Welcome to
Thames Amateur Radio Group

Happy New Year ! 

TARG has some exciting changes in 2025. Keep up and get on board for all the support, education and social fun you can pack into a wavelength. Get in touch to find out more.

First meeting of the year: 10 Jan 8pm at our new Venue. (See Diary Page).

We were there!

Boxing Day is a bit of a tradition for TARG for an informal meeting down at Two Tree Island next to the River Thames. The salt water and electronically quiet environment make it ideal to extend HF contacts. Several European contacts were made on just 5W from the car boot in the car park. This is what Amateur Radio is all about – putting it into practice.

Christmas Social, 7 Dec

The door is always open at TARG. A social get together is one of the features that members asked for – so that’s what we did. Apologies were received from some members who couldn’t attend through illness or distance, but were there in spirit. We were pleased to be joined by members of SEARS, Essex CW and Raynet.

In fact, it has been interesting how invitations have been sent around most local Radio Clubs with Christmas invites – including one from ACORNS. It really does seem that networking between clubs is the way forward. We are already planning a joint event with LEFARS for next year.

TARG is now on Bluesky.

Bluesky is an increasingly popular Social Media platform.

Social media is best for updates – but website have the advantage when it comes to ‘static material’. So, add Social Media for in your pocket “what’s next at TARG”, and checkout the Website Diary pages for further ahead.

Check us out: @gx0trg.bsky.social (for bluesky members) and  https://bsky.app/profile/gx0trg.bsky.social (for non-members).

Below is a list past events showing just how effective TARG has been this year.

• Nov. AGM and Social
• Oct. Inter-club meet up at TARG.
• Sept. Digital Voice Multi-Mode Repeater AND Special event at North Weald
• Aug. Foundation Training
• Jul. Special Event Station at Slough Fort in Kent.
• Jun. 2 TARG events. One at North Weald Airport and the other at Southend Airport
• May. It was all about D-Star.
• Apr. TARG and Acorns at Essex Wildlife Trust. Watch the Video.
• Apr.  Low power protocol called LoRa.
• Mar. Hot Spots
• Feb. Canvey Rally and Pagers
• Jan. A non-radio subject, Northumbrian Smallpipes.