Welcome to the website of the

LOUGHBOROUGH AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

(Callsigns G3RAL and G7RAL)

This is a temporary landing page. Please check back in the near future to find out about the history of our club.

Our QRZ.com page is here.

Club meetings

The club meets on Tuesday evenings from 19:30 to about 21:00 at the Glenmore Centre, Thorpe Rd, Shepshed, Loughborough LE12 9LU (unless indicated otherwise).

The programme for the upcoming meetings is as follows:


May 2026

• 5th May - Preparation and arrangements for Mills on the Air event


• ** Sunday 10th May - Mills on the Air at Hough Windmill ** (Club members to meet at 11:45 on site to set up)


• 12th May - Portable operation from Wymeswold (subject to weather) - No meeting at the Glenmore Centre


• 19th May - Magnetic Loops - Peter G6KUI


• 26th May - Practical Night

AGM 2025

Our AGM was held on 4 November. The entire Committee was confirmed in office unanimously via a block vote.

Mills on the Air 2026

On Sunday 10th May 2026 we will once again participate in the annual Mills on the Air event, which is intended to bring together amateur radio operators and clubs to promote the hobby, whilst helping preserve some of the wonderful heritage of our Windmills and Watermills. You can read a brief report on the 2025 event here.

LADARC club members will operate a Special Event amateur radio station with the callsign GB5HM at Hough Mill in Swannington in North West Leicestershire.
The station is situated adjacent to the mill and will be open to the public.
We hope to be able to be on the air from around 13:00 to 16:00 local time on the HF bands. We are also planning to operate a separate station on 2m and 70cm.

Come and visit us at Hough Mill to see our station in action!

Directions to Hough Mill:

Address – St George’s Hill, Swannington, LE67 8QW. The first gate is open and there is a small car parking area along the access road. All additional gates are open when the mill is open, allowing access to parking up at the Mill.
From Peggs Green roundabout on the A512 Ashby to Loughborough Road head south down St George’s Hill and take the second track on the right near the 30mph sign. If you reach the houses, you have missed the entrance.
Pedestrian access is via public footpaths from Mill Lane, St George’s Hill, Limby Hall Lane and Moor Lane.
Bus Service – Arriva bus route 29 Leicester to Burton goes through Swannington. The bus stops on St George’s Hill (Windmill Hill on the timetable) from where you have to walk along the track to the site, and on Loughborough Road (Nottingham Road on the timetable) in which case walk along Mill Lane to the mill.