Fort Purbrook
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Month: August 2024

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Deverell Hall
Monthly Friday Night Club Meeting
Fri 29 May 2026
Latest Blog
End-fed VHF Antennas Presentation
End-Fed Antennas on VHF (presentation review)
28 Jun 2025 11:25 am
Latest Articles
Heil Headset with Xiegu G90
Before Grabbing the Mic: How to Check Band Conditions before going Portable
06 Nov 2025 4:47 pm
Sky Wave, Ground Wave, Skip Zone and Skip Distance
Beyond the Horizon: Understanding How Your Radio Waves Travel
21 May 2025 5:19 pm
Copper Tape J-Pole
The Slug-Tape J-Pole Antenna
10 Aug 2024 10:51 am
MUF
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Monthly Lunchtime Social

Monthly Lunchtime Social

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 20 Aug 24 | Events, Historic, Lunchtime Socials

The Monthly Club Lunchtime Social. Details of our lunchtime social (location, time, etc) are available to Club Members on our private, members-only BBS: Groups.IO
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The Slug-Tape J-Pole Antenna

The Slug-Tape J-Pole Antenna

by Dean M7SUX | 10 Aug 24 | Antennas, Homebrew

Antenna Construction… for Emotional Health! One of the major struggles I have with amateur radio construction is having the insides of my head yell: “you’re going to make ONE mistake, and the whole construction will be ruined because you don’t know how to undo errors!”. Borrowing from mental health concepts, to fellow amateur radio enthusiasts…
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Repeat Events (August 2024)

Repeat Events (August 2024)

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 9 Aug 24 | How to do a thing

Decision-Making Regarding Repeat Event Posts. To repeat, or not to repeat, that is the question. Event posts have been enhanced with an optional “Repeat” feature. Event posts that use the Repeat feature update their own Start/End dates according to the schedule the author chooses. For example: when we didn’t have this feature, we would have…
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FPARC Club Net (GB3SH / 2m)

FPARC Club Net (GB3SH / 2m)

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 8 Aug 24 | Events, Nets

2m Open Club Net – GB3SH. Come join us in our weekly 2m open net (usually commenced on the Southampton repeater GB3SH). All licensed amateur radio operators are welcome to join in. Shortwave Listeners and those prelicensed/studying for their licence are welcome to listen in. NOTE: if QRM from local repeaters is making contacts difficult,…
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Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club: 4 miles north of near Portsmouth. 20 miles east of near Southampton. 12 miles south of near Petersfied. 14 miles west of near Chichester. FREE parking outside of the Fort’s entrances. Meeting last Friday of the month.

Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club (FPARC).
Fort Purbrook Activity Centre,
Peter Ashley Lane,
Cosham,
Hampshire,
PO6 1BJ,
United Kingdom.

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