Lincoln Short Wave Club is running a Foundation Course on Saturdays 21st and 28th July with the examination on Saturday 28th July at 1700 hours. Anyone interested in joining this course should contact Pam G4STO on or before the 7th July via the contact form on this website; Pam is at the club Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings by arrangement. … Continue reading →
On Saturday G3PVU, G1LQB, G0RQQ and M0TEF started work on getting the 6M HB9CV beam up and running unfortunately they didn’t get finished before having to go home. … 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. … Continue reading →
Peter 2E0FGA, Les G1LQB, Alistair M0TEF and Keith G0RQQ took part in Mills on the air from Ellis Mill in Lincoln on Sunday 13th May. Shock came with a station coming in on 2m FM from near Wolverhampton during setup although GB5EM was not set up correctly to work them at that time. Despite a noise level between S5-9 a few contacts were made; even Les had a contact on HF. Contact was also made with Tim M0ZRR a former member of the club and now living in Shepshed. Keith G0RQQ reenacting “the thinker” by Rodin … Continue reading →
Another successful day at the club with Dave passing his Foundation exam and Geoff 2E0YBG passing his Advanced exam. … Continue reading →
Tonight Jason G7KPM gave a 10 minute talk on his home brew J-Pole dual band antenna; the design was taken from the ARRL Manual. The J-Pole is an effective, low cost antenna made from bits available from Birketts and the local DIY store. This antenna will go well with the new Baofeng dual band radios recently ordered by the club and is a possible project for future candidates on the Intermediate Course. Other topics in the ’10 minute talk’ category were Potholes – Les G1LQB and Wine and Whisky – everyone. … Continue reading →
The first named invigilator was in trepidation mode for her first ‘on-line’ examination; would everything be as straight forward as the paper based exams? Yes. There was a slight hiccup at the beginning; she had forgotten where the PIN number was to be found and she had left her paperwork at home but Peter (2E0FGA) the second invigilator was more organised and had his copy with him so this was soon sorted and the exam began only to be followed shortly afterwards by the Model Railway people delivering equipment to their room; the wind was so strong the adjoining door … Continue reading →
The club now has a full Committee as follows: OFFICERS Chairman – Roger – G3PVU Secretary – Pam – G4STO Treasurer – Roger – G3PVU Activity Officer – Steve – M5ZZZ ORDINARY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Ian – G4EVK Alistair – M0TEF Les – G1LQB Peter – 2E0FGA Adrian – M0NWK Bob – G7AVU Stephen – M6TSJ … Continue reading →
Lincoln Short Wave Club is running an Intermediate Course starting on Saturday 17th February. The course will start at 12 noon each Saturday and will run for 4 weeks with the exam on Saturday 17th March at 2 p.m. If you are interested in joining the course please let me know; contact details on the ‘contact page’. You will need a copy of the Intermediate Licence book; unfortunately I haven’t any copies at the moment but they can be obtained from the RSGB. … Continue reading →
A few photos from the AGM. Jason being presented with the Joe Rose trophy for construction. … Continue reading →