Wednesday evening at M0EJLs
It isn’t just Saturday mornings that things happen at the club and it isn’t just the club where it happens. On Wednesday evening a ‘working party’ popped over the M0EJLs to pick up a mast for M5ZZZ.
Continue reading →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.
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.
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/
Continue reading →Poacher Day 6
You wouldn’t think adults could have so much fun with the younger generation, well they can, the age gap didn’t get in the way and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, see the beams on the faces of some of the youngsters. It is sad but Poacher has come to an end, apart from clearing up on Saturday. Volunteers today included Andy M0IYE, Les G1LQB, Stuart 2E0SFK, Marc M7DEU, Steve M5ZZZ, Graham M1DHV and Pam G4STOall from LSWC and Barry G4DBS and Tony G4GNC from RAF Waddington ARC and we roped in Adrian M6RSF from the Scouting fraternity to give us … Continue reading →
Day 5 of Activities at Poacher
People say Morse Code is old fashioned and no longer popular, if our experience at Poacher is anything to go by it is still very popular. After the talk on amateur radio from Les G1LQB, many of our visitors wanted to start their practical amateur radio experience with Morse and Andy M0IYE and Martin M0TNM were both kept busy demonstrating Morse and the Scouts and Guides enjoyed sending their names and other messages; doesn’t look like a dying art, like that larger, Morse can get through where other modes cannot!! Barry G4DBS, Marc M7DEU, Graham M1DHV, Stuart 2E0SFK were also … Continue reading →
Day 4 of activities at Poacher
From the smiles on the faces of some of the Scouts and Guides you can see that an enjoyable day was had by our visitors. As for our volunteers they certainly enjoyed their time explaining amateur radio and Morse code , tuning the bands looking for 25 different stations and helping scouts and guides send Greetings messages. Our regular volunteers were present, Andy M0IYE, Steve M5ZZZ, Stuart 2E0SFK, Les G1LQB, Graham M1DHV, Andy M0KED, G3VEV, M0TNM, M7DEU and G4STO and today we were joined by Tony, G4GNC from RAF Wadding ARC.
Continue reading →Day 3 of activities at Poacher
Yes, another fun packed day at Poacher for our Volunteers and visitors to our tent. Again we had Andy M0IYE, Graham M1DHV, Barry G4DBS, Steve M5ZZZ, Stuart 2E0SFK, Les G1LQB and Pam G4STO. David M6OYN also joined us today. Club history has been made at Poacher, Les G1LQB and Pam G4STO actually operated a radio and spoke to some of the scouts and guides. Just a few photos today.
Continue reading →Another successful day at Poacher
Today was the 2nd day of activities for the Scouts and Guides and we weren’t disappointed, 30-40 were greeted by Les G1LQB who briefly explained the hobby. Bob G3VEV and Andy M0IYE demonstrated CW, Barry G4DBS, Mark M7DEU, Steve M5ZZZ, Stuart 2E0SFK, Graham M1DHV, Mary G6SWZ, G6EWP and Pam G4STO were on hand to help ‘tune the bands’ to get 25 different radio stations and to talk to the Scouts and Guides when we couldn’t find anyone further afield. One station that was worked by Stuart was SC22JAM, Stephan in Sweden who is also running an International Scout Jamboree in the … Continue reading →
Today was the start of activities for the Scouts and Guides at Poacher, we had about three dozen showing an interest in amateur radio. Les G1LQB, briefly explained our hobby to our visitors and Andy M0IYE demonstrated CW and Scouts and Guides then had a go at sending their name in Morse code, this was followed by sending ‘greetings’ messages with Andy M0KED, Barry G4DBS and Graham M1DHV. The Scouts and Guides then had the opportunity to ‘tune the bands’ to get 25 different radio stations. Steve M5ZZZ, Marc M7DEU and Stuart 2E0SFK were also on hand to fill in any gaps. … Continue reading →
Another fun packed day at Poacher
Cars all loaded we set off for Poacher at around 10 o’clock this morning. Work started on the receiving aerials and then we moved over to the masts where we have a fine array of aerials. We have the TH5 (I think that’s what it is) and a co-linear for 2M and 70CMS. On the other mast we have beams for the serious frequencies, 23CMS television, 70CMS and 2M, Sunday is the start of the Scouts and Guides visiting our set-up, they will get an introduction to amateur radio, listen to QSOs and send greetings messages, probably send their name … Continue reading →