CARC is an Amateur Radio Club based in The Tilgate Recreational Area of Crawley near to the K2 Sports Centre, whose members share a passion for Amateur Radio. Amateur Radio is a hobby dating back to the early 1900s when the radio … More
Find Us
Our clubhouse and radio shack is: Hut 18, Tilgate Recreational Centre, Tilgate Forest, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 5PH. Tap here for a map and detailed directions. … More
Join Us
Come and discover the magic of radio communication - visitors and new members are always welcome. Simply get in touch using our contact form. See you soon! If you want to join online you can do so here https://membermojo.co.uk/carc. You … More
Latest News
Crawley ARC and Reigate ATS win the RSGB May 2m Contest
A great effort by the team resulted in a much increased score and 1st place in the May RSGB 2m contest. 461 valid QSOs were made in 24hours at an average distance of over 350km. … More
Alwyn, G8DOH Awarded the Courtney-Price Trophy
Our very own Alwyn Seeds, G8DOH receives the Courtenay-Price trophy at the RSGB AGM for the most outstanding technical contribution to amateur radio in 2016. This was made for his … More
CARC SteppIR Refurbishment
Having removed all the antennas from the Crawley ARC Versatower before we swapped the old BP60 for a heavy duty version we inspected the 3 element SteppIR with the 30/40m dipole … More
HF is Dead! Or is it?
With all the antennas off the CARC tower for servicing and my own modest CobWebb on the ground for re-tuning I thought it would be fun to do some receiving for a change. Now I … More
MSK144
After a month of monitoring the HF bands during the second annual CARC WSPR challenge I though it would be fun to have the station listen for a different type of data transmission. … More
KH4 Midway Isl, and KH7 Kure Isl Deleted from ARRL List
Midway and Kure Islands are Now Deleted DXCC Entities 03/31/2017 Midway and Kure Islands have been placed on the list of DXCC deleted entities, effective August 26, 2016. … More