Sheffield Microwave
Round Table
12-13 July 2008

Sheffield Amateur Radio Club is delighted to host the UK Microwave Group’s Summer Microwave Round Table and Workshop this year.

The club premises are ideally located for such an event, with ample parking on site, proximity to overnight accommodation and on site catering during the day.

Location details are as follows:
Sheffield Transport Sports Club, Greenhill Main Road,
Sheffield, S8 7RH

The Sheffield Transport Sports Club is located 100 metres from Meadowhead roundabout and is an ideal location for radio at 691ft ASL. The Club has excellent disabled access and several rooms that are available for training and radio operating. Off-street parking is available and the Club can be reached by public transport - the First nos. 53, 75 or 76 buses and the Yorkshire Terrier No. 72 bus all stop near to the Sports Club.

Precise location details can be found online by visiting the club’s website at http://www.sheffieldarc.org.uk and following the “Finding Us” link from the homepage. Maps and other details will also be sent to all who register for the event.

You may wish to make a long weekend of this visit. The beautiful PEAK NATIONAL PARK is just 15 minutes drive west of the club venue. Chatsworth House (a stately home) is 30 minutes away. Sheffield and Chesterfield offer good shopping and interesting sightseeing. So bring your wife or partner and have a mini holiday!

The weekend will consist of two separate but linked activities… a workshop on the Saturday and a conference style meeting on Sunday. The Intermediate Workshop is aimed at those amateurs who have recently entered into the microwave region and wish to learn more about home construction, operating, setting up a station and propagation, etc. It is designed as a follow up to the UK Microwave Group’s 2006-2007 series of Beginners’ Workshops, the first of which was held in Sheffield in May 2006.

The conference or “Round Table” will be on the lines of UKuG’s other annual events held at Martlesham, Crawley and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories. It will include up to four lectures, an antenna test range, an all day Bring and Buy and plenty of time for meeting friends and socialising. An informal Saturday evening dinner may also be arranged in a local hotel, again if there is sufficient interest.

It is essential to register for both events so that catering and overnight accommodation can be organised accordingly. Once the organiser has your details he will supply details of overnight accommodation if you require it.

Catering during the day will consist of sandwiches, tea and coffee on sale at the Sports Club. The Club also has a licensed bar on site.

Sheffield Amateur Radio Club is also planning to hold an Amateur Radio Boot Sale on either Saturday or Sunday morning. This may appeal to microwavers, some of whom may like to bring surplus equipment for sale at that event. A section of the sports grounds has already been allocated for the boot sale. Full details of this will be made available as soon as the event is finalised.

At this stage please register your interest with the organiser, Peter Day, G3PHO (QTHR) at: sheffieldmicrowaves@g3pho.org.uk. Peter would be grateful if you could give him a definite yes or no, to attending either or both events, as soon as possible. On receipt of your enquiry, he will send you a PDF document giving more details of the activities and access to the site.

UK Microwave Group
http://www.microwavers.org/