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Hello and Welcome
Burton Amateur Radio Club is one of the oldest radio clubs in existence. Records go back as far as 1919, but we know of some history going back as far as 1914.
The current committee is;
Steve, M0KPO, Chairman, Instructor
Geoff, G8EKG ,Club Secretary
Bruce, G7PAL, Treasurer.
Ian, G7RIS, Technical Manager, Instructor
Mick, G4HBY, Custodian of Artifacts/QSL Manager
The Burton ARC has also returned to its original home of the Stapenhill Institute Club.
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month and the fourth Wednesday of the month at...
Stapenhill Institute Club
23 Main Street
Stapenhill
Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire
DE15 9AP
01283 533351
You will find us operating on HF and VHF. Anyone is welcome to come along; licensed or unlicensed we don’t mind.
Time is from 19:00 to closing time and cost is £1 per head to the club.
There are good facilities at the Institute, including a large hall & licensed Bar.
We are in the process of building a radio shack for all to use
We can now offer Foundation, Intermediate and Full license training and exams. Two members of the club are registering as trainers.
If you are interested in getting a license then please get in contact with us.
We are a friendly club with a wealth of knowledge and visitors are most welcome.
We are happy to come to your local event and put on a radio display. We are also happy to work with local schools to help teach Amateur Radio.
Please contact us for more information.
Steve Warren
Chairman Burton ARC
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Getting a Licence, Training and Exams
Foundation Licence training course taking place in Jan/Feb 2010
Contact the club for more information
You can get a foundation licence in and little as 12 hours.
The Burton ARC is able to offer training and exams. We have three Instructors accredited by RSGB Train the Trainers scheme that will be able to help you along the way to getting your licence.
Contact us for more information.
News Pages
Check on all the latest news from the club .... link
Online Licences
Ofcom (1st December 2006) launched an online lifetime licensing service for ships’ and amateur radio.
More here... link
Club Net
Nets are held Sunday morning at 10.00 and every Thursday evening at 20.00, 145.575 MHz give or take. The net controller will be using the club’s callsign G3NFC. Please call in for a chat.
Club Night Details
Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month and the fourth Wednesday of the month at...
Stapenhill Institute Club
23 Main Street
Stapenhill
Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire
DE15 9AP
01283 533351
You will find us operating on HF and VHF. Anyone is welcome to come along; licensed or unlicensed we don’t mind.
Time is from 19:00 to closing time and cost is £1 per head to the club.
There are good facilities at the Institute, including a large hall & licensed Bar.
MORE INFORMATION HERE
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So why is the site so yellow?
Our local football team is Burton Albion and we decided to show our support for our local team. More on the Brewers - link
CQ SOTA CQ SOTA
You may have heard
on the air waves someone calling "CQ SOTA CQ SOTA" and wondered what it's all about - link
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Propagation page
Giving you the latest Radio Propagation Conditions - link
Weather page
The weather is provided by UK Storms, 2E0KPO, live local weather and lightning data, plus Met office weather maps - link
Diary page
Don't forget to visit and see what's going on at the club or elsewhere. Let us know if there is a date to be added- link
Site updates
There is lots going on, use the site updates page to see what's new - link
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