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The Duxford Radio Society (DRS) forms the
Radio Section at the Imperial War Museums,
Duxford, Cambridge, England.
DRS consists of a group of radio
communications specialist volunteers who
research, conserve, restore, display and
operate historic military radio, radar and
navigation equipment to support the
Imperial War Museums.
The
Society was originally founded by Major
John Brown (the designer of the famous
wartime Type B MKII ('B2') suitcase radio
transmitter-receiver) and by
Richard Pope G4HXH.
DRS
and its members own a majority of the
radio, radar and navigation artifacts on
public display at IWM Duxford.
The radio
communication exhibition and display areas
are located in Duxford Buildings 177 and 178
which are located between Hangar 5 and the
American Air Museum.
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The Radio Section is open every Saturday
and Sunday from approximately 10.00 am to
3.00 pm and also on most days of the week
when volunteers are present on site to
staff the buildings.
Other opening times are by prior
arrangement by writing to: Duxford Radio
Society, c/o The Imperial War Museums,
Duxford, Cambridge, CB22 4QR, England.
DRS also operates the Amateur
Radio Station call sign GB2IWM, using
both modern and vintage equipment,
most days of the week from
Building 177 to demonstrate radio
communications in action world-wide.
It should be stressed that the Society is
not a conventional 'radio club' and
that the primary mission or purpose is the
conservation, restoration, exhibition and
display to the public of historic military
radio equipment in order to support the
Imperial War Museums.
Most DRS working volunteers are also
members of the Duxford Aviation Society.
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