About us
Introducing SAnDRA:
More than thirty-five years ago, Sudbury And District Radio Amateurs (SAnDRA) held their Inaugural General Meeting (IGM) in September 1988 and since then SAnDRA has met fairly regularly in the Sudbury, Suffolk Area of East Anglia, England.
Currently, SAnDRA members live within 20 miles of Sudbury and can be heard on various dedicated Amateur Radio frequencies from Top Band (1.8MHz) to UHF (300MHz to 3GHz); and sometimes even higher frequencies.
The world of Amateur Radio is NOT as many imagine. Radio Amateurs communicate by many different frequencies and modes from short range using a hand-held radio to bouncing signals off the Moon . . but this requires more than a battery-powered hand-held transceiver and a small flexible aerial ! Hi, Hi. [ 'Hi' is the Amateur Radio equivalent of LOL in text messaging. ]
The hobby frequently incorporates, and develops, ground-breaking techniques and advances that may only be used by the Communications Industry in the years to come. One of these is Software Defined Radio (SDR) where perfectly readable reception is obtained - from what appears to only be noise - by using a USB computer-connected receiver and a home computer running very ‘clever’, and often FREE, software. [ Some Radio Amateurs really 'love' FREE stuff. Hi, Hi. ]
To learn more please email Contact SAnDRA or Contact_SAnDRA@sudburyradioamateurs.co.uk.
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