Welcome to the website of the Fort Purbrook Amateur Radio Club - RSGB Affiliated.

Also Fort Purbrook is a registered CASHOTA Award Location - Ref. G394

The Fort Purbrook ARC was founded in July 2011 and we welcome both amateur radio enthusiasts and short wave listeners (SWLs). We meet on the last Friday of each month in a meeting room at Fort Purbrook, off Portsdown Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, Hants. PO6 1BJ.

Fort Purbrook is managed by the Peter Ashley Activity Centre, who provide a variety of activities for all ages, including air rifle shooting, archery and climbing. For further information on activities at the Fort, please click on this link www.peterashleyactivitycentres.co.uk

For further information on Fort Purbrook and the other Palmerston Forts, please click here.

Adult membership costs £20 p.a. There is no joining fee. Concessions for young people. Both club members and guests are expected to contribute £1 on the door towards club funds. Refreshments will be available at no additional cost.

Besides the usual social get-together, we intend having regular talks and presentations on subjects of interest, together with working radios for use with individual callsigns, or M0GZN, our club call sign. Club members are encouraged to bring along a 'Guest Rig' and show it to club members.

With kind permission of the Fort management, we are allowed to have both HF and VHF/UHF 'discreet' antennas on the top of the Fort above our meeting room. From an RF perspective, the Fort roof, some 300ft ASL is a superb location, with a visual line of sight panoramically from Chichester Cathedral in the East to Fawley oil refinery in the West. This high location benefits both our 2m/70cm Collinear Vertical and our HF multi-band wire antenna.

Ongoing there are opportunities to get outside, up on the fort grounds, set up a Gazebo and have club operating days field-day style. Using this external set-up, and with temporary antennas, we can get involved in Contesting; Castles And Stately Homes On The Air (CASHOTA) and other Field-Day activities.

The location at Fort Purbrook has superb potential from an amateur radio perspective. Our goal is to be a friendly, approachable and enthusiastic club and to be as active as possible.

Please feel free to join us on our club nets. You do not have to be a club member.

Fort Purbrook 2m SSB Net (using USB) - every Monday evening on 144.350MHz with 7.00pm start. Mike G4PRG is the Net Controller.

Fort Purbrook 70cm Net (FMn) - every Tuesday evening on 433.575MHz with 7.00pm start. <Andy G0AYZ is the Net Controller.

Fort Purbrook 2m Net (FMn) - every Thursday evening on 145.550MHz with 7.00pm start. Mike G4PRG is the Net Controller.

For additional information, please navigate through our website, or alternatively please contact one of the committee members. Our contact details are shown on Contact Us page.

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FPARC Committee