News
The latest news headlines from MKARS
Diary
The clubs busy calendar of events
Forum
Got a question about MKARS or amateur radio? Say hello via our new forum pages
About us
About the club, its history and our special event station, GB2BP
Training
MKARS Amateur Radio courses including foundation, intermediate and advanced
Rally Info
Details of our annual rally can be found here
Visitors Information
Information for visitors attending the MKARS rally
Repeaters
GB3MK, GB3TG and other local repeaters around Milton Keynes
Projects
Details of MKARS projects such as the MKARS80 kit courtesy of Radio Kits
Committee
Who's who and what they do on the MKARS Committee
Library
A collection of useful articles and presentations
Contact us
Contact details for MKARS including email, postal and our physical location
MKARS News
Welcome to MKARS the Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society.
With over 50 years of history and 100 members MKARS is one of the largest amateur radio clubs in Britain. Please feel free to visit us on our club nights or at any of the events in our diary.
To find out more about MKARS and what we have been up to check out our news items below or subscribe to our news feed. For more information on our news and diary feeds please check out our feed information page.
*****Bring And Buy Sale*****
It's That Time Of The Year again Folks & Folkess's...
Clear Out Your Shacks,Sheds, Garage's & Cupboards...
Time To Get Rid Of Your Unwanted Junk, Sorry, Desirable Pieces Of Equipment..
Bring It Along To Our Next Club Night, On MONDAY THE 2ND OF MARCH!
Successful Intermediate Training course
MKARS has just completed another Successful Intermediate training course and we congratulate :-
Adam Castell
Bernard Jones
Chris Keszei
Derek Plummer
Jack Jackson
Mark Chamberlain
Mark Impey
Paul Garraway
Paul Sherratt
on passing the exam this evening. Welcome to being Intermediate level radio amateurs.
Many thanks to Andy Roberts and Graham Parry for their help in training and support, none of which would have been possible without the help of Will Fludgate(and better half!!) for the use of their premises.
Well done everybody.
We are running a Foundation course starting in January... If you would like to join the interesting world of Amateur Radio with all its different possibilities then let us know by going to the training pages and emailing us.
Frank Jackson M0JSZ
Club Net
Members and non members are welcome to join the MKARS Sunday Net on 145.400 FM from 20.00 local
Scouts JOTA 2014
For the 3rd year, MKARS has been invited to run the radio side of JOTAJOTI at the Quarries campsite on the 18th and 19th October.
All help is very welcome. It is a 24 hour effort so we always need help around the clock. Pop over for an hour or stay all day.
For more information, please see this forum post
http://forum.mkars.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2115
MKARS Rally - Sunday 24th August, 2014
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Book helps Hams have fun with Morse Code
Passing a Morse Code test is no longer required to get an amateur radio license, but there's still a mystique about Morse Code, and many hams are interested in acquiring this skill and getting on the air. That being the case, Dan Romanchik, KB6NU is excited to announce the publication of The CW Geek's Guide to Having Fun with Morse Code
Ofcom White Space Consultation
Ofcom has published a consultation setting out proposals for authorising certain types of white space devices on a licensed basis
CQ-DATV 21 available for download
CQ-DATV magazine issue 21 is now available for download