Colchester Radio Amateurs has a long history of supporting radio amateurs in North East Essex since 1963. Since then the range of activities has changed and expanded. In addition to our monthly meetings, we also:
<<<<<< >>>>>> COLCHESTER RADIO AMATEURS AWARD LAUNCH We are pleased to announce that CRA is now offering THREE awards, Postal Counties, Grid & DXCC Countries awards. Each award is available in worked, verified or heard (for swl's) and in various modes. The awards will be managed by Herbie G6XOU and Garry M0MGP, an example below. Criteria & Claim Form HERE.  NEW NEWSLETTER EDITOR We welcome Mark Champion M0LTG as our newest co-opted committee member and newsletter editor. Mark is looking for articles and news items so if you're a builder, techie or just have something of interest why not drop him a mail here. As a result of GDPR our newsletter is available to all on our website or via our Facebook page, Only members now receive it via mail. JUNE MEETING Will start at the earlier time of 7pm for a trial period to give members more time to chat and have a cuppa before the evening topic starts. SEE YOU THERE <<<<< >>>>> Direct Link to our 2018 CURRENT STOP PRESS GB8EPC Special Event Station Herbie, G6XOU will be operating GB8EPC from 1st to 28th June celebrating the 12th Anniversary of the European PSK club. Follow THIS LINK for details. Good luck Herbie <<<<< >>>>> Essex CWARC BOOT CAMP 2018 Following last years success the event will run again this year, see side bar on left for the link. <<<<< >>>>> 80M CC RESULTS NOW IN Colchester RA MOVES UP to 4th place pending May16th results. FUTURE June 2018 Meeting Digital & DMR by Mark Champion M0LTG. FIELD WEEKEND JULY 21/22 After last years successful weekend, we are doing it all over again, The trusty 1000Mp along with other equipment will be available for everyone to use. This event is ideal for Foundation and Intermediate operators to operate at higher power than they would normally be able to using the G3CO club callsign. Interested? Then please contact any of the committee for details and location. See You There. Fancy trying a contest? Why not try taking part in one of the AFS or Club Contests throughout the year and help score points for the club. Next: 80m CC is SSB June 28th. See the left hand column for details. FIFA WORLD CUP EVENT If
you have not yet been made aware of the FIFA World Cup Marathon then
please read this message that introduces this activation event. The marathon
started at 00:00 UTC on Friday 1 June and finishes at 14:00 UTC on Sunday 15
July. The Russians are having 32 stations with the prefix R18, to represent
each of the 32 participating counties (R18ENG being for England), another 11
stations with the prefix RC18 to represent the host Russian cities (RC18MO for
Moscow, etc.) Bands are: 160m, 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, 70 cms Modes are: CW, Phone, Digital (FT8 may be used but some callsigns are too long for this apparently). There are three categories of award available for working the special World Cup stations: Football 2018 – Radio Marathon – awards for quantities of QSOs with any special stations: Bronze 100, Silver 250 & Gold 500 Football 2018 – an award for working 40 of the participating qualifying and non-qualifying FIFA countries – each country counts once only, any band, any mode Football 2018 – Participant - an award for working 25 of the participating qualifying and non-qualifying FIFA countries – each country counts once only, any band, any mode
This is basically a seaching game and will keep the bands busy for six weeks. All awards will be calculated from the logs submitted by the special stations and certificates will be made available electronically. | 
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| Past meeeting Programmes | Check our Newsletter section for details of past meetings |
| Date | Event |
| 21 June 2018 | "Digital and DMR" Mark Champion M0LTG |
| 19 July 2018 | "The Desert Rats" Ian Paterson G4TZM |
| 16thAugust 2018 | Meeting at the Observatory |
| 20th September 2018 | "Aircraft Scatter" John Quarmby G3XDY |
| 18th October 2018 | Annual General Meeting |
| November 2018 | TBA but it will be good |
| December 2018 | :-) Christmas Party :-) |
CW FACE TO FACE SESSIONS.
start at 6-30 pm prior to our regular club meetings in AUGUST & NOVEMBER...... for one hour each session. All welcome.
Current CRA Training Course Dates:
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NB: | * Intermediate and Advanced courses are available to CRA members only |
For more information, or to register your interest in attending a future course please contact the Treasurer
Paul M6OLH, Rosemary M6OLB, Marcin M6ONM, Andrew M6OMQ, Lukasz M6OMK, Jason M6OKZ and last, but by no means least, Jess 2E0NME