Medway Amateur Receiving & Transmitting Society Meetings held Friday’s @19:30 at Tunbury Hall, Catkin Close, Chatham Kent. ME5 9HP

Above: Photos of Members taken in 1933 and 2022.

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The JULY 2026 programme of events are listed below.

If you require further details, please email secretary@marts.org.uk

Friday Evenings Programme at the Society HQ 2026 July Friday 24^th July F15 model aircraft construction – Tony Friday 31^st July – Natter Night August Friday 7^th BBC Digital Link 1 – Kevin Friday 14^th BBQ Partners welcome Friday 21^st Natter Night and clear out of shack Friday 28^th Using Test Equipment 1 – Kevin & Stuart September Friday 4^th Junk Sale Friday 11^th Natter Night Friday 18^th Video Presentation Friday 25^th Using Test Equipment 2 – Kevin & Stuart October Friday 2^nd Natter Night Friday 9^th RSGB Convention Weekend Friday 16^th RSGB Convention Feedback Friday 23^rd Using Test Equipment 3 – Kevin & Stuart WhatsApp group For members only there is a club “WhatsApp” group available.  Contact Kevin or Bob, if you wish to join. Thursday Morning Meet The regular Thursday morning meetings continue from 10am at the Café located at Elm Court Garden Centre, ME7 3JQ.  Note, as this is a casual arrangement, please make sure in advance that somebody else is attending to avoid being the only one there! Committee for 2026/27 Chair Stephen S ViceChair Mike H Secretary Vacant Treasurer Kevin E Member Tony W Member Stuart D

Regular Club Nets Monday’s – Friday’s from 09:30, daily morning nets on 144.650MHz FM Sunday’s 11:00, on 70.425MHz FM ________________________________________ Useful Links (Click on Blue links below to see):- RSGB publications Portal eg Radcom Library (Must use your RSGB membership number to view) RSGB GB2RS Weekly news RSGB-EMF Web Calculator IARU Region 1 Monthly Newsletters Historical Radio Magazines - eg PW Morse Practice Link Hackgreen HF SDR for Windows Hackgreen HF SDR for mobiles and tablets Live HF Propagation HF centred on Medway

Club Contesting The following Links are dates for contests in which individual members/stations can compete and make their own entries. Their scores also contribute collectively towards our club's overall position for the year.. Why not have a bash in one (or more) and contribute to raising the club's profile and contest success? Link to RSGB Contesting Calendar RSGB Link to Monthly Contest Dates Please look at the RSGB “General Club Scores” UKAC league table for latest MARTS position. RSGB UKAC 2026

Medway Amateur Receiving & Transmitting Society (MARTS) was formed over 100 years ago in February 1922 and was originally known as the Gillingham Wireless League up until 1930 when it became the Medway Amateur Transmitters Society (MATS). The name was revised in 1947 after WW2 to welcome in the large number of ex-service personnel as Short Wave Listener’s (SWL’s) and the name has remained the same since. Further historical details of the society can be found at https://www.qrz.com/db/GB5MW

A biography regarding our principal founder William (Bill) Nutton G6NU (Naughty Uncle) can be found at https://www.qrz.com/db/GB6NU

We hold the Call signs G5MW ( Medway Wireless) that dates from 1932, G2FJA, a late 1930’s artificial antenna licence and G8MWA that dates from the 1970’s and was an old “B” licence originally limited to the VHF/UHF spectrum.

MARTS are an affiliated member the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB). https://www.rsgb.org/main/

We hold VHF nets every weekday from 9-30am on 2m, 144.650 MHz FM using the call sign G2FJA, licensed non-members are welcome to join.

We compete in contests, arrange special events stations and can offer help for those interested in obtaining an Amateur Radio Licence

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