Welcome to the Farnborough & District Radio Society

The Farnborough & District Radio Society (FDRS) is a club for Radio Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners in and around Farnborough, Hampshire. If you have an interest in amateur radio we would be delighted to see you at our club, which meets at 7:30 for 8:00pm every 2nd and 4th Wednesday in the month. Meetings take place in the Boyce Building at the Aldershot Military Museum Queens Avenue, Aldershot, GU11 2LG unless otherwise stated. The Museum is managed by the Hampshire Cultural Trust. Map

CORONAVIRUS --  GREAT NEWS

We have restarted our real life meetings. In addition Member's Zoom meetings continue on those Wednesdays when there is no real life club meeting

Upcoming Meetings & Events

18 May Members Zoom meeting
25 May The History of Pipe Organs. Martin Barnes 
   1 June Members Zoom meeting followed by committee meeting
3-5 June NFD and social at clubs HF contesting site. Contest starts 1500 UTC (4pm clock time) on 4 June and ends 1500 UTC on 5 June Rules
 8 June Evening on the Air @ our Clubroom. Bring along your equipment and aerials. Operate outside or in our meeting room. Normal meeting hours. No earth spikes please!
15 June Members Zoom Meeting
22 June Tesla Coils. Talk and Demonstration. Andy M0FAR
29 June Members Zoom Meeting

The Boyce Building where we normally hold our meetings

Our first indoor meeting post lockdown, also streamed live on Zoom

A recent meeting “QO-100, Activating G2DX through the satellite”.
Contacts were made with stations in Greenland, Qatar and many stations in Europe.