CHESHAM & DISTRICT AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY
A Radio Society of Great Britain affiliated club

Welcome

WELCOME to Chesham & District Amateur Radio Society's website we are known as C&DARS

This is where you will be able to find out about the exciting hobby of Amateur Radio, and meet up with radio amateurs in the Chesham, Buckinghamshire, area. We are located in the Chilterns, roughly 25miles (40km) NW from the centre of London.
You can check out the club’s full calendar of evening meetings and events, news, technical articles and also find advice on Amateur Radio Training Courses.

We now have a Google Group site , where members can send and receive Group email messages, follow Discussions and keep updated on all Club events and Activities.
If you would like to subscribe to this Google Group here are the details:


* Group name: Chesham & District Amateur Radio Society
* Group home page: http://groups.google.com/group/CDARS
* Group email address CDARS@googlegroups.com

Thanks for looking in, and we hope to see you soon.

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Latest news

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About amateur radio

Amateur radio is one of the world's most popular hobbies with more than 50,000 active hams in Britain alone. For more info about amateur radio, visit the Radio Society of Great Britain's website - www.rsgb.org.uk

Latest events

04 May to 19 May

Windmills on the Air weekend from Brill Windmill

23 February to 23 May

Club Calendar - March - May 2012

Latest articles

IRLP and D-Star Operation This is an Article about Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) & Digital Smart Technology for Amateur Radio (D-DSTAR) Operating using simple VHF / UHF Transceivers.
CAD Yagi Antenna Design Recently Roger G3MEH, gave us a talk and demonstration of CAD Yagi antenna design, using some DOS software.
DX Sherlock 1.7 - V/UHF QSO real time maps If you are interested in checking propagation on HF & the 50 MHz, 70 MHZ , 144 MHZ and 432 MHz Bands, here is a web site which shows real time maps of Amateur radio stations. It can display by Band, or propagation mode i.e. Tropo, Sporadic-E, MS, Aurora and various others, and it automatically refreshes every 2-3 minutes
APRS introduction APRS introduction APRS is an abbreviation for Automatic Packet Reporting System and it is a graphical method of broadcasting positioning information in "real time" from packet radio-equipped stations. It was originally designed by Bob Bruninga WB4APR in the early 90's, but it has seen explosive growth in the last few years due to excellent software such as UI-View.