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Month: April 2025

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Next Event
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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Field Weekend (Activating G3CNO)

Field Weekend (Activating G3CNO)

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 28 Apr 25 | Events, Field Events, Historic

⚠️ This weekend is cancelled. It has been replaced by the 17th – 18th May 2025 . Main Points of the Weekend: Activating our club call-sign G3CNO Operation on all bands with the club’s equipment. Experimenters: Members welcome to setup and experiment with their own kit. Other Fort Activities: none we know about at this…
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Field Weekend (Activating G3CNO)

Field Weekend (Activating G3CNO)

by Chris G3WIE | 28 Apr 25 | Events, Field Events, Historic

Main Points of the Weekend: Activating our club call-sign G3CNO Operation on HF bands with the club’s equipment Experimenters: Members are welcome to setup and experiment with their own kit. Other Fort Activities: none we know about at this time. Signing-in: Club Members,  must all sign-in (and out) at the Fort Reception Office. Visitors: Welcome by…
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Interactive 2m/70cm Net Map

Interactive 2m/70cm Net Map

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 21 Apr 25 | Blog

As a project in between “145 Alive” events, Richard French is mapping out regular 2m & 70cm simplex nets across the UK. If you’re looking for a change, or if you’re on a trip or vacation, this map could provide you with details of alternative nets in your area. Based on information in the RSGB…
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Cancelling an Event

Cancelling an Event

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 19 Apr 25 | How to do a thing

It probably makes sense to you that when a club event is cancelled, you would want to delete it from the website. However, the website is a powerful communicator, and information such as events travels way beyond the club’s territory. Published events go into people’s smartphones, become part of Search Engine databases (Google, Bing, Yahoo),…
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The “Historic” Event Category

The “Historic” Event Category

by Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club | 16 Apr 25 | How a thing works

You may notice that there is a “Historic” category under the “Events” category. You may also have noticed that a month or so after an event’s date has passed, the website automatically adds the “Historic” category to the old event. This is a feature that helps the website promote current and approaching events (home page,…
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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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