Special event call G100RSGB

We hosted the RSGB centenary call on March 27th and April 4th. Thanks to

everyone who contacted us. Over 2,300 contacts now uploaded to the RSGB !

 

FRARS Headquarters

G4RFR - Radio Flight Refuelling - Contest Call G4R

G4RFR is the callsign of the Flight Refuelling Amateur Radio Society (FRARS)

a radio club located in the county of Dorset on the south coast of the U.K.

Membership is open to all in the surrounding area with an interest in

radio communication.

So why the name Flight Refuelling ?

FRARS was founded in 1982 by employees of Flight Refuelling Ltd.

The name was adopted by founder members of the society.

When the company's name changed from Flight Refuelling to Cobham plc some years

later, members decided to retain the original name as it had become well known

to U.K. radio amateurs.

The club's 30th anniversary was celebrated in 2012 with the special call GB2FRA

(Flight Refuelling Anniversary.)

The society is affiliated to the Cobham Sports and Social club at Merley near

Wimborne.Headqurters are within the social club's grounds.

See www.frars.org.uk for club activities, news and events.

So what does the club do ?

Members enjoy separate HF and VHF shacks, workshop facilities and

a fully equipped meeting room. The club is active on all bands from 1.8 MHz to 24 GHz,

and takes part in many contests ranging from HF

 

The club's TH6DX HF antenna

 

To microwave,,,,

 

Microwave Field Day at Bell Hill

 

Field days are held on the surrounding Dorset hills, amongst glorious 'Hardy's

Wessex' countryside. We even manage to win some of the contests we

enter. Contest certificates awarded to FRARS are on display in our main club room.

 

 

We occasionally team up with others for field day contests, such as

our friends from the Bracknell club, to maximise resources and avoid QRM !

 

VHF NFD (with the Bracknell club) Cerne Abbas Dorset

 

In association with the South Coast Repeater and Beacon Group (http://www.scrbg.org/ )

we help to run and support local microwave beacons. The beacons hold several distance records.

We run regular novice training courses and a very successful annual Hamfest rally in August.

 

So if you have read this far, many thanks for taking an interest and 73 from us all at the club.

As a bonus, especiallyif you are interested in aviation history, why not

take a trip to Cobham's 75th year anniversary website which tells the story of

Sir Alan Cobham, the company he founded, and the technological innovations developed along the way.

follow the link to www.cobham75.com

 

Update John G4POF 13.2.2012