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About Us

Crawley Amateur Radio club is situated in Crawley, West Sussex.

You are most welcome to visit our well-equipped Shack and discover more about the many Amateur Radio activities in which we are currently involved. This page provides you with links to contact us, find us, and also join us if you wish. 

Activities

As well as being sociable Radio Hams, we are active in many competitions and operate across the radio spectrum, including activity on LF, HF, VHF, Microwave, and many Digital modes.

Club Diary

Don’t miss the boat, find out about club events before, rather than after they happen by browsing our excellent online events calendar.

Meeting Up

Of course, we would be delighted to meet you in person, so if you find yourself in the Crawley area, please do drop in for a drink and a chat. If however you are from outside the area or an overseas visitor to our site, we are just as keen to hear from you by email. Let us know what you think of the site and if your club has a website too, send us the details.

The club meets at our HQ: Hut 18. Tilgate Forest Recreational Centre, Tilgate Forest. Crawley every Wednesday evening during the summer months from 20:00 to 22:00, Fridays (winter months) from 14:00 hrs and on Sundays (all year) from 11:00 hrs. Full details about our location can be found here.

Formal meetings are usually held on the fourth Friday of each month at the club HQ, where a lecture or demonstration on an Amateur Radio-related subject is presented.

The club HQ is open for a friendly chat, a read of the hundreds of magazines, operating of the many radios in the club Shack, plus tea, coffee, and snacks all available at a very reasonable price.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions please use our contact form.

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