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
Braintree and District Amateur Radio Society (BADARS) has learned of the sad passing of two of it's members during the past two months.
All the members of BADARS extend their heartfelt condolences to their families and loved ones at this difficult time.
Rest in peace, Derek G3MMA & John M5AJB. You will be sadly missed and fondly remembered.
Next Event - Thursday 20th to Sunday 23rd August
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Our next club activity is the BADARS Summer Camp and will be held from Thursday 20th to Sunday 23th August, at Geoff and Helen's home QTH. Why not join the group for a weekend of camping, radio operating and relaxing, with a bit of eating and drinking thrown in for good measure. Feel free to bring your tent or motorhome and stay over the weekend and why not operate from the well equiped caravan.
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.