OMAGH, CO. TYRONE – In Omagh, County Tyrone, the West Tyrone Amateur Radio Club (WTARC), associated with the callsign GN4OMA, has a digital record that is now profoundly dated. The last public update to its operational details was on May 2, 2016. This interval of nine years makes any assessment of its current activities or even its continued existence, based solely on this information, purely speculative as of May 2025.
According to this archival entry from 2016, WTARC held its meetings at 8:00 PM on the second Wednesday of each month. The stated venue at that time was the Omagh Community House, located on Drumragh Avenue in Omagh. The club was also listed nine years ago as an affiliate of the Irish Radio Transmitters Society (IRTS). General contact was directed through a "WTARC" designation, presumably a club email or similar method, and a website (www.wtarc.org.uk) was provided for further information.
Given the nine years that have elapsed without any update to this public listing, the continued accuracy of these meeting arrangements, the venue's availability to the club, or the functionality of its listed website and contact methods is highly improbable without fresh, independent verification. The 2016 record now stands as a historical marker rather than a reliable guide to any present-day operations of the club.
The 2016 listing for the West Tyrone ARC offers a glimpse into what was once, potentially, a structured local entity for radio enthusiasts in the area. Today, it primarily serves as an example of how the digital footprints of community groups can fade into near-obsolescence if not actively maintained over extended periods, leaving their contemporary presence in the local amateur radio scene largely unknown.
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