Wimbledon and District Amateur Radio Society
From W&DARS
We are a small friendly club based near the center of Wimbledon.
Club members are active in many areas of Amateur Radio including: Microwave transmissions and competition, VHF & UHF transmissions, HF transmissions via voice or Morse to name a few.
All are welcome to call in and meet our friendly members on a club night.
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Meeting Place
Martin Way Methodist Church, Merton Park, SW20
From Friday 10th March 2006 we will be meeting at Martin Way Methodist Church, Buckleigh Avenue, Merton Park, SW20 9JZ
We will continue to meet on the second and last Fridays of the month, from 8pm to 10pm. Our new meeting place will provide plenty of free parking, making it possible for us to welcome many visitors.
Public Transport: less than 5 minutes walk from South Merton Thameslink Station, there is a bus stop 3 minutes walk away for the 164 from Wimbledon and the 413 from Mordon & Sutton.
Locator information for the Church Hall is: 51° 24' 11' N, 0° 12' 31' W (io91vj - TQ 24705 68638)
Keeping in touch! Lots of ways and means
Our Monthly Newletter
The latest newsletter (July 2008) is available for download in pdf format.
The newsletter is sent to all members (and friends) by email as soon as it is published. If you would like to be added to the email list, please contact Jim G4WYJ (details in the newsletter)
Our Google Calendar
Wouldn't it be great to be able to keep track of all the events in your life, coordinate schedules with friends and family, and find new things to do -- all with one online calendar? Well Google Calendar is a FREE answer to this need!
So, if you use Google Calendar, and it is easy and FREE to sign up, you will want to subscribe to the "WADARS Radio Club" Calendar. This is updated by one of the members and will guarantee that you are always up to date with what is happening at the Radio Club.
To subscribe to "WADARS Radio Club" Calendar, click 
Latest News
Nothing more at the moment, please see our monthly newsletter "Groundwave"
Our Next Meetings
On Air and Summer Camp Discussion
Friday 27th June 2008, from 8pm to 10pm
A members evening with some on-air activity. There will be a planning discussion among members as to what we would like to do during the Summer Camp. This is to co-ordinate and plan which stations and antenna systems will be put up, and more importantly by who, and for whom.
Metal bashing; Painting & finishing; CRO use. by Bob G3OOU
Friday 11th July 2008, from 8pm to 10pm
I propose to divide the talk into three topics: Metal bashing, Painting and finishing, How to use an oscilloscope. I can bring along my homebrew HF receiver that started out in life as a Heathkit SB310 and my HF to VHF Z-Match built in the Heath style plus a collection of small projects including a GDO, Return Loss Bridge, Dummy Load and a 7MHz dead bug style receiver to show what can be achieved with some patience and basic tools.
Summer Camp
Friday 25th July 2008 to Sunday 3rd August 2008
Our Annual Summer Camp is the highlight of the year.
Club Radio Net
2m NET
Our Club meets On-Air on Monday nights at 8:45pm (20:45). A call is put out on 145.500 by the net controller (usually G8WIM or G3WIM), then we QSY to one of the 2M FM channels.
160m NET (Top Band)
There is an unofficial net of club members and friends on Sunday nights at 8:00pm (20:00). The frequency is normally 1.967 +/- QRM. Anyone is welcome to join us.
Christmas Day NET
On the morning of 25th December, the Club meets On-Air at 10am (10:00). A call is put out on 145.500 by the net controller (usually G8WIM or G3WIM), then we QSY to one of the 2M FM channels.
Main Events of the Year
Microwave Field and Contest Station
Summer Camp
VHF DFing Hunts (Urban Fox Hunts)
Notes on the Club's Website Technology
We are experimenting with MediaWiki (www.mediawiki.org) technology, which allows members to collaborate in maintaining the website. Hopefully this team effort in contributing the content to the site will ensure that it is always up-to-date and relevant to both members and visitors.
Members will require a login and password to edit the site, and to contribute to "discussion pages" attached to each main page. Please contact Peter --M0PDJ for further details.
Visitors are welcome to our website, and can contact members via the website.
If you are interested in this website technology, the best example on the web of collaborative content management is the online encyclopedia "Wikipedia" (www.wikipedia.org). We suggest you check it out, for an example of what can be achieved.
--M0PDJ 12:23, 27 May 2006 (BST)
