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 online meetings continue on those Wednesdays when there is no real life club meeting

Upcoming Meetings & Events

  1 Dec Natter night Zoom Only
  8 Dec Christmas Dinner 7.30pm at the Crabtree 220 Frimley Road, Camberley, Surrey, UK, GU15 2QJ
15 Dec Natter night Zoom Only
22 Dec No Meeting
29 Dec Natter night Zoom Only
  5 Jan Natter night Zoom Only
12 Jan Chairman’s Meeting. Kevin G7BCS. Face to Face meeting
19 Jan Natter night Zoom Only
26 Jan VHF/UHF CHIRP Programming Terry G7LTW Face to face meeting
  2 Feb Natter night Zoom Only
  2 Feb Committee meeting starting at 9pm after Natter night. Zoom only
  9 Feb Knots for Hams George G0XGK. Face to face 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.