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Welcome to Crawley Amateur Radio Club

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The Club

We are situated in Crawley, West Sussex.

You are most welcome to visit our well equipped Shack and discover more about the many Amateur Radio activities in which we are currently involved. This page provides you with links to contact us, find us and also join us if you wish. There is also the Club Profile Page where you will find out more on our background, history, and current activities plus the latest news and updates.

Activities

As well as being sociable Radio Hams, we are active in many competitions and operate across the radio spectrum, including activity on LF, HF, VHF, Microwave and many Digital modes.

Club Diary

Don’t miss the boat, find out about club events before, rather than after they happen by browsing our excellent online events calendar.

Bi-Monthly Newsletter

News, views and articles. An electronic edition of the club newsletter available for reading online or for download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

Meeting Up

Of course we would be delighted to meet you in person, so if you find yourself in the Crawley area, please do drop in for a drink and a chat. If however you are from outside the area or an overseas visitor to our site, we are just as keen to hear from you by email. Let us know what you think of the site and if your club has a web site too, send us the details.

The club meets at our HQ: Hut 18. Tilgate forest Recreational Centre, Tilgate Forest. Crawley every Wednesday from 20:00 hrs and on Sunday from 11:00 hrs.

Formal meetings are usually held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the club HQ, where a lecture or demonstration on an Amateur Radio related subject is presented.

Natter Nights take place on all Wednesday evenings with the exception of those reserved for formal meetings.

The club HQ is open for a friendly chat, a read of the hundreds of magazines, operation of the many radios in the club Shack, plus tea, coffee and snacks all available at a very reasonable prices.

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Upcoming Events

  1. GB70E Special Event Station

    June 19 @ 01:00 - 19:00
  2. GB70E Special Event Station

    June 26 @ 01:00 - 19:00

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  • GB70E Special Event Station
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  • CARC Mills on the Air 2022
  • Clubhouse Re opened
  • CARC Zoom Meetings and Club Nets

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    Latest News

    GB70E Special Event Station

    12th May 2022 By Mike Davies Leave a Comment

    CARC is pleased to have been granted use of the GB70E special event callsign on SSB for both 19th and 26th of June. We will be operating the club shack on both days and encourage … More

    RSGB Convention 2022

    8th May 2022 By Mike Davies Leave a Comment

    For the first time in three years, the RSGB Convention will be taking place in person over the weekend of 8/9 October. It's open to all so no RSGB membership is required. The … More

    CARC Mills on the Air 2022

    25th April 2022 By Mike Davies Leave a Comment

    CARC will be taking part in the Mill on the Air event on Sunday 8th May. We will be establishing an HF station at the Ifield Mill operating as GB0IWM (Ifield WindMill). If … More

    Clubhouse Re opened

    30th January 2022 By Phil Moore Leave a Comment

    As of Sunday 13th February 2022 the Clubhouse resumes normal operations and is open for Sunday and Wednesday meetings. The Committee will continuously monitor the situation going … More

    CARC Resume Meetings at Hut18

    15th September 2021 By Mike Davies Leave a Comment

    The committee met last night via Zoom and top of our agenda was restarting the twice-weekly meetings at Hut18.  Since the last national lockdown restrictions were removed some … More

    Stewart Bryant G3YSX Elected RSGB President

    24th April 2021 By Mike Davies Leave a Comment

    Congratulations to our own Stewart G3YSX on his election to the position of RSGB President. More to follow... … More

    Our Location

    We meet on Wednesday evenings 20:00 to 22:00 approx. and Sunday mornings 11:00 to 13:30 approx. at our dedicated radio shack Hut 18 in Tilgate Forest Recreational Area. near K2

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