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 - Thursday 13th November 2025
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OUR MEETING VENUE HAS NOW CHANGED TO:
STISTED VILLAGE HALL,
RECTORY ROAD,
STISTED,
CM77 8AL
MEETINGS WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON THE 2ND AND 4TH THURSDAY
CLUB NETS WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAYS
Our next meeting at Stisted Village Hall will be held on Thursday 13th November and will be our annual surplus equipment sale. This is one of our most popular events and this year we have loads of space to accomodate all of our members plus guests! We have our usual treasure chest of items for sale at very reasonable prices with many bargains to be had.
It is also an opportunity for you to pass on some of your surplus kit and there is plenty of parking. The meeting will start at 8pm as usual but if you are bringing stuff to sell, please arrive a bit earlier. Items will be auctioned and can either be sold on a 10% commission basis, or you can donate items to be sold for club funds.
There will of course be our usual raffle and natter over coffee and biscuits and Zoom will be available for members who cannot make it to the hall and they will be able to bid for items as well. Details will be sent out to members via email before the event.
About BADARS
Club members and visitors normally meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 8pm in Stisted Village Hall, Rectory Road, Stisted CM77 8AL. 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 Thursdays at 8pm and, if there is a 5th Thursday 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 Village 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.