm.
Runs Morse Workshops.
Antrim and District Amateur Radio Society (ADARS) Antrim, Northern Ireland. Meetings on second Friday of the month.
Appledore and District Amateur Radio Club (ADARC) Appledore, Devon. Meetings are held on the third Monday of the month at Appledore Football Social Club (Meetings), Appledore, Devon.
Ashton in Makerfield Amateur Radio Club Wigan, Lancashire. Meetings are held every Monday from 19:00 to 21:30 approximately at Ashton Town Football Club, Edge Green Street, Ashton-in-Makerfield, WIGAN, WN4 8SL.
Associazione Radioamatori Lugano (ARL) Lugano, Switzerland.  
Ayr Amateur Radio Group (AARG) Ayr Ayrshire. We meet in Prestwick Community Education Centre every second Friday evening at 7.30.
Bishop Auckland Radio Amateur's Club (BARAC) Stanley Crook Village Hall, Co Durham. Meets every Thursday from 7:30pm, Visitors welcome.
Blackwood & District Amateur Radio Society Blackwood, Gwent. Fridays during term time 1900 to 2100.
Bolton Wireless Club Bolton, Lancashire. Main meetings take place from 7:30pm fortnightly on Mondays.
Chippenham and District Amateur Radio Club (CADARC) Chippenham, Wiltshire. The Club meets every Tuesday 7.30pm at Kington Langley Village Hall, Church Road, Chippenham, SN15 5NJ.
Morse lessons are being held for beginners and improvers.Ą They are open to ALL - members (free) and non members (£2.00 a session).
Cray Valley Radio Society (CVRS) Eltham, South East London. Meets on 1st and 3rd Thursdays every month at 1st Royal Eltham Scout Group hall from 7:30pm. Visitors welcome.
Danish Contest Academy (DCA)   Virtual meetings are held on Skype regularly and as required.
East Cleveland Amateur Radio Club    
Essex CW Amateur Radio Club (ECWARC) Essex. Runs weekly Morse training on Skype, weekly nets and an annual CW Boot Camp and annual activity week.
Felixstowe & District Amateur Radio Society (FDARS) Felixstowe, Suffolk. Meetings twice monthly at Orwell Park School, Orwell Park, Ipswich.  CW net Tuesday evenings from 7:00pm to 8:00pm on 144.070Mhz +/- QRM
Finningley Amateur Radio Society (FARS) Sandtoft, West Yorkshire. Tuesday evening from 6pm.
Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society (FRARS) Winborne, Dorset. Meetings are every Wednesday and Sunday evening in the club house at 19:00 until 21:00.
Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club (FPARC) Fort Purbrook, Hampshire. Last Friday of each month.
Hastings Electronics and Radio Club (HERC) St. Leonards on Sea. Meetings almost every fourth Wednesday of the month at John Taplin Centre, 3 Upper Maze Hill, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA, TN38 0LQ.
Holsworthy Amateur Radio Club (HARC) Holwsorthy, Devon. Meetings take place on the first Wednesay in each month at The Parish Hall, Milton Damerel.Holsworthy, Devon.EX22 7NZ. 
Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society (HARS) St Neots. Club meetings are held at Buckden Village Hall - 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the Month.  Buckden Village Hall, Burberry Road, Buckden, ST NEOTS, PE19 5UY.
Leicester Radio Society (LRS) Leicester. Meetings and Morse classes are on Mondays.
Hoover Amateur Radio Club (HARC) Merthyr Tydfil. Tuesday evening 18.30 - 21.30.
Lincoln Short Wave Club   Wednesday Evenings.
Livingston and District Amateur Radio Society (LADARS) Livingston, West Lothian. Meetings on Tuesday evenings 1900 – 2100.  There is a regular VHF net on a Thursday evening at 1930 local time on 145.575 MHz.
Newton-le-Willows Amateur Radio Club (NLWARC) Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside. Tuesdays 19:00.  Runs CW courses.
Norfolk Amateur Radio Club (NARC) Norwich, Norfolk. Meets every Wednesday.  Runs CW courses.
Norfolk Tank Museum Radio Club Forncett St Peters, Norfolk. Meetings on Wednesdays at the museum and all are welcome.  Also open on Sundays for visitors to the museum (spring to autumn).
Pattuglia Radio F.S.E. Italy. National Scout & Guide radio club.
Pontefract and District Amateur Radio Society (PDARS) Pontefract, West Yorkshire. Meets every Tuesday from 18h30 and Thursday from 19h00.
Radio Amateur Old Timers' Association (RAOTA)   RAOTA seeks to keep alive the pioneer spirit and traditions of the past in today's Amateur Radio by means of personal and radio contact, whilst being mindful of any special needs.

CW nets:
Monday  3.525 MHz  0930 (UK local time, 7.023 if 80m unsuitable)
Monday  1.835 MHz  2100 (UK local time)
Radio Security Service Memorial Amateur Radio Society Ballygowan, Co Down. The specific aims of the Society shall be to preserve and memory of Voluntary Interceptors and staff employed in the RSS, to educate others in the amateur radio community of the role they played in defence of King and Country during the Second World War and to pass on their legacy to the next generation.
Riviera Amateur Radio Club (RARC) Torquay, Devon. Meetings are held weekly on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 19:00 to 21:00.
Southdown Amateur Radio Society (SARS) Eastbourne, East Sussex. Club meetings are held on the last Friday of the month at 19:45.
Spalding & District Amateur Radio Society (SDARS) Spalding, Lincolnshire. We meet on Thursday and Friday evenings every week and are active in the UKAC contests on Tuesday evenings.
Spen Valley Amateur Radio Society (SVARS) Mirfield, West Yorkshire. 8 pm on the first and third Thursdays of every month.
Telford & District Amateur Radio Society (TDARS) Telford, Shropshire. Wednesday evening 7:00 to 10pm.
The Radio Club Badsworth, West Yorkshire. Meetings: 19h30 on Thursdays
Warrington Amateur Radio Club (WARC) Warrington, Cheshire.
Widnes and Runcorn Amateur Radio Club Northwich, Cheshire. Every 2nd Wednesday from 7:30pm till 9:30pm.
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