Join us at Mullingar Showgrounds on August 8-9 as the IRTS Hamfest returns after last year’s great debut πŸ₯³ please mark your calendar - there will be free entry, free camping, a great chance to socialise with fellow ham operators. Contact [email protected] for more info #hamradio #amateurradio #hamfest

I picked up a turntable at a #hamfest this past weekend, so I stopped by a local record store today to see what they had in #vinyl ... and look what I found! A #PDP8 organ recital!

This album (which is on archive.org) features a PDP-8 controlling an electromechanical pipe organ.

There are also some events in early July that we wanted to include but ran out of characters ...

- July -
5 July – Barford Norfolk Radio Rally
5 July – Broadcast Engineering Museum open day
5 Jul 2026 – Newbury Radio Rally (a really big event!)

Again check out the #RSGB web site
https://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies/
For more details about each event.
#AmateurRadio #HAMRadio #RadioRallly #HAMFest #RetroElectronics #RetroComputing #RetroTechnologyVintageElectronics #WeirdNerdEventUK #Hackspace

Rallies and events - Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site : Radio Society of Great Britain – Main Site

2026 Ham Radio Rally season is underway
Radio Rallies are a great chance to pick up vintage electronics kit, components, from ICs to valves and all sorts of other interesting stuff. There will be lots of events around the #UnitedKingdom.
June events...
7 June – Broadcast Engineering Museum open day
7 June – Spalding & DARS Annual Radio Rally
14 June – Junction 28 Radio Rally
17 June – Lincoln Short Wave Club used equipment sale (evening event)
20 June – Inverness & District ARS GM North Radio Rally
20 June – Rochdale & District Amateur Radio Summer Rally
21 June – East Suffolk Wireless Revival (Ipswich Radio Rally)
20, 21, 27, 28, June – International Museums Weekend (World-wide event.)
28 June – Cornish Radio Amateur Club Rally
Check out the #RSGB web site
https://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies/
For more details about each event.
#AmateurRadio #HAMRadio #RadioRallly #HAMFest #RetroElectronics #RetroComputing #RetroTechnologyVintageElectronics #WeirdNerdEventUK #Hackspace
Rallies and events - Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site : Radio Society of Great Britain – Main Site

Upcoming Lockport Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in Western New York (north of Buffalo, south of Toronto!) on Saturday, June 6th, opening at 8AM and running to about noon.

Cambria Fire Department
4631 Cambria-Wilson Rd.
Lockport NY 14094

$8 at the door, vendors and visitors are the same price; vendors admitted an hour before open.

I'll be there!

Boosts welcome. #hamfest #hamradio #AmateurRadio #SwapMeet

Today, from 9am, is Dunstable Downs Radio Club Bootsale at Stockwood Park #Luton #Bedfordshire. It is a great chance to pick up vintage electronics kit, components, from ICs to valves and all sorts of other interesting stuff.
For more details see DDRCs website
https://dunstabledownsradioclub.org/bootsale/visitors
#AmateurRadio #HAMRadio #RadioRallly #HAMFest #BootSale #RetroElectronics #RetroComputing #RetroTechnologyVintageElectronics
#UnitedKingdom
Bootsale 2026 Information for Visitors - Dunstable Downs Radio Club

Next Sunday 17th May is Dunstable Downs Radio Club Bootsale at Stockwood Park #Luton #Bedfordshire. It is a great chance to pick up vintage electronics kit, components, from ICs to valves and all sorts of other interesting stuff.
For more details see DDRCs website
https://dunstabledownsradioclub.org/bootsale/visitors
#AmateurRadio #HAMRadio #RadioRallly #HAMFest #BootSale #RetroElectronics #RetroComputing #RetroTechnologyVintageElectronics
#UnitedKingdom
Bootsale 2026 Information for Visitors - Dunstable Downs Radio Club

Ham Radio Rally season is coming...
Radio Rallies are a great chance to pick up vintage electronics kit, components, from ICs to valves and all sorts of other interesting stuff. There will be lots of events around the #UnitedKingdom.
3 May β€“ Broadcast Engineering Museum open day
3 May – Thorpe Camp Hamfest
4 May – Dartmoor Spring Radio Rally
9 May – Barry Amateur Radio Society Rally
16 May – East Midlands Ham and Electronics Rally
17 May – Dunstable Downs Radio Rally
17 May – Lough Erne ARC Radio Rally
17 May – RetrotechUK (BVWS)
24 May – Durham & District ARS Radio Rally
Check out the #RSGB web site
https://rsgb.org/main/news/rallies/
For more details about each event.
#AmateurRadio #HAMRadio #RadioRallly #HAMFest #RetroElectronics #RetroComputing #RetroTechnologyVintageElectronics
Rallies and events - Radio Society of Great Britain - Main Site : Radio Society of Great Britain – Main Site

meh for some reason I thought the Iroquois hamfest was next week, not the Easter weekend. It's a small one but I have picked up some nice kit from them in the past.

https://iroquoisarc.ca/

#AmateurRadio #Hamfest

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