Category Archives: Special Event Station

GB5FPS Fir Park June 2018

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GB5FPS at Fir Park. LSWC put on a special event station, GB5FPS, at Fir Park during the weekend of 9th/10th June. The setup of two Fan Dipole antennas and Verticals allowed use of a wide range of bands from 160m through to 70cm’s. Numerous contacts were made over the two days both on HF, SSB and CW and on VHF/UHF FM. A number of satellite contacts were also made using 2m’s (Downlink) and 70cm’s (Uplink) simultaneously. A pleasant surprise came from a visit from someone on the Sunday who we had made contact with via Satellite on the Saturday. In addition … Continue reading →

Mills on the Air – GB5EM

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Peter 2E0FGA, Les G1LQB, Alistair M0TEF and Keith G0RQQ took part in Mills on the air from Ellis Mill in Lincoln on Sunday 13th May.  Shock came with a station coming in on 2m FM from near Wolverhampton during setup although GB5EM was not set up correctly to work them at that time.  Despite a noise level between S5-9 a few contacts were made; even Les had a contact on HF.  Contact was also made with Tim M0ZRR a former member of the club and now living in Shepshed.         Keith G0RQQ reenacting “the thinker” by Rodin       … Continue reading →

FIR PARK WINGS AND WHEELS

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What a busy Five months we’ve had; April a visit to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, May the Fox Hunt and the Dambusters Special Event Station, Fir Park Free Show in June, Boultham Park Summer Fare beginning of July, Poacher end of July beginning of August and Fir Park Wings and Wheels August Bank Holiday weekend and we are going to have another two busy months with the National Hamfest at the end of September and then there’s JOTA at the end of October.  We have also run three Foundation courses, had a couple of Sausage and Burger events, … Continue reading →

Poacher Day 6 – our last day

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Poacher 2017 was Lincolnshire’s 10th International Jamboree with over 5000 Scouts and Guides aged 10-17 from 26 different countries taking part in the event; over 160 visited our tent to learn a little about amateur radio and to obtain their Communicator Badge.                          You will notice from some of these photos that Les and Ian conducted their introduction to amateur radio ‘Open Air’ the Coleman shelter had to be dismantled due to the high winds; luckily it didn’t rain!! At one stage we had to revert to the generator due … Continue reading →

Poacher 2017 – Day 5

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Day 5 of Poacher went well although high winds caused problems with the Coleman shelter and the Red Arrows stopped our operating the station for short periods; not all scouts and guides at Poacher see them daily so everything had to stop so they could marvel at the display.         Steve M5ZZZ cooked a tasty beef stew so Pam had a day off cooking and decided to clean the trailer mast.       Today we had Andy M0KED, Barry G4DBS and Jim G0EJQ on the microphone from the tent; other members of the club were at the ‘other end’ … Continue reading →

Poacher 2017 – Day 2

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We had another successful day at Poacher 2017 with a steady flow of scouts visiting the station, some making a return visit because the thunder storm on Sunday prevented them from making contact with other stations. Below are a few photos of the scouts paying attention to Les G1LQB giving a brief description of amateur radio and others showing Barry G4DBS finding stations for them to speak to. Naturally we had to eat; today it was beef burgers and mushrooms gathered from the showground by Les G1LQB followed by doughnuts provided by Barry G4DBS. A few other visitors to the … Continue reading →

Poacher 2017 International Jamboree

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Following the success of the 2013 Poacher International Jamboree, LSWC were asked if they would put on a station for Poacher 2017; Ian G4EVK Chairman, Pam G4STO Secretary, Steve M5ZZZ Activity Officer and Les G1LQB Education with help from Barry G4DBS from RAF Waddington ARC set up the station ready for the start of Poacher on Sunday 30th July; potentially 500 scouts will be introduced to amateur radio over the week.  Three of the visitors to our station today were Andy G0MNI from Grimsby, Andrew M0OOO and Mark M6WMS both from RAF Waddington ARC all three are working at Poacher … Continue reading →

Boultham Park Summer Fair

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On the 8th July members of the Club made their annual ‘Pilgrimage’ to Boultham Summer Fair where they put on an Amateur Radio demonstration.   It wasn’t all plain sailing; the frame on the Coleman Shelter was broken and there was no power lead but thanks to G1LQBs Aladdin’s Cave a temporary ‘mend’ was made to the shelter and with the expertise of G7KPM and M6TSJ a power lead was made.   The station was visited by many members of the public including the Mayor and Mayoress of Lincoln and the City Sheriff.  Several former club members also made their annual visit and … Continue reading →

FIR PARK SPECIAL EVENT STATION

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Yes, it was a wet start to our day and certainly very muddy under foot but that didn’t dampen our enthusiasm for putting on the Special Event Station at Fir Park Free Show near Market Rasen.  Members of the club putting on the Special Event Station were – Andy M0KED, Pam G4STO, Les G1LQB, Peter G1FLL, Stephen M6TSJ, Jason G7KPM, Tom G4OSB and Ian G4XFC.  Our Regional Manager Jim G0EJQ dropped by and had several contacts on VHF; we also had help from Andy M0OOO from the RAF Waddington Club. Terry G7JFI and Fiona called in and manned the station … Continue reading →

GB5DAM

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Steve M5ZZZ, with moral support from Les G1LQB, operating the Special Event Station GB5DAM which was set up to remember the RAF Aircrew and the German Civilians who lost their lives in the famous raid on the Rhur Dams of Northern Germany.  

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