Essex Ham – Essex’s Largest Ham Radio Community

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Amateur radio is a hobby with a difference. It’s a technical hobby that lets you explore radio, electronics and science, and make friends with like-minded radio enthusiasts.

In Essex, there are 20 amateur radio clubs passionate about the hobby. Essex Ham’s aim is to support the work of the various clubs in Essex, to provide a one-stop site for details of events, training courses, and news. Our main aims are as follows:

  1. To raise awareness for the hobby and encourage people to take part
  2. To offer help and advice to support newly-licensed amateur radio operators in Essex
  3. To share information about events related to amateur radio in Essex.

So, why not join us and become part of the community? Membership’s free! Join Essex Ham

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What Essex Ham offers:

Essex Ham continues to evolve, based on suggestions from our regular visitors, supporters and contributors. Here’s a summary of what we do:

  • Monday Night Net: A regular get-together of amateurs, normally on the GB3DA repeater in Danbury, Chelmsford
  • Essex Ham Forum: The place to discuss amateur radio in Essex
  • Foundation Online: Distance-learning for the entry-level licence, with videos and an online classroom
  • Local Events Listings: What’s happening in the area… A calendar of club nights & field events
  • Essex Ham Podcast: Video and audio reports from events in and around Essex
  • Amateur Radio training material: including Foundation slides and content
  • Getting started: Information on how to get into the hobby and get a licence
  • Field events: On occasions, we run informal field events, and the occasional Special Event Station. When we do these, it’s not as a traditional club event, but usually for a specific purpose, or for training & mentoring.
  • Help and advice: Pages of information on various aspects of the hobby

Supporting local clubs

As well as providing a free service to amateurs in and around Essex, we also support clubs in the area:

  • Events Promotion:  We list club’s upcoming events and help with free promotion
  • Event Reviews – Where possible, we visit local events and report on the activity on our site, in some cases with video reports – We’ve covered events for groups including CARS, DHARS, Essex RAYNET, SEARS, TAARC and TARG
  • Training Material – We have a full set of up-to-date Foundation training slides and other training material. This has recently been used at CARS, SEARS, TARG and groups outside Essex
  • Support for amateur radio clubs – Guides, resources, help, videos and more
  • Web services:  Essex Ham has provided hosting services for local amateur radio groups.

If you run an amateur radio club in Essex – perhaps we can help. Contact us


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Essex Ham – Supporting Amateur Radio in Essex