LSWC Winter Rally

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The Club has held its winter Rally for the second time this year and to was a great success. Welcoming many of you through the door on the 29th Jan. Once the doors opened the room filled with members of the public passing through all of the stalls present including our club stand. A number of people asked about the clubs activities and we also gained some new members. We hope they will join us on the many activities we have planned for the year. We are already planning the next Rally which we are hoping to holder later in … Continue reading →

LSWC Winter Radio Rally 2023

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We are pleased to announce our Winter Radio Rally is returning on Sunday 29th January at the Festival Hall in Market Rasen. The Festival HallCaistor RoadMarket RasenLN8 3HT Doors open at 10am with disabled visitors gaining access at 9.30am. With entry being £2, Cash Only. Extra parking available on the Market Place, John St Carpark and on Mill lane. Talk in on 145.375MHzStalls include Canny Components, Mirfield Electronics. With plenty more smaller vendors and clubs in attendance. Food and drink is available:Bacon or sausage sandwiches with tea or coffee £4 Tea or coffee £1Cold drinks £1 If you wish to … Continue reading →

Christmas Quiz and Social Evening

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The last of our festive activities for 2022 took place on 14th December with what is now a regular and ‘popular’ event Pam’s Christmas Quiz and Social Evening.  Below are a few sample questions so you know they weren’t hard and perhaps tempt you to join us in 2023. Which famous US political figure and celebrity makes a cameo in Home Alone 2? Which British monarch delivered the first ever Christmas message? Which country donates the Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square? And finally, a radio question An amateur holding the callsign MW0XYZ has permanently moved to Portugal, which has implemented … Continue reading →

Christmas Dinner

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On Wednesday 7th December the club held it Christmas Dinner at the Fox and Hounds in Willingham by Stow.  Members and guests attending this year were: Pam G4STO, Stephen M5SJM, Marc M87DEU, Les G1LQB, David M6OYN, Graham M1DHV, Sandra M1DHVs XYL, Jackie G3PVUs XYL, Roger G3PVU, Graham 2E1TSO, Sue 2E1TSOPs XYL, Celia M6JZO, Peter 2E0FGA, Mary G6SWZ and David G6EWP and I am sure everyone enjoyed their evening. 

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Hamfest 2022

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As many of you will know we have just had the National Hamfest 2022 and as one of the contributing clubs we had members there as part of the the volunteering team. But this year we had an addition to what we normally do. This year we had a dedicated club stall to promote the club to other radio amateurs. Setup As usual, setup for the event started on the Wednesday before with a number of members helping travelling via the club to assist loading the equipment before continuing on to Newark Showground. This year had some changes to the … Continue reading →

Another good day had at the International Bomber Command Centre.

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On Sunday the 4th of September the club was once again at the International Bomber Command Centre for their Wings and Wheels show. Les G1LQB myself and Stuart 2E0SFK went over on the Saturday afternoon to set up the Coleman shelter and our usual pair of Clarke Masts with a Colinear on one and a half wave end fed strung between them. As usual everything was ready for us and we got a warm welcome from the IBCC staff. On Sunday morning the team turned up to set up the rest of the station with those above being joined by … Continue reading →

BBQ Night At The LSWC

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Wednesday night was one of the popular BBQ evenings hosted at the LSWC shack. A big thanks goes out to Pam, G4STO, for organising the event and getting all the food stocks in. And also to Steve M5ZZZ for manning the chef duties on the grill. Running from 7.30pm many members turned out to enjoy the food and drinks on offer. Even members from the local RAF Waddington Club attended as is the norm with us being us invited to each others social events.

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A great Weekend was had by all the Members who attended the International Bomber Command Centre 1940’s Weekend Special Event Station on the 12th, 13th and 14th of August.

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We arrived on the Friday morning to be given a warm welcome by the IBCC staff as always. Everyone was soon hard at work in the very hot weather setting up the army tent and station in time for the event opening at 1pm. The Club setup a fairly simple station just a half wave end fed between two Clarke masts and a colinear on the nearest mast for VHF / UHF. The station was soon setup and ready to welcome the public to the tent. In addition to the SES we had our normal bathtub CW key to computer … Continue reading →

LSWC at the International Bomber Command Memorial Salute to the 40’s Weekend.

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We will be active with the IBCC callsign GB6IBC this weekend from 1pm on Friday the 12th of August then again on Saturday and Sunday. There will be lots to see and do apart from the special event station so well worth a visit. More details on the weekend can be found here https://internationalbcc.co.uk/about-ibcc/news/events/salute-to-the-40s/

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