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

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, how to join, and on getting to our meetings is on our About Us page and all are welcome to attend.

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 are on Facebook (Page Badars @CallMoXG Local Business) and also X (formally known as Twitter) (@badars_M0XG).

Information on upcoming events can be found on our Programme page and on Facebook. We also have pictures of some of our meetings and other events on our Gallery page.

Please note that we are now making 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.

The next meeting at the Church Hall is on Tuesday the 14th May 2024, which will be our Annual General Meeting. Zoom will be available this year so even if you cannot make it in person, you can still hear about how our year has gone and contribute to the discussion and voting.

The following meeting at the Church Hall is on Tuesday 28th May when Tim, G0JMT will be sharing his experience and knowledge of professional maritime radio equipment and operation. There will be plenty of time to chat and again, zoom will be available for those who cannot make it in person.

The last meeting of 2023 at the Church Hall on Tuesday the 12th December was a great success with members enjoying the quizzes, nibbles, and conversation at the Christmas Social and Quiz Night. There were great prizes donated for the tombola and the UHF Handheld transceiver first prize in the raffle that was donated by ML&S was won by Logan, a newcomer to the club and a very worthy winner. The pictures below show Geoff, G1GNQ and Dave, G0DEC receiving the prize at the recent ML&S Open Day, and a very happy Logan receiving the prize at the Christmas Social!