Barking Radio and Electronics Society

Putting the HAM back into Ham Radio

Contents

• Recent/Forthcoming Projects
• Club Interests
• Contact Information
• Club History
• Other related sites
• Comments and Suggestions
• 23cm Info lists
• New Radio Ham Auction site coming soon

Recent/Forthcoming Projects

Amateur Radio Foundation Courses to be announced 2010 /11

Club open now every thursday untill Christmas 2010

20:00 till 22:00

George Smart M1GEO has set up and Echo Link node on 434.500 why not give it a go see if you can hear it

• Antenna repair at the "club house". The loop antenna has been repaired thanks to Iordan during the summer of 2006 but when analised appeared to be too long despite accurate measurement by Chris G8OCV and resonates in the wrong places ,and due to the bad summer of 2007 it was impossible correct this year or the next 2 years!!. Paul M1HMP has had some success on 80m using the loop on club nights. (see photo below) The diamond tri-band vertical fitted 4 years ago is working well so we have invested in a decent 2m radio (FT 2008) which can be used to promote amateur radio from the BRES club meeting place in Goodmayes
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• Secret Nuclear Bunker :- We have been running a long term permanent special event station from this location .There may be some evening visits to the site from time to time. I do try and activate the call once a month if anyone would like to see the station please contact me (see contact info further down the page )

For the latest information: Click on the road sign on the left. For history of the project click HERE Museums on the air weekend June 2005

•  Lighthouses on the air GB2TBW The Club has taken part in this event for the last 6years,August 18/19 2007 there was no operation in 2009 due to problems at the site
• GB4OS Orset Show takes place on first Saturday in Sept from the Orset showground just off the A13 Brentwood exit.
• The club had a talk on weather satelites on 25th March 2004 see Report and info page
• Visit from the USA KV0K
• Sunday 29th October 2006 Special event station at Coalhouse fort East Tilbury(we did activate the call GB2CFT from the fort on both bank holidays in May 2007 but it was very wet and cold lets hope its better next year ) nothing in 2009 due to management change at the site hoping for something in 2010
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Club Interests

Education: how to become a Radio Ham.

The club does not have facilities to run courses but can provide exams g0iqk@barkingradio.org.uk

There are courses being run at and Loughton and Epping Forest ARS (see links)

Parkside is now a registered RSGB test centre and will be running exams from time to time

 

Specialist Interests: packet radio, construction, slow scan, atv etc,psk31

There is more to Ham radio than Talking!!!....

www.f6fbb.org

 

Special Event Stations of the past, GB2DTS GB2AED

This regular callsign GB2 Dagenham Town Show was used by B.R.E.S. until 1999 when

we were forced to abandon the event. Barking Council withdrew their financial support for this event

and subsequently the Club moved to its current meeting place in Goodmayes

 

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Club History (Brief)

The club was founded around 1966 and originally met in a school in Gascoine Road, Barking. When the school was demolished we were offered a classroom at the Westbury Education Centre, Ripple Road, where the club flourished until September 1999. During this period between 60 and 100 people attended RAE courses and most of them passed, hence the current membership is made up mainly of ex-students .Club has now been at Parkside for nearly 10 years and welcomes all visitors . Newcomers always welcome.

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.......Contact Information.......

Electronic mail address
billchewter@lineone.net

Contact phone number


Mobile number
07740612740

Why not come and visit us at PARKSIDE COMMUNITY CENTRE, GOODMAYES LANE, ILFORD, ESSEX.

We meet every Thursday evening between 20:00AND 22:00

(Please note there are no club meetings during the month of August plus short breaks during Christmas and Easter )

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Links

1. RSGB Radio Society of Great Britain
2. Cambridge Repeater Group Excellent site with lots of information
3. ARRL American Radio Relay League
4. UK HAM SITES Pages of Ham Radio Links in the UK
5. Wren Conservation Group Site Constructed by Paul G0LLE
6. Vienna Wireless Society Nick Dowsett's local club
7. Museums on the Air weekend This year taking place on 14/15 and 21/22 June 2008
8. Home site of Paul M1HMP A site dedicated to hospital radio
9. Michiana Amateur Radio Club Barry Keatings (WD4MSM) local radio club
10. Longplayer A very interesting experiment
11. Loughton & Epping Forest ARC another local club that runs courses
12. Johnny Melvin G3LIV for PSK31 info and interface (a good investment for anyone interested in PSK)
13. Craigs sound-card-mode site With links for all digital software using a sound card
14. Ragged School Museum Recipient of the donation from the Museums on the air weekend
15. RAE CD-ROM Project On line study pack for Radio Amateur Exam
16. Mods PMR info usefull links supplied by Chris G8OCV
17. Silverthorn Radio Club based at Chingford
18. Lots of information on UK scanner freqs here and some cct diagrams
19. C.A.R.S Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society
20. Fresh water filters (nothing to do with Radio but I just fitted one and it works well)
21. Coalhouse Fort BRES have operated from this location this year
22. Epping Ongar Railway Preservation project not far from GB0SNB
23. Essex Repeater Group
24. susyradio
25. Hamtests.co.uk as seen in radcom
26. Combined Military Services Museum Maldon
27. Swale Amateur Radio Club

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Comments and Suggestions

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Guess who done this ? !!!..Ok it was me

Last revised April 21st 2010