History and Location
The Martlesham Radio Society was founded in the distant past of the British Post Office Research facility in the 1970’s.
The Post Office was left behind in the early eighties and now is known as BT plc. The then Radio Society left its old call sign of G4BPO (British Post Office) and took up G4MRS in honour of the change to the Martlesham Radio Society.
The Club Shack is located at the BT Adastral Park site (until recently, BT Labs), with a locator of JO02PB. The Worked All Britain (WAB) square is TM24.
Meetings
Club meetings are held at 19:30 on occasional Wednesdays at various locations around the now BT Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK.
The Club Committee also meets on occasional Mondays.
The Club Shack
The shack has two permanent 80 foot Versatowers. The main tower has a Hy-Gain TH5. The second tower usually has a Cushcraft 402CD with a Cushcraft A3 on top.
Transceiver and Linear equipment varies according to whatever club members are currently interested in. Most of the more modern equipment is on a loan basis from one or two key members, although the towers are club owned.
Contests
The Society is active in some National Contests (RSGB) with some of its key members taking part in CQ WPX, ARRL 160 and ARRL DX as well as CQWW as G0KPW and M6T.
Martlesham Microwave Roundtable
The 2024 event is scheduled to take place on the 14th April 2024.