Arduino Satellite Project

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I had been asked to do a talk on the Arduino for a long time but never did get round to it, but I was influenced by Adrian M0NWK’s excellent talk and decided the best thing to do was to do a series of posts on a project that Ian M0RPD asked me to help him with and at the same time give people an understanding of the power of the Arduino system in microcontrollers and its benefits to our hobby of Amateur Radio. This should be a good start to your journey into the Arduino, the project that we … Continue reading →

10 Minute talks

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Tonight Jason G7KPM gave a 10 minute talk on his home brew J-Pole dual band antenna; the design was taken from the ARRL Manual.   The J-Pole is an effective, low cost antenna made from bits available from Birketts and the local DIY store. This antenna will go well with the new Baofeng dual band radios recently ordered by the club and is a possible project for future candidates on the Intermediate Course. Other topics in the ’10 minute talk’ category were Potholes – Les G1LQB and Wine and Whisky – everyone.

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INTERMEDIATE EXAM

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The first named invigilator was in trepidation mode for her first ‘on-line’ examination; would everything be as straight forward as the paper based exams?  Yes.  There was a slight hiccup at the beginning; she had forgotten where the PIN number was to be found and she had left her paperwork at home but Peter (2E0FGA) the second invigilator was more organised and had his copy with him so this was soon sorted and the exam began only to be followed shortly afterwards by the Model Railway people delivering equipment to their room; the wind was so strong the adjoining door … Continue reading →

East Kirkby – Next meeting

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Update 03/03/18 @ 07:45: With more snow overnight, icy conditions and more snow expected in the East Kirkby area Steve M5ZZZ and myself Adrian M0NWK will not be travelling to East Kirkby today. Please watch this space for updates. For Attn of LSWC members The next meeting at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby to operate special event station GB2CWP is planned for Saturday 3rd March. Meet in the NAAFI at 10:00. Other dates can be found here. Important note: Members will need to present their East Kirkby LSWC photo ID card to gain access to the Aviation Centre. If you … Continue reading →

Lincoln Shortwave Club Net

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With temperatures in Lincoln expected to be minus three tonight, why not put the heating on join us on our Thursday net? Open to both LSWC members and non-members we meet on air at 20:00 every Thursday. We use Lincoln repeater GB3LM the first Thursday of each month and have simplex nets on the other Thursdays. Need help using repeaters? Please ask a member of LSWC and they will be more than happy to help you! For more information about the Lincoln repeaters please click here. More information coming soon.

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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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