g4bra – Bracknell Amateur Radio Club

The Bracknell Amateur Radio Club operating in a Marque at the priestwood Community Centre, Bracknell.

15 September 2025 g4bra

Community Open Day & Operating GX4BRA

What a great event today at the Priestwood Community Centre, our now established location for Club Monthly Meetings and Construction

BARC Setting up the antennas and radios at Westmorland Park

Contesting

9 September 2025 g4bra

A Fun Sunday Afternoon Activating POTA at Westmorland Park GB-4283

Bracknell Amateur Radio Club (BARC) had a fantastic time activating Westmorland Park(ref GB-4283) as part of the Parks On The

Contest Historical Content

1 September 2025 g4bra HF, Visit

West London Aero Club Members’ Day – Airfields on the Air – GB0ATA

White Waltham Airfield, near Maidenhead, Berkshire, served as the headquarters of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) during the Second World War. Tasked

Neil G0SVN introducing us to the Vector Network Analyser

Equipment Meetings

28 August 2025 g4bra Meeting, Speaker

Vector Network Analysers – An introduction, by Neil G0SVN

A vector Network Analyser (VNA) is a sophisticated and useful item of test equipment for the Radio Amateur. Neil G0SVN,

Dave G3YMA & Steve G4AUC Sharing the experience accessing Satellites in the 60s & 70's.

Historical Content Meetings

25 July 2025 g4bra Meeting, Satellite

Early Satellites – Dave G3YMC & Steve G4AUC

Following our presentation earlier this year from Gopan M0XUU on the subject of the OSCAR QO-100 Geostationary Satellite, Dave G3YMC

News

15 July 2025 g4bra club, HF

McMichael Radio and Electronics Rally 2025

The hottest weekend of 2025 so far coincided with both the Wimbledon Tennis Finals and the McMichael Radio Rally, presenting

Contesting

8 July 2025 g4bra POTA

Successful POTA Activation at Cabbage Hill Park!

Last night, Bracknell Amateur Radio Club held its latest Parks on the Air (POTA) activation at Cabbage Hill Park in

Meetings Training

26 June 2025 g4bra Meeting, Speaker

Amateur Radio Station Fault-finding – Martin 2E0XBZ

The main subject of our June meeting was the important skill of fault-finding within our shacks, specifically where connections from

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Bracknell Amateur Radio Club

Author: g4bra

Community Open Day & Operating GX4BRA

A Fun Sunday Afternoon Activating POTA at Westmorland Park GB-4283

West London Aero Club Members’ Day – Airfields on the Air – GB0ATA

Vector Network Analysers – An introduction, by Neil G0SVN

Early Satellites – Dave G3YMC & Steve G4AUC

McMichael Radio and Electronics Rally 2025

Successful POTA Activation at Cabbage Hill Park!

Amateur Radio Station Fault-finding – Martin 2E0XBZ

Parks on the Air – South Hill Park, Bracknell (GB-4278)

My Travels with High Frequency – John Jacobs

Talk by Yaesu on the FTX-1(TBC)

Club Christmas Meal (TBA)