Events and Activities

2023

Give it a Go: Wireless Hacking

Learn how to receive, hack, and transmit wireless radio signals in our Give it A Go event run jointly with TecSoc! What is a radio signal? How does it carry information? Learn how can you receive, modify, and transmit your own signals?

2020

Microwave Roundtable

Cardiff University ARS hosted a meeting of the UK Microwave Group on March 7, 2020 at our campus in Cardiff. This one day event was a mix of talks, measurements, and socializing about activities in the GHz frequencies.

GNU Radio Workshop

The Cardiff University ARS planned an Introduction to GNU Radio and Software Defined Radio workshop on Sunday March 8, 2020 at our campus in Cardiff. This one day event was a mix of presentations, hands on activities, and Q&A focused on getting participants to the point of being able to experiment independantly with SDR concepts taught by John Worsnop G4BAO, Heather Lomond M0HMO, and Derek Kozel MW0LNA.

2019

Direction Finding Treasure Hunt

On February 13th we ran a direction finding event. Several small transmitters were hidden around Bute Park and the challenge was to locate them all using directional antennas.

Microwave Roundtable

CUARS hosted a meeting of the UK Microwave Group in March of 2019 at our campus in Cardiff. This one day event was a mix of talks, measurements, and socializing about activities in the GHz frequencies. All of the slides and files from the event are posted on the program page