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Saturday afternoon at the Shack

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 26/09/2019 by G4STO05/12/2019

On Saturday 21st September Ian G4EVK gave a briefing to helpers from local clubs on the National Hamfest which is being held on the Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground on Friday and Saturday 27th and 28th September. After the briefing Pam put on sausages and burgers for those present including Dora the Jack Russell!!!  For a change the weather was perfect.

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Saturday Morning Down the Shack

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 20/09/2019 by M5SJM20/09/2019

Another Saturday morning of work took place down at the LSWC shack on Saturday (31st Aug). First of all the large trailer mast was pulled out and the smaller trailer mast moved into its new position (Roughly). Stephen, M5SJM, and Andy, M0IYE started to clear the area to the side of the shed. This is in preparation for the clubs other shed to come down and be on the same Site as the shack. With the wheel barrow brought out, work began removing some mounds of dirt where we want the shed to go. This dirt was then used to … Continue reading →

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EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 22/08/2019 by G4STO22/08/2019

A few items to cross off the ‘matters arising’ at our next Committee meeting.  Les G1LQB and Stuart M7RSF finished off the refurbishment of the trailer; it looks like new now.  Alistair M0TEF, Stephen M5SJM and Si M0SIY repaired and put the Doublet back up And Alistair and Stephen fitted the new capacitor to the Gap Eagle; it will be tested at Fir Park over the weekend.

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SATURDAY MORNING AT THE SHACK

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 28/05/2019 by G4STO28/05/2019

A lot gets done on a Saturday morning at Lincoln Short Wave Club and this morning was no exception.  I started my morning washing the chairs ready for the sausage and burger night on Wednesday and then got the BBQ out. Another week it could well be the start of the satellite project.

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LSWC Survey

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 28/02/2018 by Adrian Leggett01/03/2018

Update: 29th Feb @ 00:01 Thank you very much to the 54% of members who completed the LSWC survey. The survey is now closed. Feedback will be given to members at the earliest suitable opportunity. Update: 25th Feb @ 23:15 50% of members have completed the survey so far – thanks. Please remember the questionnaire closing date is midnight on 28th Feb. Update: 16th Feb @ 22:50 Thank you to the 40% of members who have completed the survey so far. Update: 13th Feb @ 01:15 Thank you to the 35% of members who have completed the survey so far. … Continue reading →

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Hy-Gain TH5 Antenna Installation

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 17/02/2018 by Adrian Leggett17/02/2018

On Thursday 15th February 2018, club members Roger (G3PVU), Les (G1LQB), Steve (M5ZZZ), Alistair (M0TEF) and Peter (2E0FGA) installed the Hy-Gain TH-5, 5 element, 3 band (10m, 15m and 20m) beam antenna at the Lincoln Shortwave Club site. Pam (G4STO) kindly prepared lunch for the team. Alistair (M0TEF) reported performance was good with some big signals coming in from the states. An added bonus was an air display from the Red Arrows, who are based at RAF Scampton. Find out more about the Red arrows here.  

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Quiz night and pancakes

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 14/02/2018 by Adrian Leggett17/02/2018

It’s Wednesday 14th February and whilst many people are wining and dining for valentines, Lincoln Shortwave Club have had a quiz followed by pancakes. Quiz master  Steve, M5ZZZ organised the quiz and read out the 15 questions that were related to the club and local area. Coming in first with 100% of answers correct was Les G1LQB who was rewarded with a bottle of wine. Second place was father and son team Adrian M0NWK and Dylan with 11 points who were rewarded with cans of coke. Armed with his portable stove, Steve cooked up pancakes before dishing them out to … Continue reading →

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SDRplay RSP2

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 11/02/2018 by Adrian Leggett11/02/2018

Lincoln Shortwave Club is delighted to announce to members that with agreement from the committee it has just purchased an SDRplay RSP2 SDR receiver for the club shack. The RSP2 receiver covers 1KHz to 2GHz (VLF > Microwaves> and besides having three software selectable antenna inputs it also has an amazing 10MHz bandwidth. Using a large number of readily available software applications with the RSP2 makes this an extremely capable general coverage receiver. The receiver will be installed in the shack in the next couple of weeks and we will organise some training sessions for club members who are not … Continue reading →

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GQ5FZ QRV

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 02/06/2012 by G4XFC02/06/2012

Lincoln Short Wave Club member Mark M0ZLE working through the pileup on GQ5FZ on Saturday Morning

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