Thames Valley’s leading Amateur Radio Club since 1934 – this year celebrating our 90th birthday!
RADARC is a very active amateur radio club based in Reading, Berkshire, UK.
Our activities are generally at 8pm on Thursdays, and the vast majority of our meetings are run as hybrid sessions – with both local and remote speakers, and open to those on Zoom as well as in-person audiences in all cases.
Further online interaction happens via the ‘Discord’ platform, first introduced as an experiment in response to the pandemic, and via our members’ Google group.
In the summer we run social and practical events/sessions (“antenna evenings”). Generally there is no online element to these, although you may well hear us on the air!
Our members and their activities have enabled RADARC to receive the RSGB club of the year in 2010 and 2013, and in 2016 we received the Regional award from the RSGB.
We welcome all who wish to learn about radio, electronics and indeed all aspects of amateur radio. Dates of meetings can be found on our events page.
- 25th April 2024
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Portable Contesting by Steve Clements G1YBB
25th April 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKSetting us up for the summer portable contest season, Steve G1YBB will show us (via zoom) how it's done!
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- 2nd May 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
2nd May 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 4th May 2024
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RADARC Operating Weekend
4th May 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 5th May 2024 @ 3:00 PM
Binfield, UK
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- 5th May 2024
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RADARC Operating Weekend
4th May 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 5th May 2024 @ 3:00 PM
Binfield, UK
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- 9th May 2024
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New RF Transmission/Reception Research: "LAMM" by Tim M0TFR
9th May 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKWe welcome Dr. Tim Brown Senior Lecturer in RF Antennas and Propagation from the University of Surrey for an in person talk looking at the cutting edge of RF research.
We're all used to dealing with polarisation. Combined with multiple transmitting and receiving antennas (MIMO), use of multiple polarisations can be used to squeeze the most out of an RF channel.
Now there's something new on the block: "LAMM" or "Linear Orbital Angular Momentum" to add to the mix.
"Like many other radio technologies used today in the modern world, the amateur radio community began the concept of using what is known as Orbital Angular Momentum to multiplex and transmit two or more signals simultaneously at the same frequency. With the idea coming from optical communications where it is very useful, it has drawbacks that limit its capability when used in radio such as short range. Therefore this led to the idea of unravelling the concept into what is known as Linear Angular Momentum Multiplexing (LAMM), something good for radio but not so good for optics. This has the potential to enable gigabit connectivity in a reliable, low cost and low energy way but it’s by using equipment commonly used in amateur radio that it becomes possible to demonstrate the concept with the hope of leading to a commercial solution."
I'll leave it up to Tim to go into this. He's promised he'll be gentle.
73John
G4RDC
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- 16th May 2024
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- 18th May 2024
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- 23rd May 2024
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"Earth, Wind and Fire" by Dr. David Hooper
23rd May 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKWe welcome back Dr. David Hooper from STFC Rutherford Appleton Labsfor a talk entitled "Earth, Wind and Fire: the influence of landscape on the atmosphere".
You may remember David's last talk entitled "Angels and Mirages" on atmospheric refraction and the stunning content he had there.
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- 30th May 2024
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Equipment asset register creation evening; scout hut drawers
30th May 2024 @ 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UK- Focus will be to create an equipment asset register for the club.
- Also an opportunity for members to access components etc. in the drawers.
- Tea, coffee, biscuits will be on tap as usual.
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- 1st June 2024
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NFD (CW Field Day)
1st June 2024 - 2nd June 2024 @
Sonning Farm, University of Reading Sonning Farm, Charvil Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6TH, UKNFD (CW)
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- 2nd June 2024
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NFD (CW Field Day)
1st June 2024 - 2nd June 2024 @
Sonning Farm, University of Reading Sonning Farm, Charvil Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6TH, UKNFD (CW)
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- 6th June 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
6th June 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 13th June 2024
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RRFC social/natter night
13th June 2024 @ 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKNatter night at RRFC.
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- 15th June 2024
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RADARC 90th Barbecue
15th June 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UK
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- 20th June 2024
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- 27th June 2024
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RRFC Social/natter night
27th June 2024
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKRRFC social/natter night.
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- 4th July 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
4th July 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 6th July 2024
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- 7th July 2024
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- 11th July 2024
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Pre-McMichael meeting RRFC
11th July 2024 @ 7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKMeet at RRFC to drop off equipment for the McMichael rally and general social evening.
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- 14th July 2024
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McMichael Rally 2024
14th July 2024
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKMcMichael rally 2024
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- 18th July 2024
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- 1st August 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
1st August 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 15th August 2024
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- 5th September 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
5th September 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 7th September 2024
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SSB Field Day
7th September 2024 - 8th September 2024 @
Sonning Farm, University of Reading Sonning Farm, Charvil Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6TH, UK
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- 8th September 2024
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SSB Field Day
7th September 2024 - 8th September 2024 @
Sonning Farm, University of Reading Sonning Farm, Charvil Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6TH, UK
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- 19th September 2024
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- 3rd October 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
3rd October 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 17th October 2024
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- 7th November 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
7th November 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 21st November 2024
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- 5th December 2024
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Construction Evening, RRFC
5th December 2024 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 19th December 2024
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- 2nd January 2025
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Construction Evening, RRFC
2nd January 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 16th January 2025
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- 6th February 2025
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Construction Evening, RRFC
6th February 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 20th February 2025
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- 6th March 2025
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Construction Evening, RRFC
6th March 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 20th March 2025
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- 3rd April 2025
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Construction Evening, RRFC
3rd April 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park/Sonning La, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening usually in the upstairs room or outside, bar is open.
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- 17th April 2025
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