While the Killarney venue will remain available for KARG meetings, we will no longer be using the Castleisland Fire station for our KARG meetings. It is proposed to move this meeting to a new venue, which will be O'Riada's Bar on the Tralee/Castleisland road and Ballymacelligot. It is proposed to keep the same meeting time of 11am. Further updates will be posted here, and on Facebook, once available.

http://www.gokerry.ie/oriodas-bar-restaurant/


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KARG would like to wish all our members and followers a very peaceful Christmas, and a Happy New Year.

Thanks to all that came along to the annual KARG Christmas Dinner on the 15th Dec. It was great to round off the year with an informal gathering to include XYL's and Junior Ops:)
Hope to hear some of ye in the IRTS 80M Counties Contest on New Years day, and look out for EI-100-YXQ during 2019...!

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Good evening to you all.

Well it's December and as usual I invite you all to join us once again for our International Marconi Day event 2019. Next year as many of you will already know the event will be held on April 27th. As always we shall be updating the website to show the latest list of participants.

PLEASE NOTE only official stations operating from Marconi related sites need to register. See our website for details.

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KARG are pleased to announce that we will be QRV during calendar year 2019, using the special event call EI-100-YXQ. This call will commemorate the centenary of the first voice transmission across the Atlantic, in an East - West direction, from Ballybunion County Kerry to Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The original call used from the former Marconi radio station in Ballybunion was YXQ. 
On the anniversary date of 19th March 2019, KARG will be QRV from the site of the former Marconi radi...

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