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
Kosovo Z6
Hello All, The ARRL DXCC List has had a New Entity added! Z6 for Kosovo, It became eligible for Credit from 00:01 23Jan 2018 73 Keith G3VKW … More
Reigate ATS and Crawley ARC Win VHF NFD
A fantastic effort by the combined team from our two local clubs has been rewarded by winning the Open Section of the RSGB premier annual VHF contest. The team operated on five … More
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