LISNASKEA, CO. FERMANAGH – In County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the Lough Erne Amateur Radio Club (LEARC), operating with callsigns GIØLEC and MNØRCF, has a documented history of achievement within the UK's amateur radio community, including multiple awards from the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB). However, its publicly available operational details were last updated on March 31, 2021. This interval of over four years now obscures its current activities and vitality as of May 2025.
According to this aged record from early 2021, LEARC had garnered significant recognition for its activities. It was named the RSGB Northern Ireland Small Club of the Year on three occasions, with the latest win noted as 2016. Furthermore, in 2011, the club achieved the distinction of being the UK Runner-up Club of the Year, an award accompanied by a £500 prize at the RSGB Annual General Meeting. A key service provided by the club was the GB3CP 2-meter repeater (operating on RV59 with an output of 145.7375MHz), which was established and maintained from club funds to serve radio amateurs mobile in Fermanagh and the surrounding counties. As of 2021, meetings were reportedly held at 7:30 PM on the first Monday of most months at the Share Village in Smith's Strand, Lisnaskea.
The club, in the year leading up to its March 2021 update, had also demonstrated a commitment to fostering new talent within the hobby. Courses and examinations held at the Share Village had reportedly produced five new Foundation licensees, with four of those individuals said to be proceeding to the Intermediate examination level. The Secretary (callsign GI4VHO) was the listed point of contact at that time, and a website (lougherneradioclub.co.uk) was provided for further information.
The considerable time elapsed since these details were current leaves the present status of LEARC's repeater, its training programs, and its meeting schedule unconfirmed from this particular public source. Ascertaining whether this once award-winning club continues to operate with similar vigour and maintain its valuable repeater service in mid-2025 would require direct engagement through its last known channels or significant updates to its public-facing information. Without such, its past successes risk becoming mere echoes rather than firm indicators of current community contribution in County Fermanagh.
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