QO100 Portable Setup Testing

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QO100 portable setup testing at LSWC, using 80cm dish, dual band dish feed and SG labs 2.4GHz transverter.  Although signals were a little weak (possibly due to sun noise and cloud), a signal test was transmitted by Andy Gibbons, M0IYE on the 2.4GHz uplink and received on the 10GHZ downlink. The portable setup will be used at public events.  A larger dish will be installed at the shack, but until then visitors to the shack may use the portable setup weather permitting.  Andy G0FVI

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Building parabolic dish feeds for the bands 23cm and 13cm using minimal tooling

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Club member Andy G0FVI has had an article published in Scatterpoint, the UK microwave group newsletter. The article is about building parabolic dish feeds for the bands 23cm and 13cm using minimal tooling. Andy decided early in 2019 to have a go at EME on 23/13 cm plus putting together a station to work through QO100, the first geostationary amateur satellite. Constructing dish feeds for these frequencies normally involves finding someone with a lathe to accurately cut metal to precise dimensions. Searching around for a local firm to do the cutting did not yield any takers despite many of these … Continue reading →

Christmas Social Evening

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There was a good turnout for the club Christmas Social evening with 29 out of the 38 expected guests enjoying a finger buffet and seasonal quiz!!  Andy M0KED and Linda were second and third on the scene and helped Pam G4STO get the food out of her boot and on to the tables. It wasn’t long before other members arrived and set out the hall ready for the buffet which was followed by a Christmas Quiz, taken off the internet by Pam; apparently it was difficult. The winning team with six out of fourteen questions right and after 11 tie-break … Continue reading →

YOTA Winter 2019

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YOTA a fun radio camp especially for youngsters this year will be held from the 12th to 15th December in the Netherlands and one of our members Charlie Du Rose will be attending.  Hello I’m Charlie 2E0FMZ and I’m a member of LSWC/G5FZ I will be attending this year’s winter YOTA in the Netherlands and I’m very excited to attend. I will be making G5FZ known to other attendees and I am excited to work with the other youngsters at the event. Although, I am especially excited to be working with satellites as I find them very interesting. I am … Continue reading →

Illustrated talk on RAF Stenigot

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On Wednesday 6th November Lincoln Short Wave Club had the pleasure of listening to Chris Lester, a Chartered Engineer retired from the microwave electronics industry, giving an illustrated talk on RAF Stenigot.  Chris informed us how RAF Stenigot formed part of the WWII “Chain Home” radar system, the world’s first integrated air defence radar system which was in operation between 1938 and 1955 and it continued in use during the Cold War as an Ace High a NATO communications relay station using Tropo. propagation. The system allows the NATO to send data from the north of Norway to southern Greece … Continue reading →