Once again I got to the shack when the work was done, well the shed roof sealing was finished. Daron 2E0GFY can’t make it to the club next Saturday when some LSWC members are having a morning on the lawn setting up and working with their portable equipment so he brought his set-up to the club this morning. David M7OYN worked his first HF station using Daron’s equipment.
Continue reading →Two working parties at the club this morning, Roger G3PVU and Steve M5ZZZ were in the shack sorting out and testing some of the surplus equipment for the sale on 10th October; they were moving so fast the first photo blurred!! Then there was work to be done on the antennas and this party consisted of Les G1LQB, Andy M0IYE, David M7OYN, Daron 2E0GFY and Martin M0TNM.
Continue reading →When I arrived at the shack this morning Andy M0IYE had already got stuck in distributing the gravel in the parking area; sweat was rolling off me just looking!! When Stephen M5SJM arrived he levelled the gravel, they certainly earned their cuppa this morning. I got stuck in finishing off cleaning the BBQ ready for the 28th and then cleaning the chairs; they had been weathered for over two years!!!
Continue reading →When I arrived at the club this morning there were cars in the car park but no one in sight apart from three club members waiting to be let into the shack. I let them in and then started work cleaning the BBQ. About a hour later the missing members returned; they had been sorting our storage container ready for moving it. As usual Andy M0IYE got stuck in giving the south wall of the shack another coat of paint, I’m not sure what the others were doing, I was still cleaning the BBQ.
Continue reading →If you call at the shack you will be forgiven for thinking nothing had been done but you would be wrong. The mission today was to move the shed at the back of the shack, not a five-minute job. Once moved the fence can be finished. Helpers today were, in alphabetical callsign order: G1LQB, M0IYE, M5SJM, M5ZZZ, M7OYN and M7RSF. G4STO was also there but her job is to take photographs. Heavy duty rachet straps were placed around the shack and fixed to Les’ van but it was impossible to move it full so it had to be emptied which … Continue reading →
Les G1LQB decided to wash some moss off the path and Pam G4STO finished off painting the shed where she could reach; still two sides to do: the shed is being moved to make it easier. I had to leave early as I was covered in paint where I shouldn’t have been.
Continue reading →There was a good turnout this morning at the shack A planning meeting for an imminent trip to East Kirkby. The usual painting working party Insulation Aerial party Les G1LQB was somewhere around but managed to avoid the camera.
Continue reading →We’ve all heard of a ‘Month of Sundays’ well we have had a ‘Week of Saturdays’ working on and in the shack. This Saturday we weren’t put off by the weather forecast and we had two working parties; the manual workers painting the shack and the light duty workers sorting equipment donated for the club social fund. Andy M0IYE and Steve M5ZZZ carried on with the painting of the shack and Les G1LQB cleared the back of the shack so that can be painted next week. Roger G3PVU and Tom G4OSB were sorting the equipment; Richard M7RKK gave a hand … Continue reading →
There was a good turnout for painting the shack this morning Andy M0IYE, Richard M7RKK, Claire Richard’s XYL, Steve M5ZZZ, David M7OYN and Pam G4STO We finished the west end and almost got the north side done; next week should see the end to painting the outside of the shack. Les G1LQB was on hedge trimming duties. Roger G3PVU was going to sort valves and other equipment that had been donated to our next surplus equipment sale but I had left them in my garage. Andy M0KED, Tom G4OSB and Brian G4HIV called in to see how things were going
Continue reading →Today I fitted leaf guards to the downpipes. When I cleaned the gutters out a couple of weeks ago there was about a foot of composted leaves blocking the pipes. Andy M0IYE and Les G1LQB measured the shack and paint was then ordered; it should be awaiting painters next time we are at the shack. Roger G3PVU was busy sorting boxes of valves ready for our next surplus equipment sale hopefully at the end of October. Les helped move obstacles so Andy could finish off painting the fence; there is enough paint to do another coat when we are next … Continue reading →
