The club is excited to participate in Railways on the Air from Ludborough, using the special call sign GB0LWR. Everyone is invited to support the club and the railway.
Continue reading →The Club have once again had a great time at FirPark over the August bank holiday weekend putting on a special event station for the whole three days. Setting up on Friday and Saturday morning was our Chairman, Les G1LQB, Activities Officer, Marc M7DEU, Phil M7OKV, Peter and Moo M0OOO. They were soon joined by Club Treasurer, Stephen M5SJM. Les, Marc camped over for the full event with Phil joining them for the Friday and Saturday Nights and Stephen joining them each day. Building on the Semi-Permanent setup the club has at FirPark the Army Tent was soon put up … Continue reading →
We recently took part in operation Manna from RAF Binbrook at the gauard room in affiliation with His Church.We had a great few days operating GB8MAN from RAF Binbrook, with great support from the team who owns the site His Church. We had plenty of visitors on Saturday, with plenty of club members calling in to see what was happening. We had a good flow of the public nipping in to see what was going on in the army tent. 683 contacts have now been submitted to QRZ
Continue reading →The Lincoln Short Wave Club members participated in the FT4 activity day at Fir Park Farm. We operated from the club’s NATO trailer, led by Les G1LQB, Marc M7DEU, Ian M7BKF, and David M6OYN.Despite challenging conditions, we persevered for the full 24 hours. We used a simple setup: a vertical multi-band antenna and one of the members’ Yaesu 710 radios.We managed to make 311 contacts, and the weather was surprisingly pleasant. It was a great way to start the club’s 2025 SES calendar. We even managed to get Les G1LQB on the radio. Bacon sandwiches keeping the members fueled
Continue reading →Mark your calendars for the exciting second event of 2025, happening over four fun-filled days! We’re thrilled to announce that this event is open to everyone, and we’re planning some interactive games for the kids. We can’t wait to see you there! https://hamalert.org/myspot?c=GB8MAN&h=3cceb454db2945b2&dark=1
Continue reading →it wasn’t all sitting around at the shack last night, Graham M1DHV, spent time sign writing our latest acquisition, a trailer to transport equipment to Special Event Stations.
Continue reading →Club members Stephen M5SJM, Les G1LQB, Graham M1DHV, Marc M7DEU and Steve M5ZZZ enjoyed a weekend at the Fir Park Show putting on the Special Event Station GB5FPS, they worked about 130 stations. Pam G4STO also made an appearance on Saturday and took a few photos so she could write a bit for g5fz.co.uk. Once again Marc was in charge of the cooking. Sorry I didn’t get a picture but Felicity, M1DHVs daughter was there singing songs from the 1940s. We had visits from a number of radio amateurs including several members of the club. Pity the weather wasn’t a … Continue reading →
Today we erected the aerials and accommodation ready for demonstrating amateur radio to hundreds of scouts over the Bank Holiday weekend. Please listen out for GB0LV and if you hear us then give us a call, we’ll be pleased to work you.
Continue reading →This weekend 24th-27th the LSWC will be active with the Lincoln and Gainsborough Scouts at the Lost Village using the callsign GB0LV. The Scouts will be camping there over the weekend and LSWC Members will be allowing scouts to experience amateur radio throughout the weekend. The Lost Village is located in a secluded woodland near the village of Norton Disney, Lincolnshire. Please QSL via M1DHV by sending a stamped addressed envelope. His address is available on his QRZ.
Continue reading →Started by Tim G5TM and Richard M6KFI started as they just wanted to have some fun on 2m. Tim enjoyed times on 11m where they held nets on the air talking to many people joined in. With the falling popularity in 2m operation Tim decided to try and bring this to 2m by organising a number of nets across the country each run by voulenteers to the event.. A number of events have been run so far with it rising in popularity each time. The nets are run on 2m FM Simplex with the frequencies coordinated to avoid each net … Continue reading →