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Continue reading →Foundation Course
Lincoln Short Wave Club is running a Foundation Course on Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th May with the examination on Sunday 5th May at 1800 hours. Anyone interested in joining this course should contact Andy G0FVI on or before the 17th April via the contact form on this website; Andy is at the club most Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings by arrangement.
Continue reading →’50 years from Apollo and Spaceship earth’
John Dunthorne from the Cleethorpes Astronomical Society is giving a talk on 10th April starting promptly at 7.30 p.m. entitled ’50 years from Apollo and Spaceship earth’ at the Village Hall, Aisthorpe. This is a very interesting talk that he gave at the Eagle Radio Club. All are welcome.
Continue reading →Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ – Silent Key
Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ Playing about with radios from an early age Jim was interested in radio for most of his life; he sat the RAE in 1984 and gained the callsign G1PCI; all Jim wanted to do was go on HF, ‘dxing’. Jim took his Morse test at Humber Radio and became G0EJQ in January 1985. He loved chasing DX on single sideband and working portable and mobile. Jim joined the Lincoln Short Wave Club in 1998 and served on the Committee for a number of years. He enjoyed taking part in contests and helping with special event stations. … Continue reading →
Intermediate Examination Success
The first course of 2019 ended successfully with six candidates passing their Intermediate Examination on Saturday 23rd March. The ‘Practical’ Workshop The successful candidates Tom M6TQB, Andy M6OYQ, Arthur M6LYK, Lee M6RCI, Sam M3HKU and Eddy M3HME. It is hoped to run a Foundation Course over the weekend of 4th/5th May; for details please use the contact tab above.
Continue reading →LINCOLN REPEATERS
Bob G7AVU will be giving a talk on the Lincoln Repeaters on the 27th March starting at 8pm in the Village Hall, Aisthorpe. Whether you use the repeaters or not please come along as issues such as ongoing abuse and poor operating will be discussed along with other repeater related topics. This will be a chance to have your say and show your support for the work of the Lincoln repeater group.
Continue reading →LSWC COMMITTEE
For the second year in a row we had a tie for Chairman so Steve M5ZZZ and Roger G3PVU agreed to take on the job between them; Steve will serve for the first half and Roger the second. No nominations were received for the position of Activity Officer but since the AGM Andy G0FVI has been co-opted onto the Committee as our Activity Officer. Officers Chairman 50/50 Steve M5ZZZ and Roger G3PVU Secretary Pam G4STO Treasurer … Continue reading →
Christmas Dinner 2018
Members of the club at their Christmas Dinner which was held at the Fox and Hounds in Willingham by Stow.
Continue reading →Quiz Night
A few members of the club taking part in a ‘Pub’ Quiz organised by Steve M5ZZZ; we stopped at half time for a few refreshments.
Continue reading →Amateur Satellites
On the 28th November we were treated to a talk on Amateur Satellites by Stephen 2E0SSM. He started by talking about the different types of orbits in use by all satellites and then moved onto the more specific orbits and the various types of satellite that amateur radio uses. A look at antenna’s and the effects of doppler shift leading to the need to correct frequencies followed. Stephen also gave information on which frequencies to listen on and some very useful websites for those of us who wanted to try it out for ourselves. The talk was very well received and … Continue reading →
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