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TOG is heading to Belgium next month for HamCon Belgium 2026, a day packed with talks, workshops, demos, and plenty of radio chat.

Our own Jeffrey Roe EI7IRB will be part of the programme with two sessions on the day. He’ll be running a Satellite Ground Station Workshop, showing people how to build and get started with a TinyGS setup, and later giving a DMR Workshop for anyone curious about digital radio and how to get on the air.

It looks like a great event, with talks and activities…

We love making games. Some of our members love cycling. So naturally, we asked: why not combine the two?

As part of Bike Week, we’re running a Bike Treasure Hunt — a relaxed, playful evening where you’ll cycle a short route and solve puzzles along the way.

When

Friday 15th May, 19:00
Duration: 2 hours

Grab your free ticket here:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/cycles-clues-making-a-bike-treasure-hunt-for-bike-week-tickets-1987656652554?aff=oddtdtcreator

What to expect

This is a ~5…

You might have heard of Parks on the Air (POTA), Summits on the Air, or maybe even Bunkers on the Air. Radio amateurs love combining the hobby with an excuse to go and visit somewhere.

But what about Toilets on the Air?

Yes. Toilets.

Let me set the scene

Picture this: around 16,000 people in Hamburg, Germany, all packed into a massive conference centre for the 39th Chaos Communication Congress (39C3), a four-day hacker conference running 27–30 December 2025.

It’s the middle of…

We are trying something a little different at TOG with a new event format we are calling Repair Club.

Inspired by the work of Circular Square in Clonmel, this is a bit different from our usual Repair Café model. Instead of bringing along broken items for fixing, Repair Club is more like a focused class or workshop where we take one repair topic and explore it in more detail.

For our first session, we are starting with lamps.

We will be looking at common faults, how to test them…

We’re packing up a few projects and heading west for the IRTS AGM Weekend in Shannon on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th April.

This year’s 93rd AGM weekend is being hosted by the Limerick Clare Amateur Radio Club, and it looks like it will be a great weekend of radio, chats, workshops, technical talks, the rally, and of course, the AGM itself.

On Sunday, TOG Hackerspace will have a table at the rally where we’ll be showing off some projects from the hackerspace, chatting about what we get…