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
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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
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Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, the RAFARS Council has decided that for the second year running, it may not be prudent to hold a normal AGM.
Ther AGM will again be a 'virtual' event hosted on Zoom and therefore there will not be an annual dinner.
We are running a special event station on the 23rd October 2021 under the call sign GB1GSW all bands from 80mts,all mode except CW.
I am Rob a committee member of the vhf group at wireless hill in Perth. VK6WH.
We have been allocated a three day use of the special call sign vk100AF in July , the 3rd to the 5th 2021.
It has been decided to set up an experimental weekly Zoom Net to run on Fridays from 1400-1800hrs for all RAFARS members.
In 2020 the Falkland Islands Communications Regulator sought to revalidate all extant Amateur Radio licences. Notices and advertisements alerting amateur radio licence holders to the need to revalidate their licences were published.
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