LSWC Survey

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Update: 29th Feb @ 00:01 Thank you very much to the 54% of members who completed the LSWC survey. The survey is now closed. Feedback will be given to members at the earliest suitable opportunity. Update: 25th Feb @ 23:15 50% of members have completed the survey so far – thanks. Please remember the questionnaire closing date is midnight on 28th Feb. Update: 16th Feb @ 22:50 Thank you to the 40% of members who have completed the survey so far. Update: 13th Feb @ 01:15 Thank you to the 35% of members who have completed the survey so far. … Continue reading →

Hy-Gain TH5 Antenna Installation

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On Thursday 15th February 2018, club members Roger (G3PVU), Les (G1LQB), Steve (M5ZZZ), Alistair (M0TEF) and Peter (2E0FGA) installed the Hy-Gain TH-5, 5 element, 3 band (10m, 15m and 20m) beam antenna at the Lincoln Shortwave Club site. Pam (G4STO) kindly prepared lunch for the team. Alistair (M0TEF) reported performance was good with some big signals coming in from the states. An added bonus was an air display from the Red Arrows, who are based at RAF Scampton. Find out more about the Red arrows here.  

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Quiz night and pancakes

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It’s Wednesday 14th February and whilst many people are wining and dining for valentines, Lincoln Shortwave Club have had a quiz followed by pancakes. Quiz master  Steve, M5ZZZ organised the quiz and read out the 15 questions that were related to the club and local area. Coming in first with 100% of answers correct was Les G1LQB who was rewarded with a bottle of wine. Second place was father and son team Adrian M0NWK and Dylan with 11 points who were rewarded with cans of coke. Armed with his portable stove, Steve cooked up pancakes before dishing them out to … Continue reading →

East Kirkby – Club Calendar

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Please note that the LSWC website calendar contains a new category key for ‘East Kirkby‘. The calendar has also been updated with dates in which the club intends to operate special event station GB2CWP from East Kirkby on event and non-event days throughout 2018. More on East Kirkby soon. Adrian – M0NWK LSWC Committee

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SDRplay RSP2

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Lincoln Shortwave Club is delighted to announce to members that with agreement from the committee it has just purchased an SDRplay RSP2 SDR receiver for the club shack. The RSP2 receiver covers 1KHz to 2GHz (VLF > Microwaves> and besides having three software selectable antenna inputs it also has an amazing 10MHz bandwidth. Using a large number of readily available software applications with the RSP2 makes this an extremely capable general coverage receiver. The receiver will be installed in the shack in the next couple of weeks and we will organise some training sessions for club members who are not … Continue reading →

LSWC COMMITTEE

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The club now has a full Committee as follows: OFFICERS Chairman – Roger – G3PVU Secretary – Pam – G4STO Treasurer – Roger – G3PVU Activity Officer – Steve – M5ZZZ ORDINARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ian – G4EVK Alistair – M0TEF Les – G1LQB Peter – 2E0FGA Adrian – M0NWK Bob – G7AVU Stephen – M6TSJ

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Intermediate Course

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Lincoln Short Wave Club is running an Intermediate Course starting on Saturday 17th February.  The course will start at 12 noon each Saturday and will run for 4 weeks with the exam on Saturday 17th March at 2 p.m. If you are interested in joining the course please let me know; contact details on the ‘contact page’.  You will need a copy of the Intermediate Licence book; unfortunately I haven’t any copies at the moment but they can be obtained from the RSGB.

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AGM

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A few photos from the AGM.                                                                                                                                                                         Jason being presented with the Joe Rose trophy for construction.

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LSWC COMMITTEE

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At the Annual General Meeting the following members were elected on to the Committee Officers Chairman – Roger – G3PVU Secretary – Pam – G4STO Treasurer – Roger – G3PVU Activity Officer – Steve – M5ZZZ Ordinary Committee Members Ian – G4EVK Alistair – M0TEF Les – G1LQB Peter – 2E0FGA Adrian – M0NWK There are two vacancies on the Committee. Roger has agreed to take on the role of Treasurer for the time being.

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