A non-technical view of CARC

Having been interested in electronics, mainly valves, for many years a change in circumstances prompted me to join a club and acquire an amateur licence. I searched the RSGB web site for a local club and was presented with several both near and far. After rejecting one club, after a depressing visit to club night, I decided to turn up at the Crawley hut one Sunday morning in January and see what sort of welcome I would receive.

All I can say is that anyone contemplating joining a club and or becoming licensed should do exactly what I did and just turn up at CARC. The welcome could not have been friendlier. After a cup of tea and a biscuit I got a comprehensive tour of the extensive facilities and the chance to meet quite a few of the members.

It became quite obvious that while there was a great deal of technical expertise in the club, the conversations were very varied and certainly not all of a technical nature. I was never made to feel like an outsider and after gathering an appropriate e-mail address, left with a determination to follow my chosen path.

The rest is history. With the help of several members of the club, not least Malcolm Harman I have passed my Foundation Exam and looking foreword to an attempt at my Intermediate Licence in the near future.

Ian Coulson M6????