| | By peterg3pho,on December 1st,2011%  The club meeting on Monday 9th January is a new event,the SARC QSL Competition. The rules are simple…. just bring along your QSL card (or a design for one you are going to print) and display it on the pin board provided at the club. A couple of judges will then take a look and make a judgement on who is the winner and runner up. Certificates will be awarded to both successful exhibitors. The QSL MUST be your own personal one,not one you have received from a station worked on the amateur radio bands  If you don’t yet have a QSL card why not try the software at: http://www.va3hj.ca/ By peterg3pho,on October 19th,2011% SARC entered the RSGB SSB Field Day in early September this year and set up a 100 watt + single wire antenna (windom) station for the Restricted Section. The results are now published and we have done very well considering the lack of experienced operators and helpers over the weekend. We finished 10th out of 30 entries,doubling our score from last year. The results can be found at: http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/results/2011/ssbfd2011.shtml LATE FLASH! I’ve just compared the adjudicated score with our actual entry. We claimed 450 scoring contacts with 102 multipliers for 203,184 points. RSGB have credited us for 435 QSOs with 100 multipliers for 193,000 points. That means we lost only 3.3% of our . . . →Read More:SSB Field Day Results By peterg3pho,on September 6th,2011% 
M0GAV operates G2AS/P in SSB FD Sept 2011 Those of you who did not manage to get to SARC’s SSB field day station last weekend missed a really good time. In spite of being short of 4 operators and having a generator failure just 7 minutes before the start of the contest (!),we managed 203,184 points (including 102 DXCC multipliers) from 452 QSOs. This is over twice last year’s score from the same location and should put us in the top ten! We had only four experienced contesters on hand (G0HSA,G3PHO,M0GAV on HF and G8EQD on VHF) …not . . . →Read More:SARC enters G2AS/P in RSGB SSB Field Day:3-4 September 2011 By peterg3pho,on August 23rd,2011% MICROWAVE FIELD DAY 2011 REPORT FROM G2AS/P  On Sunday 7 August 2011,Sheffield Amateur Radio Club fielded a 23cm and 3cm narrowband station,plus a 3cm wideband FM station for this event,organised by the UK Microwave Group. The latter was at the request of several UKuG members. The weather was changeable with a stiff,cold breeze and occasional rain showers. Our chosen site was Merryton Low Triangle,IO93AD,NE of Leek in Staffordshire. Outside the occasional club lecture by G3PHO,Sheffield ARC members had not experienced microwave radio before this event so it was good to see the following club . . . →Read More:G2AS/P in the First UK Microwave Field Day By Tim,on May 22nd,2011%  Tim 2E0TJX and a few other club members are seeking to have a go at doing some S.O.T.A. (Summits on the Air) and lighthouse activations in the future,and we are seeking for more members to get involved.
Tim 2E0TJX has never done any S.O.T.A. &Lighthouse activations,so it will be a challenge for him as well as the other members to getting involved. If anyone has undertaken this in the past then please let him know,and put Tim and other club members in the right direction. Undertaking S.O.T.A. may involve some camping out,depending on the location,but with some effort,camping . . . →Read More:S.O.T.A. and Lighthouse Activations By M1ERS,on May 20th,2011%  A idea from the Chairman !! How many of the club members would like to have a go at flying a kite antenna,and getting some nice QSO’s in the bag? I have a kite that Trevor M0TWS and myself got,but never got round to flying it, but we will have to make a antenna that is ok for the kite.  We can do this as a project at the club And then set a date for . . . →Read More:A Day for Kite Antennas..!!
By M6KSH,on April 17th,2011%  RSGB has agreed with Ofcom arrangements for all UK Radio Amateurs to opt to use special callsigns for a period of eleven days beginning on the date of the marriage of H.R.H. Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton,29th April 2011.
Use of the special prefix,which is “GR,MR or 2R”,is conditional on allocation of a Notice of Variation (NoV) which can be quickly obtained via a simple process on the Society’s website,where full details of the arrangements can also be found. UK amateurs wishing to use the special prefix should visit www.rsgb.org.uk/weddingcall and follow the guidance there. . . . →Read More:Special temporary call signs for Royal Wedding By M6KSH,on January 27th,2011%  Keith (G0CXP) is organising an event to take place during “The European Castles Day”on Sunday 15 May 2011. The local event on behalf of SARC will be held at Boston Castle Park,Boston Castle Grove in Rotherham. Try not to confuse this event with CASHOTA [Castles &Stately Homes on the Air] or COTA (Castles on the Air) as they are not the same event.
This will be an excellent opportunity to ‘activate’a castle by making radio contacts around the world from this base,and furthermore,it’s a great way for club members to get together and have some relaxing fun playing radio..!! Please do . . . →Read More:Celebrating European Castles Day @ Boston Castle,Rotherham By Krystyna Haywood,on September 8th,2010%  SARC entered two field day teams this year. G2AS/P was active in the Open Section from G4FAL’s contest QTH at Theddlethorpe in Lincolnshire while G3RCM/P put on a Restricted Section station at the club HQ at Meadowhead,Sheffield.
Operators and Equipment details: G2AS/P:400 watts. Cushcraft A3S yagi for 10/15/20m at 60 feet. Dipoles for 40 and 80,also at 60 ft apex. Gear:FT2000 + Quadra Linear + extra FT2000 in RX mode only. DX cluster assistance. Operators:G4FAL,G3PHO,G0HSA and M0GAV. Highest QSO rate per hour:M0GAV 115 (he worked 220 in one two hour . . . →Read More:SSB Field Day:4th &5th Sept 2010 By Krystyna Haywood,on September 4th,2010%  SOS SOS SOS!!! OPERATORS URGENTLY NEEDED Sheffield Amateur Radio Club and the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind are planning to put on a special event station at the SRSB’s HQ in Mappin Street,just off West Street,Sheffield.
The dates are Monday to Friday,SEPT 13 -17,inclusive …at 10am to 4pm. The idea is for SARC to have a small HF (and maybe VHF/UHF) station on display,along with some display boards about amateur radio and our club…along the lines of what we have done in the past at venues such as the Woodseats Festival. I’ve already sorted out the gear and display need but I’m desperately . . . →Read More:GB5RSB SARC Special Event for the 150th Anniversary of the Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind | |
