June Visit to East Kirkby

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It was a lovely sunny morning on Thursday 15th June when Lincoln Short Wave Club met at East Kirkby for their monthly opening of the Radio Room. Sadly, club chairman Steve M5ZZZ was unwell and was unable to attend. Club members Ant M0HAZ and his wife Sylvia M0SJB, Steve G7JHU, and David G1WVO were available to talk to those visiting the Radio Room. David G1WVO completed the repairs to the Vintage Lancaster radio equipment by fitting a revamped headphone, morse key lead and antenna lead. The vintage equipment was switched to standby which allowed it to warm up and stabilize. … Continue reading →

GB80DAM

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GB80DAM was on air from the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln on the 27th May when over 200 contacts were made both on HF and VHF.  Members helping run the station and clearing up afterwards included Steve M5ZZZ, Marc MK7DEU, Andy M0IYE, Bob G3VEV, Les G1LQB, Stuart 2E0SFK, Mary G6SWZ, Dave G6EWP, Graham 2E1TSO, Sue Graham’s XYL and Pam G4STO with her camera.  Barry G4DBS from RAF Waddington ARC also helped. Bob and Andy spent the day demonstrating Morse code to visitors and the other members of the club operated the radios and answered questions from the many visitors. … Continue reading →

GB80DAM On the Air

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As you know, On the 16th /17th May 1943, 19 Lancaster bombers of the RAF’s 617 Squadron took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire armed with the now famous Bouncing Bomb invented by Barnes Wallis. See our Special Event Page for more Details. The club put on its special event station from the club shack on the evening of the 16th May 2023. Members of the club, Stephen M5SJM, Steve M5ZZZ, Les G1LQB, Marc M7DEU, Mary G6SWZ, Dave G6EWP, Bob G3VEV, Steve G7JHU & Bob G7AVU made a visit with his Wife Cathleen along with Pam G4STO. If I have … Continue reading →

Repairs to the T1154 at East Kirkby

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Today Thursday 18th May 2023 Steve M5ZZZ and David G1WVO met up with Steve G7JHU from Chapel St Leonards and Ant M0HAZ from Woodhall Spa in the NAAFI at East Kirkby prior to opening the Radio Room (GB2CWP).  The museum was very busy with visitors with Lancaster and Mosquito taxi runs programmed for the day.  Steve M5ZZZ and Ant M0HAZ had a steady flow of interesting visitors in the radio room.   David G1WVO and Steve G7JHU set about repairing the T1154 after a badly burnt carbon resistor was found in the PT15 grid bias circuit on their last visit. It’s possible with the poor … Continue reading →

Another busy Saturday at the shack

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Why do we leave things to the last minute?.  Today the Doubet had to be taken down and another put up ready for the SES GB80DAM.on Tuesday 16th May.  Unfortunately, this work coincided with a dog training session on the grass by the village hall so we couldn’t get on with the work until after they had gone and several of our helpers also had other commitments and had to go leaving just Les G1LQB and Marc M7DEU to finish the job, they got away cold and hungry by about 1600 hours. 

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Saturday morning at the shack

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It was a busy Saturday morning today 29/4/2023 at the Lincoln Shortwave Club clubroom at Aisthorpe.  One of the many jobs today was to assemble a new “pop up in a jiffy gazebo” and Hampole antenna pole bought new for portable special event station working. G4STO was so impressed with the ones borrowed for the recent special event at the former airfield at RAF Skellingthorpe that she asked the club to purchase some of their own.  Les G1LQB had got the frame pulled out ready for assembly and the two Dave’s G0BEN and G1WVO, started the assembly assisted by Brian G4HIV. The … Continue reading →

Visit to East Kirkby 20th April 2023

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Today Steve M5ZZZ and Dave G1WVO opened the radio room at East Kirkby. The day started by meeting new member Steve G7GHU who travelled from Chapel St Leonards to join us. After a coffee and a chat in the Museum NAFFI the day became quite busy with a steady flow of visitors in the Radio room. The Lancaster taxi season hasn’t started yet there was lots visitors and the car park was very busy. Steve M5ZZZ cleaned and dusted the shack. Then Dave G1WVO and Steve M5ZZZ started to remove the T1154 transmitter from its case to examine why there … Continue reading →

GB0VNU from the former old airfield of RAF Skellingthorpe

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I am delighted to report that an enjoyable morning was experienced at the GB0-VNU Special event memorial station held on the former old airfield of RAF Skellingthorpe (Birchwood) on Saturday 15th April 2023. On the 17th of April 1943 SGT John Duncan and his 6-crew from 50 Squadron RAF boarded Avro Lancaster ED 800 VN-C for an operation to the Skoda factory at Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. On their way to the target the Lancaster was attacked by a BF110 and alas was shot down killing all 7 crew. The aircraft crashed into soft land that was riddled with deep mine workings … Continue reading →

Saturday morning at the shack

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It’s well over two years since Bob, G7AVU, last visited the club, I’ve been promising to pick him up and get him there one Saturday morning but the Grand Prix kept getting in the way when I was free!!!  Saturday 25th was convenient for the two of us so I picked Bob and his XYL Kathleen up and went to the club; I took the scenic route and showed him the late G3OSs QTH, he remembered Frank.   We got to the club just before 11, Bob initially remembered Peter M0EJL by his voice and think he remembered a couple … Continue reading →