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.

SDWS MEMBERS RECEIVE RSGB CONTEST AWARDS

SDWS MEMBERS RECEIVE AWARDS IN RSGB 5OMHz TROPHY CONTEST…

Two of our members, G3YJR and M6JIJ have received certificates for their entries in the June 2015 RSGB 50MHz Trophy. Graham, G3YJR for the Highest Placed 25W/Single antenna station and John M6JIJ for the highest placed Foundation Licensee.

John used a very modest vertical antenna and […]

VHF FIELD DAY 4-5 JULY 2015

G5TO/P: VHF NATIONAL FIELD DAY 4-5 JULY 2015

The Society has completed its second successful VHF NFD over last weekend. Despite average to mediocre conditions, the operating team made contact numbers comparable or better than many clubs in their sections.

Our entry is in the Mix ‘n Match section. For details see the RSGB […]

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 […]

SDWS Contest Calendar 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 […]

Islands on the Air (IOTA) Contest 2015

We are making a strong commitment to the Islands on the Air Contest (IOTA) this coming year! We have booked 15 camping pitches at Seal Shore Campsite on the Isle of Arran for the period 23- 27 July 2015 as well as some rooms in the nearby hotel. We will have sole use of […]

Contesting for All

Contest Logging for budding Contesters … by G3PHO

 

 

 

First of all all contest logs must have the following information arranged in columns which are headed in the following order: (an example entry follows) ”’

FREQUENCY(kHz): MODE: DATE: TIME GMT: YOUR CALLSIGN: REPORT & SERIAL SENT: STATION WORKED : REPORT […]