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Amateur Radio
Amateur radio, often known as “ham radio,” is a unique blend of a technical hobby, a vital community service, and a lifelong learning pursuit. Licensed operators build skills in communication technology, emergency preparedness, and global citizenship, all while contributing significantly to society. How Amateur Radio Serves the Community The most visible community service aspect of …
Calendar
Club members regularly participate in short HF contests such as the RSGB 80M club contests or the UKEICC. National Field days are also supported. The club website calendar will show the dates of relevant competitions the contest group will participate in. Any member who wants to advertise a particular competition can email me to have …
Contact
Stevenage and District Amateur Radio Society meets every Tuesday Evening from 7:30pm to 9pm at the Resource Centre Chells. There are “on-air” each Tuesday evening at around 8pm (145.45 MHz) and on Friday evenings 80m close to 3.727MHz. Radio amateurs, short wave listeners or people who are just interested are welcome to join in. No …
FOR SALE
Here there are second hand equiptment to be sold, most are SK equiptment sold for club funds. Anyone can advertise here, If you would like to please contact Tim or Martin and we can sort this out. All items are sold as seen without being tested unless otherwise advertised as most are silent key sales, …
Information
Listen Out for G3SAD Club members with full licences can be heard around the bands using the club callsign G3SAD. Members who would like permission to use the club callsign (in return for a completed adif of their log) are invited to contact Tom or Rob for details. Could be fun to see who records …
Operational Infomation
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Organisation and officers
The club annually elects a committee consisting of:- Chairman – Dave Darby (M7WVX) Secretary – Tom Miller (G4BYE) Treasurer – Royston Jones (G4SWH) Contest Manager – Tim Dix (G6DXY) Events Manager – TBC Program Manager – Jeff Dixon (G6YIQ) Committee Member 1 – Martin Hemmings (M0KNM) Committee Member 2 – Committee Member 3- Licence Trainer …
Previous Talks
To Be Updated! Club Night Talk: Frequency Modulation Bryan Harber presented a review and hands-on demonstration of the nature and mechanics of Frequency Modulation. Beginning with a demonstration using a signal generator and oscilloscope he visually demonstrated how AM “works” and then explained why FM cant be demonstrated visually the same way. Instead a spectrum …
Repeater Group GB7SV
In association with SADARS, the GB7SV & GB3VV repeater group has recently launched a new 70cm repeater replacing the now defunct Hitchin repeater. Optimisation activities are ongoing and anyone interested in helping establish the boundaries of the coverage footprint is welcome to get in touch For interest, the repeater group has its own Facebook page …
Welcome
Stevenage and District Amateur Radio Society (SADARS) meet at the Resource Centre in Chells, Stevenage every Tuesday at 7:30pm- 9:00pm During the year there are talks, competitions, field days and visits to companies and institutions of interest to radio amateurs. We welcome all people with an interest in Amateur Radio generally. Please note that to …