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Amateur Radio

HADARS - Halifax and District Amateur Radio Society, licence holder of call-sign G2UG is one of six million amateur radio stations worldwide.

Most Amateur Radio operators (Hams) are involved in Global communication; a great way to develops better understanding of geography, languages and cultures.

Licences are granted after the operator has passed the appropriate examinations to ensure they have the skills to transmit relatively high power signals on frequency bands across the spectrum, with minimal risk of interference to others.

Many Hams enjoy the achievement of using equipment they have designed or built themselves - aerials, transmitters, receivers and test equipment.

Amateur Radio is often used to provide emergency communications, eg. Haiti, the Indian Ocean Tsunami etc.

In the UK, the Radio Amateur Emergency Network RAYNET provides communications to the emergency services in the event of emergency situations. The most recent one of national news coverage being the 2009 floods in Cumbria, which resulted in the loss of conventional telephone communications across river crossings etc.

Club Meetings

The Halifax and District Amateur Radio Society meets every Tuesday. Please see the Club Home page for details.

Newcomers

Do you live in Halifax or a nearby town or village? Are you looking for a radio club or society? Do you want to get a licence to permit you to transmit legally as an amateur radio station?

Newcomers are welcome, whether young or old, male or female. You might already be a licenced radio amateur, have been a Short Wave listener for years or have come to this exciting hobby recently!

The Halifax and District Amateur Radio Society helps newcomers into the hobby. We have club transmitters and training to help you through the exams so that you can operate your own licenced amateur radio station.

Lastly, don't worry about that word 'exam'. Passing the Foundation exam gives you access to most amateur frequencies at low power and the knowledge to use your station safely and responsibly.

 

Radio Suppliers

Operating Equipment

Waters & Stanton 
Martyn Lynch 
Nevada
LAM Communications

Kits

Walford Kits

Components

Mode Components
Jabdog
Farnell

"HADARS" (Callsign G2UG)

Halifax & District Amateur Radio Society

Please click on the links above for the latest information...

Club Home is the official Club website and gives current information about the Club, where we meet and when etc.

Expeditions takes you to Bradford Communigate site where our Secretary and intrepid explorer Geoff (call-sign G0PFH) documents his many radio expeditions. Using the Halifax and District Amateur Radio Societies call-sign G2UG, he operates from islands, lighthouses and just about anywhere that you don't expect!

New to Radio brings you to the Radio Society of Great Britain's website, describing amateur radio and providing lots of useful information on getting started! RSGB Newcomer Info

The RSGB broadcast the Amateur Radio news every Sunday on various frequencies on Short Wave and VHF using the call-sign GB2RS. You can also listen to or subscribe their Podcast

News Schedule

Local Broadcasts - Sundays at:-

09.30      145.525 MHz FM from Brighouse or Gawthorpe
Also giving information about local amateur radio club meetings. Prior to the news, a 'net' operates from 08.30 on 145.475 MHz with many local stations calling in.

National Broadcasts - Sundays at:-

09.00      3.650 MHz Single Sideband from Bristol
10.00      3.650 MHz Single Sideband from Bletchley Park
10.30      7.150 MHz Single Sideband from Bristol
13.00      3.650 MHz Single Sideband from Bletchley Park
14.30      7.150 MHz Single Sideband from Bletchley Park
18.00      3.650 MHz Single Sideband from Bristol
21.30      1.990 MHz Single Sideband from various UK locations

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The following is M0EZP's personal webpage on Club activities...

Portable Operations

The Club meets every Tuesday at the Church of the Good Shepherd, New Road, Mytholmroyd, HX7 5EA (adjacent to Mytholmroyd railway station) starting at 19:00hrs. These meetings might include construction, discussion, teaching, sessions on air, Morse training or other activities.

In summer months, portable operations are popular from various locations around Calderdale.

The Hobbit Inn, Norland, near Halifax, has a field at the back which provides an excellent take-off location.

Norland is an upland area to the south-west of Halifax and has been inhabited since pre-historic times. The picture below is of Ladstone Rock. The place names in this part of the West Riding are typically Norse on the hilltops and Celtic in some of the western valleys. Lad in norse means pile or heap which makes some sense.

Manor House Farm, Lower Wyke on a wonderfully sunny spring morning 17th April 2010.

Peter G0JKW luckily has family connections which allowed us to use this excellent spot for the tests with great take off to the south in particular.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony G0DLX and Maurice G3MMK Easter 2007

An enjoyable afternoon out visiting Tony G0DLX (left) with Maurice G3MMK (right) and Gary 2E0GSC (not in picture).

We helped Tony to raise a new delta loop aerial and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.

These two gentlemen are engineers who have been at the height of technological endeavour in electronics and radio.

I am incredibly grateful to them both for their guidance in my construction projects.

 

Brighouse Charity Gala at Wellholme Park, June 2005

Geoff G0PFH (left) operating HF from his ICOM-706 into a 40m longwire via his auto-tuner and Tom M0TKA (right)

During the afternoon, a number of distant european stations were worked.

A number of locals dropped in - Des G3JWN (SK) (centre), David G6OCD & Michael G1XCC. One enterprising youngster asked if we might be able to broadcast any of his group's material (Jimmy Hendrix, Led Zeppelin style)!