Welcome to RADARC!
Thames Valley’s leading Amateur Radio Club since 1934
Based in Reading, our activities are generally at 8pm on Thursdays, and the vast majority of our meetings are run as hybrid sessions – with both local and remote speakers, and open to those on Zoom as well as in-person audiences.
Further online interaction happens via our busy ‘Discord’ community and our members’ Google group. Occasionally we run ad-hoc zoom natter sessions perhaps supporting an on-air net.
In the summer we run social and practical events/sessions (“antenna evenings”). Generally there is no online element to these, although you may well hear us on the air! We take part in CW, SSB and VHF field days where people are welcome to camp overnight.
Our outreach activities include working with local scout groups for events such as Jamboree on the air and practical activities such as building and experimenting with radio kits.
RADARC welcomes all who wish to learn about radio, electronics and indeed all aspects of amateur radio. Dates of meetings can be found on our events page.
Other local radio groups we are delighted to work with include:
Thames Valley Repeater Group (“TVRG”)
Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society
Maidenhead and District Amateur Radio Club
Basingstoke Amateur Radio Club
We are also proud to be part of the thriving Reading area diverse technical and scientific community. Here’s a small sample:
Reading Hackspace (Rlab) Reading’s very own makerspace sporting a wide variety of amazing tools, equipment and people.
Reading Geek night organising a wide variety of evening talks and Science in Reading
Reading Repair Café leading the way in making society more sustainable whilst promoting learning about how things work.
Reading Library of Things (RLOT) is an imaginative initiative making a fantastic range of resources (tools etc.) available to Reading folk whilst saving the planet and de-cluttering your garage!
Finally, we are proud to support the MCR21 BBC outside broadcast van restoration project.
- 6th November 2025
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
6th November 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 13th November 2025
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The Great Construction Contest
13th November 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKTo all you creative people out there. It's time to think about impressing the membership with your skills and ingenuity!
As usual, entrants will give a short (5 minutes or so) presentation on their entry.
There are two cups to be won, as voted by the whole membership in attendance. Software, hardware, old technology, new technology: all is valid and gets its chance on account of cleverness, quality of construction, complexity or simple brilliance - they all count toward the popular vote for the winner and runner up cups, to be presented on the night.
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- 20th November 2025
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- 27th November 2025
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A practical guide to GNSS receivers by Mike Dunstan G8GYW
27th November 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKTo round off the RADARC year, we welcome back our very own Mike Dunstan G8GYW for a talk entitled "A practical guide to GNSS receivers".
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- 4th December 2025
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
4th December 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 11th December 2025
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RADARC AGM
11th December 2025 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UK
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- 18th December 2025
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- 1st January 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
1st January 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 8th January 2026
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Flex Radio "Aurora"
8th January 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKWe welcome back Michael Walker VA3MW of FlexRadio Systems for a presentation on their latest developments and products.
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- 15th January 2026
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- 22nd January 2026
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"An Introduction to VNAs" by Neil Savin G3SVN
22nd January 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKWe welcome back Neil G3SVN, in person, from Maidenhead and District Amateur Radio Society in a follow up talk to his introduction to Smith Charts. This time he will look at a piece of test equipment which until fairly recently was out of the reach of most amateurs: Vector Network Analysers (VNAs).
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- 29th January 2026
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- 5th February 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
5th February 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 12th February 2026
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RADARC Photo Contest
12th February 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UK
Our very own Ace G0ACE will kindly host our annual photography contest. "The emphasis is on a light-hearted approach, more about the idea and spirit than technical expertise. No need to fork out for a Hassleblad; your mobile phone camera or point and shoot will be just fine."
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- 19th February 2026
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- 26th February 2026
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meeting TBA
26th February 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UK
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- 5th March 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
5th March 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 12th March 2026
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meeting TBA
12th March 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UK
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- 19th March 2026
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- 26th March 2026
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Spring Junk Sale
26th March 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UK
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- 2nd April 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
2nd April 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 9th April 2026
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Meeting TBA
9th April 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKMeeting TBA
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- 16th April 2026
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- 23rd April 2026
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Maker's Bazaar
23rd April 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
2nd Woodley Scout Group, Vauxhall Park, Vauxhall Dr, Woodley, Reading RG5 4EA, UKAn informal evening to wander through the streets of maker-land seeing what everyone's been lovingly building and crafting over the winter!
Ideas are what we're after!Ideally, please let me know if you have something to show just so I can put together an updated meeting invite/running order. Doesn't matter what it is, provided we can get it into the room and is reasonably safe. Doesn't have to be a physical thing. Ideas and enthusiasm for a subject are nice and easy to carry!
Possible topics:
* Antennas (photos, sketches if that's easier)
* Experiments and experimental projects - not necessarily complete - or even started!
* Projects you may need some help with
* Cautionary tales
* Operating tips
* Software, Firmware, Anyware
* A short talk on your pet subject
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- 30th April 2026
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- 7th May 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
7th May 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 21st May 2026
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- 4th June 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
4th June 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 18th June 2026
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- 2nd July 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
2nd July 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 16th July 2026
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- 6th August 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
6th August 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 20th August 2026
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- 3rd September 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
3rd September 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 17th September 2026
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- 1st October 2026
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Construction Evening, venue TBD
1st October 2026 @ 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Reading Rugby Football Club, Holme Park Farm Ln, Sonning, Reading RG4 6ST, UKIn person construction evening.
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- 15th October 2026
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