Our Meetings


4th Wednesdays of the month
Formal Nights for talks, demonstrations, lively discussions and activities: 7:30pm: Heeley Green Community Centre, 344 Gleadless Rd, Heeley, Sheffield S2 3AJ.

Other Wednesdays in a month
Check out our events and Member's Hub on Facebook, as we either go out for meals and socials, contesting evenings, or we do portable evenings.

Arran IOTA DXpedition Video 2016

At last, we have great delight in presenting you with our Arran IOTA DXpedition video for 2016. Sheffield & District Wireless Society, together with friends from the Worksop Amateur Radio Society, The Sheffield HF DX Group and the 93 Contest Group, made their second joint Dxpedition to the Isle of Arran in Scotland, EU123. Callsigns […]

Over 9000 YouTube hits for Sheffield Wireless

Who would have thought that Steve M6SLO‘s video talk for Sheffield Wireless members on “Android Mobile Phone Apps for the Radio Amateur” a few months ago would have received 9000 hits on the Society’s YouTube channel…What better publicity for the S&DWS than this? Well done Steve..!!

We have a great calendar of events, training, contests, […]

Intermediate Training Course from the 9th November 2016

Sheffield Wireless is providing a 2E0 Intermediate Course starting from the 9th November 2016, once foundation training is completed in October.

This is a straightforward course using a range of learning materials, and will mainly be a learning dialogue between Krysytna 2E0KSH as tutor and you the student. Krystyna is not registered to train 2E0 […]

The Gambian Project and SDWS

 

Please click the button to donate to the Gambian Project

Some of you may know of this project fund but most will have never heard of it. The project fund was set up and is administered by Maurice Deighton, the owner of the Seal Shore Campsite on the Isle of Arran and good friend […]

Training for your Amateur Radio Licence

A few things regarding Foundation, Intermediate and Full Training. We welcome new members who join us and participate to take up continual learning, one of the huge benefits of free society membership.

The main news is that 2E0 Intermediate students aim to attempt for the exam at the end of July or beginning of […]

Our latest video to welcome new members..!!

The only Amateur Radio Society in Sheffield to offer FREE membership with great talks, events, venue & training…

Welcome to the website of the Sheffield & District Wireless Society. We have members from all walks, of life, bringing with them a very long wealth of history and knowledge with a common ground to agreed a very relaxed, different and refreshing set of membership aims and objectives. Do come and join us in our […]

Contest calendar for 2015

The contest calendar for 2015 can be downloaded from here: Calendar

You can see that not a week goes by without a contest of some sort. Please feel free to enter as many or as few as you wish. This coming year the Society will once again be aiming to reach the top of the […]

Christmas Meal at the Rutland Hotel

Well, for our Society Christmas Meal we certainly dined in Four Star Style at the Sheffield’s Rutland Hotel, who have very generously sponsored our superb meeting facilities all year long. We ended the year with a bang with some excellent cuisine to die for, with everyone who came along having a really darn fine time. […]

GB3US Repeater is back!

The S&D Wireless Society has great news for Sheffield Amateurs! GB3US Repeater is now back on air! Greg Cook, Repeater Keepers, said, “GB3US is on air again, but with coverage reduced to the city centre due to a temporary re-location to one of my labs at the University while building work continues at the […]