For the last few months I have been playing with an Arduino Duo and found it is well suited for Amateur Radio projects. I have started a new Blog to publish some of these projects and to start with is my current project about remote radio switching of an aerial control box, 2.5 GHz is not Just for Cooking I hope you enjoy it.
Continue reading →The Club is hoping to run an Intermediate Course in June with the examination in July. This course will take place on Saturdays and Sundays 13th/14th, 20th/21st, 27th/28th June with the examination taking place on Sunday 5th July. If you would like to join this course then please contact Pam Rose G4STO, LSWC Secretary via the contact tag above or call in to the shack one Wednesday evening. Paperwork for the course has to be completed no later than Saturday morning 30th May. If you haven’t already got one, the club has copies of the Intermediate Licence Course booklet at … Continue reading →
The Surplus Equipment Sale on 29th April was well attended by both club members and other amateurs from around the county. There were lots of bargains to be had; I bought a keyboard vacuum cleaner; my laptop has never been so dust free. Dave M1CCD and Steve M5ZZZ assisted our resident auctioneer Bob G7AVU by finding the items for sale and Ian G4EVK our Chairman and Roger G3PVU our Treasurer happily accepted payments and made payments at the end of the sale. Refreshments were served by G4STO and M5ZZZ. Photos – M0KAN
Continue reading →The National Hamfest is fast approaching and you will see from the photo below that the Lincoln Short Wave Club is no newcomer to organising Hamfests. This was taken at the Hamfest in 1953 which was held at the Technical College, Monks Road, Lincoln.
Continue reading →I am hoping we have had another successful Foundation Course and Exam. All candidates taking the exam got the required pass mark but regrettably three of them have question marks against their names; two made alterations on the Optical Mark Sheet and the other completed his in blue ink instead of black. We have to wait now until we hear from the Examinations people at the RSGB; it is hoped they will be lenient. Pictured are Andrew Mason, Francis Stephenson, Mark Clarke, Robert Radley, John Hancox and Peter Meanwell.
Continue reading →Professional Falconer Steve G1PPA gave a very informative talk on Falconry and displayed two of his birds that he brought along as part of his talk. A Goshawk and a Peregrine x Gyr/Saker Falcon which took centre stage during the talk .
Continue reading →A new feature for the Lincoln Short Wave Club is Classified Adverts that you can post yourself (Ads will be approved by Admin before being displayed) You do not have to be a member of the Club to post your Ads on this feature, but all ads will be moderated and if found to be commercial then a fee will be required before the advert is displayed. Note: You have reply to the email verification that you will be sent before you items will be sold, be sure to check your SPAM Inbox incase it has ended up there. Start … Continue reading →
The Club is hoping to run another Foundation Course in February. This course will take place on Saturdays and Sundays 14th/15th and 21st/22nd February with the examination taking place on Sunday 1st March. If you would like to join this course then please contact Pam Rose G4STO, LSWC Secretary via the contact tag above. It is hoped to sort paperwork out for the course at the shack on Saturday morning 7th February.
Continue reading →Patrick G0OSO accepting the G6COL Shield which was awarded to Tom 2E0TMO for Best Achievement in Amateur Radio; Tom took and passed both the Foundation and Intermediate Exams in 2014. Alan M0XVR receiving the Joe Rose Memorial Shield which he won jointly with Ian G4EVK for their entries in the Construction Contest in November.
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