Update The Lincolnshire Show is on Wednesday, and the A15 between the A46 and the Caenby Corner roundabout is closed, but it is expected to reopen at 18:00. Its Time once again for the LSWC’s Used Equipment sale. Wednesday 17th June 2026 The Village Hall, Aisthorpe, Lincoln, LN12SG Booking in from 18:00, auction starts at 19:00. Food and refreshments will be available on site.
Continue reading →On Saturday the club hosted a bacon butty morning for all members kindly arranged by Marc M7DEU. As part of this event the members present were able to respond the members questionnaire which members can also complete online following the link sent in the email. While enjoying their butty’s those present gathered together to discuss the responses to the questionnaire that had been received so far. Having only been live for a couple of days the responses were few in number but still gave great conversation. A small list of simple changes has already been made to be which can … Continue reading →
The Club have once again had a great time at FirPark over the August bank holiday weekend putting on a special event station for the whole three days. Setting up on Friday and Saturday morning was our Chairman, Les G1LQB, Activities Officer, Marc M7DEU, Phil M7OKV, Peter and Moo M0OOO. They were soon joined by Club Treasurer, Stephen M5SJM. Les, Marc camped over for the full event with Phil joining them for the Friday and Saturday Nights and Stephen joining them each day. Building on the Semi-Permanent setup the club has at FirPark the Army Tent was soon put up … Continue reading →
Sadly Mary G6SWZ resigned as Secretary of the Club. When an Officer resigns the Club has to hold an EGM to elect a replacement, this will be held on Wednesday 30th July 2025 commencing at 19.30 in Aisthorpe Village Hall adjacent to our shack. If you wish to nominate anyone for the Secretary’s post, please send their name along with the name of a Proposer and Seconder to secretary@g5fz.co.uk , all nominations must be received by Wednesday 16th July 2025. If there is more than one nomination it will be necessary to hold a ballot. It was decided at the 2025 AGM that Members … Continue reading →
We recently took part in operation Manna from RAF Binbrook at the gauard room in affiliation with His Church.We had a great few days operating GB8MAN from RAF Binbrook, with great support from the team who owns the site His Church. We had plenty of visitors on Saturday, with plenty of club members calling in to see what was happening. We had a good flow of the public nipping in to see what was going on in the army tent. 683 contacts have now been submitted to QRZ
Continue reading →This morning at the shack was a blast! We had a fun building session with lots of exciting projects to dive into, and it was great to see so many members drop by to check out what we were working on!
Continue reading →The Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 18th May 2024 at 10:00 am in the BSA Village Hall at Aisthorpe, please be there 0945 so we can have a prompt start. Pam G4STOLSWC Secretary
Continue reading →On Saturday 31st March the first BBQ of the year was held for all Members. It was very well organized by Steve M5ZZZ, Marc M7DEU and Pam G4STO. Marc Manned the BBQ along with Linda. Producing some excellent Burgers and Sausages. With Side salads, potatoes, onions, sauces andcheesecakes all available in the Village Hall. Pam organised the Easter Quiz which went down very well with the winning team going home with their prised Easter eggs. The weather remained sunny for the entire event so the many members that attended enjoyed a great get together on the Lawn out front of … Continue reading →
The Lincoln Shortwave Club is proud to announce that they will be attending The FirPark Free Show, GB5FPS, on the 8th & 9th of June and FirPark Wings and Wheels, GB5WW, on the 24th – 26th August. The Club has attended this event for a number of years now demonstrating Amateur Radio to the public. This year we will be demonstrating HF Voice, Data Modes, VHF, Satellite Operation and also QO100 DATV and Voice. Members of the public will be able to try their hand at operating the radio and also be able to make contacts to others around the … Continue reading →
It was a good turnout on Wednesday for Pam’s Quiz Night with 11 teams taking part, unfortunately not many with the right answers!!!! Les G1LQB and David M6OYN and Stephen M5SJM and Kat were joint winners with 9 points each, Les and David won on a tie break, luckily there were enough prizes for all four winners. Les G1LQB and David M6OYN After the quiz members enjoyed a lite buffet. Food, glorious food, sorry no chicken skewer.
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