About our club

Background

The Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society (HARS) was formed in the mid 1980s and amalgamated with the local repeater group for GB3OV. Originally HARS met in local pubs but in 1988 moved to the Medway Centre, Medway Road, Huntingdon PE29 1SF. From June 2011 the new meeting venue will be Hemingford Abbotts Golf Club PE28 9HQ where it will be possible to erect permanent antennas. This is just off Junction 25 of the A14. Follow the brown signs to the Golf Centre. The entrance is first left once you have crossed back over the top of the A14. The Golf Club is the small single storet building with a big sandy coloured car park in front of it.

HARS meet on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 7.30pm. Typically there are more than twenty members including some ladies at each meeting.

Newcomers will find a warm, friendly and informal atmosphere at these meetings. Currently HARS have about fifty members with wide interests in amateur radio including an active CW training and appreciation group.

There is a daily net hosted by Dave, G7DIU, on GB3OV (433.125 MHz 94.8 Hz CTCSS) at 10.00am, all are welcome to join.

There is also a net on 145.350MHz FM at 8pm on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday of the month run by Gerald G8AKL. If you can hear us then please join in.

An informal Sunday morning net often runs on 145.350MHz starting at noon, all are welcome.

80m Wednesday Wafflers Net.
Every Wednesday, starts at 19.15 to
19.30 hours (local) on 3.750 MHz +/- QRM on SSB. Net controllers include Dave M0DFW, Geoff G8ABB and Sid M0SRS. The net is for general chit chat and all are welcome to join in.

Morse Code (CW) Practice
If you are keen to learn CW as a beginner or become more proficient with hands on practice, then please join the nets run by Peter G4LHI from Hartford on 144.7625 MHz FM on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.
Mondays at 7.30pm. Each station gets a chance to send a small passage (of his choice) from his own station in the CW Mode, giving him sending practice on the key & other stations to get used to different fists.
Tuesdays at 8pm. The practice on this session is transmitted by Peter G4LHI using F2A/F3E mode, (CW on FM ) to give those stations a chance to practice CW with FM rigs only.
Wednesdays at 8pm. This session is pure CW (A1A) & if any one would like to try their hand at a little faster CW they are welcome to join the group. Just break in at any time after the "K" at the end of an over.
All are welcome to any or all of the sessions (very friendly & constructive nets)


LINKS:
Huntingdonshire Amateur Radio Society
HARS Constitution (Click "Articles" top right menu)

Note: This link is for reference purposes only as it is no longer being updated.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.ashcroft/

Peterborough & District Amateur Radio Club
http://www.radioclubs.net/padarc/

Cambridge and District Amateur Radio Club
http://www.cdarc.co.uk/

Meeting times

The club meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 7.30pm until 10pm.

Contact details

David Leech G7DIU - Secretary
Tel: 01480 431333
david.leech1@ntlworld.com

HARS Email Address:
hunts.hams(AT No Spam)yahoo.co.uk
Replace (AT No Spam) with @

Address

Hemingford Abbotts Golf Club
Hemingford Abbotts
Cambridgeshire
PE28 9HQ

Please note this is where the club meets, any correspondence should be sent directly to the secretary.

HOW TO FIND US: please use this link
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=527787&Y=269664&A=Y&Z=110

We are located in the Golf Club, not the Golf Retail Outlet. It is the big sandy coloured car park on the right hand side of the entrance drive.