Introduction
Sheffield Amateur Radio Club
We print our own T-shirts and Mugs, to help our club, if your group would like one like one with any photo, of your club or call sign text on please Call or email the club 
The Club for YOU !!! pay us a Visit on Monday Nights !! 7.00 pm
Our Members run the station on Monday nights from the Club Radio Shack listen out for G3RCM on 40m also 2m SSB it would be nice to get your Station in our Log Book,or you could Call into our monday night net on GB7SH Repeater FM CTCSS 71,9 Startes at 7.30 any one is welcome, come and have a chat on club nights our you could call on Monday nights at the club when we are back open all welcome
Update for 2021
SARC are opening our fields up to Amateurs with Caravans / Motorhomes you can stay over night play radio and have a great time with your family at sarc , there is a bar on site with shops near by, you can us our antennas that are on towers all our antennas are for hf, vhf,uhf 4m 6m if you would like to connet your radio to them its there for you
This will be starting in 2021 this is by Booking on our Site for more information please Email Chairman This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. where we will be glad to talk to you about our site , our members have there own caravans and we enjoy our time at the club but we was thinking of letting others enjoy what we have as a club this would help our hobby out with enjoyment , you can run an event for our site as well if you so wish, SARC has done a lot in the last year building up our club and site for radio, the club will be running lots of events and projects in the coming year , why not be apart of this and enjoy your radio with us, if you have not got a licence then sarc is for you where you wll get lots of help so you to can enjoy your radio like we do
The Sheffield Amateur radio Club was founded in the 1920 and has a very long history of Amateur radio in Sheffield. The Sheffield SARC operates from the same site and premises at the Transport Sports Club Meadhead Sheffield. and holds its meeting every Monday night
We welcome all new comers to come along and pay us a visit, you may here our station on air monday nights from our Radio shack why not call G3RCM if you here us on air. We offer a warm welcome to all our members and visitors to the Sheffield Amateur Radio Club SARC Website,
We hope you find our site interesting and consider joining our club. The club have invested Time and money into the club with help from our members to upgrade out shack and antennas to give visitors and members the best out of Amateur Radio not only in Radio that you can us at any Time but with help in getting all the information you need to enjoy this hobby. contact us Now if you would like more information
The Sheffield Amateur Radio Club SARC is located in part of the Sheffield Transport Sports Club at Greenhill Main Road (Meadowhead ) Sheffield.
Visit our You Tube Channel GB4HAM you will see some of our Videos we do live streaming from our events , We us the GB4HAM for Day and Weekends our Running Station
from the unit what a great asset it is for the club, along with the fields we have for our antennas, this give the club a place for some great antennas that we build for testing
Here is a shot of the GB4HAM at the Lam Fest we are promoteing our Club on Events with GB4HAM our club is the only club with a unit like the GB4HAM Fully fitted out with radios and media to show visitors, Schools, Scout Groups, all about amateur radio, with a chance to work Radio onboard
“Progress of SARC in the last Year ”
Hi welcome to the year 2019- 2020, We have been having a re- think of what we can do to enhance the SARC Club Image. The training cabin was getting into a bad state of repair,so this came top of the list .a number of members got together to work on it, firstly removing the rotting roof we found a number of roof beams had rotted so over the summer weeks we replaced these also fitted new roofing sheets,then a generous member donated some rolls of water resistent roofing felt which we melted on during the summer heatwave 2018,next the inside was refurbed and a suspended ceiling was fitted , again generously donated by a member, LED roofing lights were fitted, our technical wizard fitted it up with some of the up to date electronics .recently we decided to go ahead and obtained the club a urban Stepp Ir so in all behind the scenes we have been very busy Thanks to all the help by one and all ,
S.A.R.C. Activities
Despite being turned down for a grant from RSGB to help revamp the portacabin we have gone ahead on our own and it has been repaired and repainted inside and out, mains electricity has been installed which will ensure we can use it during the winter and with that in mind we are erecting masts with antennas for VHF/UHF. The 60ft mast on a trailer has been fitted with new cable and an electric winch this will be used for HF with the very large club beam on top and we intend to run two co-phased vertical delta loops one from each mast as we have plenty of room having negotiated the sole use of the field behind the portacabin.
We are entering a new and very exciting stage in the development of the club and its facilities all due to the hard work and vision of the members, we will be reporting on our progress on a regular basis with lots of photos to show you what we have achieved up to now and what we intend for the future. The facilities are designed to enable any member to operate antennas that they have only been able to dream about up to now because of space or financial restrictions at their QTH.
If you would like to be part of this exciting and forward thinking project you are more than welcome to come and join us and make use of all the facilities as a member of S.A.R.C. just send an E Mail to the Secretary for details, or come along on any Monday evening from 7pm we hope to see you soon.
Link Sheffield Transport Sports Club
Post code: S8 7RH
QRA Locator: IO93GH
ASL: 188metres (617ft)
Sheffield Amateur Radio Club comprises of the following building:-
- Main meeting room is located with in the Sheffield Transport Sports Club which provides snacks and drinks including coffee, soft drinks and alcholic drinks at reasonable prices.
- A club shack fitted out with state of the art radio transceivers and associated equipment for HF , VHF and UHF communications.
- A club Portokabin which is used for RCF Examinations, workshop and storage.
SARC club logo
SARC Location Map
QSL card for Sheffield ARC (call GX3RCM X denotes club station)
Aerial View of Sheffield Transport Club
SARC Meeting Room within Transport Sports Club
Welcome, to SARC Plug In and Relax!!
We have 2 Radio Shacks this is OUR UPSTAIRS radio SHACK
SARC are opening our fields up to Amateurs with Caravans / Motorhomes you can stay over night play radio and have a great time with your family at sarc , there is a bar on site with shops near by, you can us our antennas that are on towers all our antennas are for hf, vhf,uhf 4m 6m if you would like to connet your radio to them its there for you
This will be starting in 2021 this is by Booking on our Site for more information please Email Chairman This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. where we will be glad to take to you about our site , our members have there own caravans and we enjoy our time at the club but we was thinking of letting others enjoy what we have We think this would help our hobby grow with enjoyment for all , you can run an event from our site as well if you so wish , we hold events from our site though the year
Here is some of SARC Members on a Event, Just setting up a station
The Club just bought a New Stepper IR 6/40m Antenna that our members installed on our p60 tilt over Tower for all our members to use on club nights also members could us our station 7 days a week 365 days a year if they like to work some radio for themselfs we are installing a 4 el stepper in the comeing months this will be a great time at sarc for all our 4m 6 el and our 6m 6el beam is going on a new tower along with the 2m and 70cm antennas this will be used for usb and fm also for EME with saterlite work
there as been a lot of work been done ut some of our members in the last months our new vhf radio shack will be our next project , we have just been cutting our fields ready for some great times working radio on
Welcome to SARC’s club website for members and non members alike where we hope you will come along and get involved. Here, you will find all the latest news about club activities. We are a modern active club involved in all aspects of the Amateur Radio Hobby.Recently we have completed a overhaul of the club structure and reorganised our club to meet the demands of the modern day enthusiast.
We are a family club and have a pleasant relaxed club venue which meets every Monday Night except for Bank Holidays.
Please see the [Activities Page] which details the dates and activities for the current year. along with the project days
If you are interested in SARC then visit the [club contact us] page and fill in the enqury form, we will be most pleased to talk to you.We have talks and events being planned throughout the year,
We look forward to seeing you, so, plug in and relax!
What is amateur radio?
Amateur radio is a popular technical hobby and volunteer public service that uses designated radio frequencies for non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, and emergency communications.
Amateur Radio is the only hobby governed by international treaty.
As a radio amateur you are able to transmit radio signals on a number of frequency bands allocated specifically to the radio amateurs.
Radio amateurs make use of their frequencies in a number of ways:
- Contacting people all over the world by radio which often leads to developing international friendships
- Competing in international competitions to test how effective your equipment is, and how good you are as an operator
- Technical experimentation — many of the leaps forward in radio technology have been initiated by radio amateurs
- Communication through amateur space satellites or with the International Space Station (which carries an amateur radio station)
- Providing communications at times of emergencies and undertaking exercises to ensure you keep the capability to do so.
There is no better way to explore the fascinating world of radio communications than by becoming a radio amateur.
What can I do with Amateur Radio ?
Whilst the Internet has brought us instant world-wide email, VOIP and video communication, it is tied to an infrastructure of enormous proportions.
With Amateur Radio, you are communicating directly, “point-to-point” with no intermediate infrastructure. You are also communicating with people in their cars, on ships, on remote islands, and in under-developed parts of the world. But perhaps more importantly, Amateur Radio is not just about communicating — it’s about exploring the technology that makes radio communication work — the electronics, the antennas, the propagation characteristics of the ionosphere, and even computers that are linked to radio equipment for all sorts of purposes including specialised modes of communication, station logging, propagation prediction, etc. And most of all is making friends World Wide , why not vist our club and take a look around , you are welcome any time !!
Contact Us
If you would like to join the SARC radio Club you can find more details by emailing
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Facebook Link
Our website shows only basic details about SARC.
For day by day members comments and latest news follow direct facebook link below , please note that this is a closed group for SARC members..
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