CREG, the BCRA Cave Radio and Electronics Group, is holding a field meeting in the Yorkshire Dales over the weekend of 18/19 October 2025. We already have an interesting programme of demonstrations and talks lined up, but if you want to bring something along there will be opportunity for you to carry out tests or give a demonstration, and possibly to give a talk.

Activities already lined up include demonstrations and talks on the new Nicola 4 cave radio and an along-passage system based on LoRa and using repeaters. Both these are intended primarily for rescue use. There will also be a demonstration and talk about the use of LoRa above ground for data logging applications. In addition, there will be a talk about a flood monitoring project in South Wales, and we plan to hold two discussions sessions, one about a possible audio frequency text-based cave radio, and the other addressing the question of whether loop antennas are staging a comeback. The provisional programme has in-cave demonstrations on the Saturday and talks / discussion sessions on the Sunday.

Some accommodation has been reserved at the YSS caving hut in Helwith Bridge, for the Friday and Saturday nights but, unless you have already requested one of those places, you'll have to contact YSS to book your place. It would also be useful to let CREG know if you plan to join us, especially if you'd like to reserve a slot in the programme. Contact Mike Bedford for further information.

We'll meet for breakfast at 09:00 on Saturday 18 October at Inglesport in Ingleton before going to the cave we'll be using for the practical sessions. The talks and discussion workshops will start at 10:00 on Sunday 19 October at the YSS. You might also like to meet up with us on the Friday and Saturday evenings at the Helwith Bridge Hotel pub, which is adjacent to the YSS.