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.

Fun ‘Call to Arms’ for UKAC

UKAC call up…. a small group of us including myself G5YL, John 2E0RVX and Iftikhar M5IA are getting together to put in some contacts in the UKAC contests under SDWS, mainly for fun in the evenings.

I personally struggle to do the contests at weekends and so this suits me well on Tuesday and […]

SDWS AGM & AWARDS PRESENTATION 2023

22 March 2023

Minutes of the AGM: These can be download here:

http://sheffieldwireless.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-minutes-of-the-Sheffield-and-District-Wireless-society-Annual-General-2023.pdf.pdfThe whole meeting, including the Awards Presentation is available in PDF format (32GB) at:

http://sheffieldwireless.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SDWS-AWARDS-EVENING-2023.pdf

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

SDWS News … March 2022

Sheffield and District Wireless Society held its AGM and Awards Presentation Night on Wednesday 2nd March 2022.

The AGM reports and presentations can be viewed in PDF format at SDWS AWARDS EVENING 2022 V2 while the Minutes can be read at Minutes of March 2022 SDWS AGM

The Society is doing very well indeed […]

Annual Junk Sale Wed 1st Sept 2021 RUTLAND HOTEL

SDWS MEETINGS & CVID 19

This starts at 8pm prompt. Doors open at 7.30pm.

Bring along your surplus radio junk and help the club through a 10% levy for club funds.

The sale will run as an auction like you see on Bargain Hunt!

Anti Covid precautions apply…. Masks to be work in […]

ANNUAL PORTABLE EVENING AUGUST 2021

ANNUAL PORTABLE EVENING

WED 4TH AUGUST (7PM TO 8.30PM BST) :

(OPEN TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS)** SUBJECT TO COVID RESTRICTIONS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS**

Location: Individual locations to be chosen by the participants Operators: Single Operator only (couples may enter a log each by sharing the time allowed) Equipment: HF and/or VHF mobile […]

SDWS MEETINGS & COVID 19

…. an update

SDWS MEETINGS at the RUTLAND HOTEL

At the time of writing this post (mid March 2021) we are yet to decide on a firm date for when we can resume our “in the flesh” meetings in Sheffield. It is now one year since we met at the Rutland Hotel in […]

G5YL , Krystyna Haywood, appointed RSGB Region 4 District Representative

SDWS |are proud to announce the appointment by RSGB of our former Chairperson, Krystyna Haywood, G5YL to the office of Region 4 District representative

Sheffield and District Wireless Society is delighted and proud to announce that founder member and former Chairperson, Krystyna Haywood, who recently qualified for her Full Licence as G5YL, has […]

Celebrate 100 years of SDWS during September’s RSGB SSB Field Day

It’s that time of year as a society to start coming together to quickly prepare for a fabulous weekend of fun with competitive contesters working with newer members to have a great fun weekend, teaching contesting, learning how to log and getting to grips with the real excitement of radio sport contesters with members […]

The way forward with Foundation & Intermediate Licence Training

For several years I have been the Wireless Society’s main Trainer for Foundation and some intermediate, with support from a range of members pitching in to help out.

I have in the past year taken much needed time out to learn for, and gain my full amateur radio licence. I am looking forward […]