Club Meetings

The club meets at 169 Bloxham Road Banbury on the first four Wednesdays every month.
In months where there is a fifth Wednesday there is no general meeting.
Meetings are either general or can be dedicated to construction projects or may have external speakers.

Planned Events

Bodicote Imperial Radio Chain event

 A new event in Bodicote, It’s to celebrate the Banbury Wireless Station which was located in what is now the Cherwell Heights housing estate, near the flyover in Bodicote. We hope to run HF, VHF/UHF and maybe echo link if operators and space permits! Big John M0RTU is also going to try and set up a portable station in a field near the Leafield Radio Station site, as this was the Transmit sister Station to Banbury which had a vertical array pointing to Egypt! We shall try and establish a link to him on the day. The Banbury Wireless station was built and started in the early 1920’s up until 1959. It was built to receive MW/LW Imperial Wireless Chain signals from Egypt to the UK. This chain was superseded by better technology before it got going and the station was later used for testing and radio spectrum propagation, instrumental, in part in forming worldwide frequency agreements and the spectrum bands and frequencies we have today. Ron is assisting me liaising with various parties. I also have a technology archaeologist who has written an article on the stations history, plus hopefully a WW2 historian to talk about the station and possible use with SOE signals. I have also offered the Royal British Legion awareness if they want a few ex-signallers to visit on the day. The local historical society is aware of this initiative and are running an article on the station in their magazine. I would like anyone in the club who may have knowledge of the Banbury Wireless Station to contact me and they would be most welcome on the day. Bodicote residents will also be invited to attend if they wish. Especially any who had relatives or friends who worked there. I’m going to apply for a Special Event callsign for the day. I’ll keep you updated as things develop. Kind regards From; Robin Williams G6POG

Events Calendar. These are confirmed events with a fixed date

Reports

Here there will be colourful descriptions of the events and links to photos etc