Lincoln Short Wave Club is running a Foundation Course on Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th May with the examination on Sunday 5th May at 1800 hours. Anyone interested in joining this course should contact Andy G0FVI on or before the 17th April via the contact form on this website; Andy is at the club most Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings by arrangement.
Continue reading →John Dunthorne from the Cleethorpes Astronomical Society is giving a talk on 10th April starting promptly at 7.30 p.m. entitled ’50 years from Apollo and Spaceship earth’ at the Village Hall, Aisthorpe. This is a very interesting talk that he gave at the Eagle Radio Club. All are welcome.
Continue reading →Jim Stevenson, G0EJQ Playing about with radios from an early age Jim was interested in radio for most of his life; he sat the RAE in 1984 and gained the callsign G1PCI; all Jim wanted to do was go on HF, ‘dxing’. Jim took his Morse test at Humber Radio and became G0EJQ in January 1985. He loved chasing DX on single sideband and working portable and mobile. Jim joined the Lincoln Short Wave Club in 1998 and served on the Committee for a number of years. He enjoyed taking part in contests and helping with special event stations. … Continue reading →
For the second year in a row we had a tie for Chairman so Steve M5ZZZ and Roger G3PVU agreed to take on the job between them; Steve will serve for the first half and Roger the second. No nominations were received for the position of Activity Officer but since the AGM Andy G0FVI has been co-opted onto the Committee as our Activity Officer. Officers Chairman 50/50 Steve M5ZZZ and Roger G3PVU Secretary Pam G4STO Treasurer … Continue reading →
Members of the club at their Christmas Dinner which was held at the Fox and Hounds in Willingham by Stow.
Continue reading →On the 28th November we were treated to a talk on Amateur Satellites by Stephen 2E0SSM. He started by talking about the different types of orbits in use by all satellites and then moved onto the more specific orbits and the various types of satellite that amateur radio uses. A look at antenna’s and the effects of doppler shift leading to the need to correct frequencies followed. Stephen also gave information on which frequencies to listen on and some very useful websites for those of us who wanted to try it out for ourselves. The talk was very well received and … Continue reading →
Wednesday 21st saw the LSWC hold their annual Construction Contest for the Joe Rose Memorial Trophy. Last year saw us two different versions of ATV transmitter. One being for home use including a partly assembled water cooled power amplifier (For an update see below) built by Adrian M0NWK. The second, and also the winner for last year, being a fully portable transceiver in a case built by Jason G7KWP. Adrian M0NWK This year Started off with a similar theme. Adrian M0NWK, started off by showing us his Arduino powered controller for a comtech 23cm ATV transmitter. … Continue reading →
LSWC was once again at the FirPark Wings & Wheels event. The Club was there from Friday afternoon through to Monday evening of the August Bank holiday weekend. Friday Friday afternoon Les G1LQB, Peter 2E0FGA, Stephen 2E0SSM, Steve M5ZZZ set off for FirPark from their various starting locations. Les arrived first and started setting up and putting the masts up, the great thing about the masts we use are that they are designed to be erected by one person. In addition to previous years Steve brought down his 2m / 70cm beam and along with Les’s special rotator, aquired at … Continue reading →
This weekend was the Boultham Park Summer Fair and the LSWC was there as usual with a demonstration station. G5FZ/P out portable… again? Yes it is. With equipment being collected during the week, Les G1LQB, Steve M5ZZZ, Ian G4EVK, Barry G4DBS, Tom G4OSB, Fred G4HNQ, Peter 2E0FGA, Roger G3PVU & Jackie were on site early Saturday morning. Soon Stephen 2E0SSM arrived to help during the day closely followed by Peter, M0EJL and Pam, G4STO with the tables and radios. All then helped in getting the station set up before the Public arrived. Once everything was set up Pam got the bacon … Continue reading →
On Saturday 2nd June, LSWC are holding a used equipment sale in Aisthorpe Village Hall. Check in of items is from 11am. Refreshments will be available from 12pm. Sale will commence at 12.30pm.
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