Monthly Archives: June 2022

Saturday morning at the shack and a visit to G7AVU

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A week ago an electric winch was fitted to the mast to make life easier for our aged members!! When I got to the club last Saturday Steve from the village hall was painting the hall and this week’s working party was replacing the HF beam by a newer TH5 Thunderbird beam; let’s hope it is put to good use. The old beam is to be used for contest work.    After leaving the club I visited Bob G7AVU and was pleasantly surprised, he remembered me!! I took him a digital photo frame and he recognised several members of the … Continue reading →

A nice plaque to display at the East Kirkby shack.

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Dave Bloomfield G0KUC the man behind the super successful GB80LAN Special event stations that took place in March this year commemorating the first operational use of the Lancaster Bomber has kindly donated a Plaque for us to display at East Kirkby marking our clubs participation in the event. Dave being a gluten for punishment is also organising for next May the ##80DAM event where amateur radio clubs in this country and in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and America with connections to the Dambusters will commemorate operation chastise. As our club does every year but on an international scale for this … Continue reading →