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.
Our first outdoor meeting was on 4-6 June. Indoor meetings started on 28 July.
Member's online meetings continue on those Wednesdays that there is no real life club meeting (ie 1st, 3rd and 5th Wednesday in the month)

Upcoming Meetings & Events

3-5 Sept SSB Field Day at Club HF contesting site. Contest starts 1300UTC (2pm clock time) on 4 September and ends 1300 UTC on 5 September
 4 Sept Self Sufficient BBQ/picnic at Club's HF contesting site
 8 Sept Construction Contest face to face meeting only
15 Sept Natter night Zoom Only
22 Sept Computer Aid Design (CAD) Colin G8BCO
29 Sept Natter night Zoom Only
 6 Oct Natter night Zoom Only
 6 Oct Committee Meeting Zoom Only  
13 Oct Skittles Evening. Alley booked from 7:00pm for a 7:30 start at the Jolly Farmer, Blacknest, Nr Alton GU34 4QD
27 Oct Used Equipment Sale face to face meeting only 

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.