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 12th August 2025
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Good News! The postponed annual club BBQ will now be held during our annual Summer Camp this year. It will be in the evening on Saturday 9th August at Stisted and there will be some salad and fried onions provided but please bring your own drinks and food for the BBQ as usual. Further details will be sent via email with location and timing details.
Also, following the recent AGM and EGM voting, we will be moving our club meeting venue to Stisted Village Hall and moving our meeting day to Thursday instead of Tuesday. The club nets will remain on Tuesdays.
We are currently updating the clubs programme but the last meeting at the Church Hall will be on Tuesday 26th August and the first meeting at Stisted Village Hall will be on Thursday 11th September.
Meanwhile, our next meeting on Tuesday 12th August will be at the Church Hall and Mike, G8DJO will be sharing 'A Signalmans Tale' with us. Knowing Mike, it will be both interesting and fascinating so do come along!
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.