Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society

RAFARS On The Air

VP8RAF/100 - UPDATE 16 May 18 - Despite daily trips to the shack, band conditions were never favourable. The hastily erected long wire antenna was probably not the best. Maybe time to invest in a new antenna for the shack in the Falklands. In total, I only managed 5 contacts - very frustrating. Kevin. G6ZRL / VP8DIJ

Test Transmission from Stuart G0TBI, please watch this space for information about activity at the RAFARS HQ station G8FC at RAF Cosford 73......Test Transmission Ends

RAFARS RAF100 Events 2018

Membership

The aims of the Society are to promote and foster amateur radio activities within the Royal Air Force and through Amateur Radio, to maintain and foster the close bonds that exist between radio amateurs serving in the Royal Air Force and those who have retired from, or have close links with, the Royal Air Force

All Radio Amateurs (no requirement to be Ex RAF) are invited to apply for Membership if you have an interest in the RAF, Military aviation and wish to support the aims of the society

Member Area

The Member Area is exclusive to current RAFARS members who have registered to use this section of the website

Passwords are sent by email on request, via the registration form under the Member Area menu at the top of the page

Items in the Member Area include an electronic version of the RAFARS Journal 'QRV', a 'spoken' audio version of the journal, a list of members and assorted technical guides

Aircraft Flight Tracking

New page added to the RAFARS Member Area covering aircraft flight tracking using a Raspberry Pi computer. This primarily covers the 360 Radar tracking website and the functions that it provides to users.

EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

On 28 May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force. A summary of just how this affects you as an individual is included below, but for more comprehensive details of the regulation see the link at the bottom of this page.

Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society RAF100 Award Certificate

The Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society (RAFARS) G8FC is inviting all Amateur Radio Stations to take part in the RAF100 Award Certificate. The aim is to contact RAFARS members and Affiliated Clubs. The Award Certificate will be presented to Amateur Radio Stations who collect a minimum of 250 points.

Talking QRV Journal Spring 2018 is now available

The Spring 2018 Edition of the QRV Journal is now available in 'Talking QRV' format. See the Talking QRV Page in the Member Area.

Remember that you need to be a current RAFARS Member to register for access to the RAFARS website Member Area. Registration is free for members and passwords are sent by return of email.

Spring 2018 Edition of the RAFARS Journal QRV Published

RAFARS members will have received the Spring 2018 edition of the 'QRV' journal though the post recently. The journal is also available to read and download in PDF format in the Member Area via the RAFARS eQRV Journal menu button.

RAFARS RAF100 Contest

The RAFARS RAF100 Members Contest Rules and dates have been announced and are published in the Information section of the website in the Contests area.

The contest will take place from 0001 hrs UTC, 1 April 2018 to 2359 hrs UTC, 31st March 2019

RAFARS Member List Updated

The list of current RAFARS members in the Member Area of the website has been updated. The list now has additional functionality with the ability not only to sort by column, but to search across the list. As members will already have full membership details in the RAFARS callbook QRZ, only number, callsign, first name and county are shown in the list.

RAF Museum Cosford Virtual Tour

A Happy New Year to all our members. Aa a special treat, you can now visit the RAF Museum Cosford 'virtually' without leaving the comfort of your home

RAFARS Timeline Added to the Website

2018 will mark the 100th Anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force. It will also mark the 80th Anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force Amateur Radio Society (RAFARS), which absorbed the Cranwell Amateur Radio Transmitting Society that had been founded in 1936.

RAFARS Shack VP8RAF - Falkland Islands

RAFARS maintains a club operating station VP8RAF in the Falkland Islands located on the Mount Pleasant Airport (MPA) site - renamed by the Army to 'Mount Pleasant Camp'.

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RAFARS Member Area Password Application

Are you a current RAFARS Member?
Members have access to the website Member Area that contains additional information including the RAFARS QRV Journal, technical articles and a list of members.

To request a password, please complete the Password Application form available under the Member Area Menu