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The Summer House in Lily Hill Park showing the G5RV antenna.
AntennasEquipmentHF
8 August 2024 g4bra club

Antenna Evening at Lily Hill Park

Following a Group WhatsApp discussion about getting out and about with our radios, we decided to have an impromptu meet-up

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Les G8AMK talking to the MMR 2024
Historical Content
15 July 2024 g4bra club, Speaker

McMichael Radio Rally 2024 – Les G8AMK

BARC Club Member and former Club Chairman, Les G8AMK, was also the Chairman of the McMichael Radio Club and remembers

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MeetingsNews
13 July 2024 g4bra club, Construction

July Meeting – Construction Club, Signal Strengths, IC-720 Diag and Q&A

Our July meeting was our second visit to The Brownlow Hall where it was good to see so many new

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The Brownlow Hall at Night
Meetings
13 June 2024 g4bra EMP

Electro-Magnetic Pulse – Les G8AMK

The evening of Weds 12th June saw our first meeting at our proposed new meeting location, The Brownlow Hall, Warfield,

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Steve G4AUC presenting his 'Antenna Circus'
AntennasMeetings
10 May 2024 g4bra Meeting, Speaker

Antenna Circus – Steve G4AUC

If you have ever read an article on Radio Antenna’ you will have learnt about gain, radiation patterns and polarisation.

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Pal & Steven from Christie Digital Systems donating a Laser Printer to M0XCA of BARC
EquipmentNews
3 May 2024 g4bra

Christie Digital Systems donate Laser Projector to BARC

Pal 2E0XEX and Steven G4WBI are both members of Bracknell Amateur Radio Club and attend our meetings and join our

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Martin 2E0XBZ & Gareth M7GRB - Setting up a shack
EquipmentMeetings
15 April 2024 g4bra Meeting, Speaker

Building and Setting-up a Shack – Martin 2E0XBZ & Gareth M7GRB

Bracknell Amateur Radio Club Members, Martin 2E0XBZ and Gareth M7GRB have both recently built and set-up external ‘Shacks’ for their

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Mike G4DDL presenting on an Introduction to HF Contesting
ContestingMeetings
14 March 2024 g4bra

Introduction to HF Contests

Following on from Mike G4DDL‘s August 2022 presentation on DX-ing and Contesting from a small garden Mike and his wife

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Les G8AFK - BARC Feb 2024
AntennasMeetings
21 February 2024 g4bra

Multiband Off-Centre-Fed Dipole Antenna Design – Les G8AMK

Our February meeting at the Bracknell Methodist Church was a well attended meeting where we were also able to welcome

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AwardsMeetings
12 January 2024 g4bra Award, Dave Sugden, Meeting

Annual General Meeting 2024 – Awards

It is always good to start the New Year with our Annual General Meeting, setting out our objectives for the

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Members of BARC at the Christmas Social 2023 at The Boot, Bracknell.
News
8 December 2023 g4bra Meeting

Christmas Social 2023

It was really good to see so many members and their partners and families at the Bracknell ARC Christmas Social

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