Transmitting Morse in Terahertz.

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A little while ago whilst browsing on a well-known auction internet website I bought a boxed lettered cam set. The stores reference number 5c/2210 on the box denoted they came from the RAF. Initially at first, I thought they were probably for creating the morse characters for an airfield pundit identification beacon. Later research of the airfield morse pundit beacon indicated that the morse letters were created by a larger rotary stud contactor and the airfield identification required two morse characters (F G) for RAF Skellingthorpe. I then looked up the stores reference number for the box 5c/2210 and the … Continue reading →

RAF AIR Defence Radar Museum Neatishead.

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Whilst on a recent holiday in Sheringham North Norfolk with my two nephews Mark M3FKL and Graham M3FKM we navigated the North Norfolk narrow country lanes to visit the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum at Neatishead. The site was built in 1941 with hardened building and served through out WW2 up to the present date as a radar installation. It still is an operational air defence radar head controlled remotely from RAF Boulmer, Alnwick, Northumberland. The museum site is vast with over 20 exhibition rooms, radar antenna arrays, WW2 radar displays, jet fighter cockpits and a fully equipped underground cold … Continue reading →

August visit to the Radio Room at East Kirkby

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Today Thursday the 17th of August was our scheduled visit to the Radio Room at East Kirkby. Club members Steve M5ZZZ, Steve G7JHU, Brian G4HIV and Dave G1WVO all met up in the NAFFI before opening the radio room. We had a steady flow of visitors through the Radio Room although there were no taxi runs today due to the very busy Bike Night last night. Brian G4HIV netted up the vintage pair when we noticed a small fault when the transmitter changed from transmit to receive there was a loud crack in the headphones which we will try and … Continue reading →

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Club member Andy G0FVI has had an article published in the July edition of Radcom, which wasbased on a talk he gave to the club several years back about working DX on the HF low bands (160-30m). This is the fifth article Andy has had published in Radcom and the third this year. Other topicsinclude getting going on 13cm, an introduction to 23cm and portable operating from a vehicle. Andyis no stranger to writing and has had numerous articles published in several international researchjournals. If you’ve got any topics that you’d like to see in Radcom do have a go … Continue reading →

June Visit to East Kirkby

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It was a lovely sunny morning on Thursday 15th June when Lincoln Short Wave Club met at East Kirkby for their monthly opening of the Radio Room. Sadly, club chairman Steve M5ZZZ was unwell and was unable to attend. Club members Ant M0HAZ and his wife Sylvia M0SJB, Steve G7JHU, and David G1WVO were available to talk to those visiting the Radio Room. David G1WVO completed the repairs to the Vintage Lancaster radio equipment by fitting a revamped headphone, morse key lead and antenna lead. The vintage equipment was switched to standby which allowed it to warm up and stabilize. … Continue reading →

GB80DAM

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GB80DAM was on air from the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln on the 27th May when over 200 contacts were made both on HF and VHF.  Members helping run the station and clearing up afterwards included Steve M5ZZZ, Marc MK7DEU, Andy M0IYE, Bob G3VEV, Les G1LQB, Stuart 2E0SFK, Mary G6SWZ, Dave G6EWP, Graham 2E1TSO, Sue Graham’s XYL and Pam G4STO with her camera.  Barry G4DBS from RAF Waddington ARC also helped. Bob and Andy spent the day demonstrating Morse code to visitors and the other members of the club operated the radios and answered questions from the many visitors. … Continue reading →

GB80DAM On the Air

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As you know, On the 16th /17th May 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers of the RAF’s 617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire armed with the now famous Bouncing Bomb invented by Barnes Wallis. See our Special Event Page for more Details. The club put on its special event station from the club shack on the evening of the 16th May 2023. Members of the club, Stephen M5SJM, Steve M5ZZZ, Les G1LQB, Marc M7DEU, Mary G6SWZ, Dave G6EWP, Bob G3VEV, Steve G7JHU & Bob G7AVU made a visit with his Wife Cathleen along with Pam G4STO. If I have … Continue reading →

Repairs to the T1154 at East Kirkby

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Today Thursday 18th May 2023 Steve M5ZZZ and David G1WVO met up with Steve G7JHU from Chapel St Leonards and Ant M0HAZ from Woodhall Spa in the NAAFI at East Kirkby prior to opening the Radio Room (GB2CWP).  The museum was very busy with visitors with Lancaster and Mosquito taxi runs programmed for the day.  Steve M5ZZZ and Ant M0HAZ had a steady flow of interesting visitors in the radio room.   David G1WVO and Steve G7JHU set about repairing the T1154 after a badly burnt carbon resistor was found in the PT15 grid bias circuit on their last visit. It’s possible with the poor … Continue reading →

Another busy Saturday at the shack

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Why do we leave things to the last minute?.  Today the Doubet had to be taken down and another put up ready for the SES GB80DAM.on Tuesday 16th May.  Unfortunately, this work coincided with a dog training session on the grass by the village hall so we couldn’t get on with the work until after they had gone and several of our helpers also had other commitments and had to go leaving just Les G1LQB and Marc M7DEU to finish the job, they got away cold and hungry by about 1600 hours. 

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