Maritime Radio Day 2025 starts at 1200UTC on the 14th of April and finishes at 2200UTC on the 15th of April. The annual event takes place to commemorate the almost 100 years of wireless telegraphy service for seafarers, which ended in the UK with the closure of Portishead Radio on the 30th of April 2000. ... Read more

Amateur Radio Clubs On The Air has launched a new activity for radio amateurs to promote their club, have some fun and collect points for an award. All bands and modes may be used including SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, FT8, FT4 and other digital modes. This is an ongoing award, and contacts may be claimed ... Read more

A new article has been added to this website produced by Peter G4HSO. This gives details of his operation and lessons learnt while he was operating from Martinique in the Caribbean. The article can be found HERE! (open this article by clicking on the headline to activate the link to take you there!) https://www.verulam-arc.org.uk/operating-from-martinique-in-the-caribbean/

British Science Week began on Friday the 7th of March and will continue until Sunday the 16th of March. The annual celebration presents radio amateurs with the opportunity to showcase the hobby to new audiences. Crowthorne and Wokingham Men’s Shed will be operating as G8EYM during the forthcoming week. Organisers who would like to set ... Read more

Amateur Radio Clubs On The Air is getting ready for a second weekend of operating on the 22nd and 23rd of March. It is a chance for amateurs to promote their club, have some fun and collect points for an award. All bands may be used, using any mode including SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, FT8/4 ... Read more

The Commonwealth Contest is a unique annual event which has run every year since 1931. Held over the weekend nearest to Commonwealth Day, it is loved by many radio amateurs throughout the Commonwealth. In 2024 over 240 individual entrants and 15 Commonwealth Headquarters stations representing national societies were active. The Commonwealth Contest is a treasure ... Read more

Exercise Blue Ham will take place on the 29th and 30th of March on the 60m band. Stations will be active between 9am and 6pm. Blue Ham exercises provide a platform to further develop Cadet radio operator skill and confidence by engaging with the amateur radio community via the MOD 5MHz shared band. Cadet radio ... Read more

Amateur radio operators are reminded to take care when operating on the WRC-15 secondary amateur allocation at 5MHz. The UK still has no access to the full WRC-15 allocation. Despite requests, this seems unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. Whilst the UK is fortunate to have more generous licence conditions, it is imperative these ... Read more

Our February monthly meeting included our Annual General Meeting (AGM) where the Committee for the next Club year remained much the same but with the addition of Steve G5SRO joining the team as Publicity officer. We also took a looked at our subscriptions and it was decided for this year to keep them at the ... Read more

BRARS is running special event station GB0LMR during 2025 to celebrate 200 years of train travel since 1825. Operation will be focused on the 40 and 10m bands and QSL will be via the Bureau. More information is available at QRZ.com and webrars.info.