WELCOME TO THE BRAINTREE AND DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
The club is grateful for the support it has received from Martin Lynch & Sons whose website is www.HamRadio.co.uk
Next Meeting - Tuesday 26th August 2025
Our final meeting at the Church Hall will be held on Tuesday 26th August and it will be all about the facinating world of bees, particularly their communication skills. Stephen, G8YVR will be sharing his knowledge and experience and, maybe, if we are lucky, honey from his own hives. Zoom will be available but I am afraid you will have to be there in person for the honey!
The following meeting will be the first at our new venue, Stisted Village Hall, on Thursday 11th September. The programme has been updated and we will change the venue details on our website at the beginning of the month.
About BADARS
Club members and visitors normally meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at 8pm in St Peter's Church Hall, Braintree. Further information about our club and on getting to our meetings is on our club information page and all are welcome to attend. More information about how we run the club, including applying for membership, can be found on our membership information page.
We also have a club net on 2m FM on V30/S15 (145.375MHz) on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 8pm and, if there is a 5th Tuesday in the month, via the local GB3BZ 70cm analogue repeater on RU68 (input 438.450MHz output 430.850MHz CTCSS 110.9). Again, all are welcome to join in.
We have a Facebook Page - search Badars or @CallMoXG and we will appear as a 'Local Business'.
Information on upcoming events can be found on our Programme page and on Facebook.
Please note that we make Zoom available for members to use for our 'on air' nets (including via GB3BZ) as well as at the Church Hall. Zoom will be activated 10-15 minutes before the official start of the meetings and the login details will be as advised by an email sent out to members.
What is amateur radio?
The easiest way to answer that question is to invite you to watch a video made by the Radio Society of Great Britain, which can be found here. If you want to know more, or prefer to read rather than watch, the Radio Society of Great Britain also have a 'Getting Started' section on their website which can be found here.