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Welcome to DADARS (2019)

Welcome to the website of the Derby and District Amateur Radio Society (DADARS). The Society incorporates the ‘Derby Wireless Club’ which was established in 1911 and is one of the oldest radio clubs in the world.

A Tidy Shack

2018

Jim G3NAJ instructs A1706 on a repair of the Cheshire home transceiver at the “50 Years of Radio” exhibition in Derby Museum in 1961 using GB3ERD to celebrate 50 years of the Club.

1961

DADARS operated from Duffield station - part of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

May 2014

Martin G3SZJ Presenting a talk on Colditz Castle

15th January 2013

2012 DADARS trade stand before play at Newark

It all looked neat and tidy before the public came

2011 DADARS centenary exhibition at Newark

Jenny G4EYM, Dave G1VAB and Chris G4AKE

2009 DADARS international museum weekend from the Silk Mill Derby

Dave G7GJI and Clive

2008 DADARS railways on the air from the West Shed near Derby

Operator Clive 2E1HVZ

DADARS Glebe farm Littleover, National field day station 1951

Gil G2OU operating his home made 10 watt transmitter

DADARS exhibition in 1951 at the Model engineers exhibition, Mechanics Institute

Jock G3EMJ operating

DADARS (Derby Wireless Club) station from 1921

Demonstrating a new radio.

DADARS (Derby Wireless Club) station from 1913

A night on the air

Membership of DADARS means automatic membership of ‘Derby Wireless Club'.

Tuesdays at 7.30pm at the United Reformed Church, Carlton Road, Derby, (DE23 6HE) sees us have our meetings and we welcome all visitors who may like an introduction to our hobby or wish to re-enter the hobby after a break.

The Society runs an organised programme that includes monthly Surplus Sales, lectures, nights on the air, video shows, technical topics and discussion evenings - we usually end the evening having a good chin-wag. The club operates HF and VHF stations on special event weekends and support a number of Amateur Radio activities such as Railways on the Air, Churches on the Air, National Mills weekend, Scout events and anything else that takes our fancy. Our aim is to further the interests of the membership and promote the hobby wherever possible. So, if you’re in the Derby area on a Tuesday evening, you’re welcome to pop in and say hello. No doubt the kettle will be on for either a tea or coffee. As the expression goes, ‘a stranger is a friend you’ve not met yet’, so come along and make new friends!

Jenny, G4EYM (Vice Chairman)

Club Activities 2020


March
3rd.    Junk Sale
10th.  Committee Meeting
17th.   cancelled
24th.   AGM -  Suspended
31st.   No Meeting

Due to the current threat of Coronavirus and with respect to the ageing membership of the Club, DADARS meetings will be suspended, as a precaution, until further notice.


We meet at 7.30pm on the  FIRST and THIRD Tuesday of the month. There will be NO meeting on the FOURTH Tuesday or the FIFTH if there is one.