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The LSWC 2018 Construction Contest

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 04/12/2018 by M5SJM05/12/2018

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 →

Posted in Arduino, Contests, Home Brew | Tagged Arduino, Construction Contest, Homebrew, Lincoln Shortwave Club, LSWC | Leave a reply

Boultham Park Summer Fair 2018

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 17/07/2018 by M5SJM17/07/2018

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 →

Posted in Portable | Tagged Boultham Park Fair, g5fz, G6COL, Lincoln Shortwave Club, LSWC, Portable | Leave a reply

VHF National Field Day

Lincoln Shortwave Club Posted on 14/07/2018 by M5SJM19/09/2018

Last weekend, 7th-8th July, the club put on a station for VHF National Field Day. The intention of this weekend was to have a social weekend for all members and to allow those who have not participated in a contest, me being one of them, to try things out in a relaxed and chilled manor.   Setting up G5FZ/P After Preparing equipment on the Wednesday before, Les G1LQB, Stephen 2E0SSM, Alistair M0TEF & Steve M5ZZZ were down early on the Saturday morning to load up the equipment.                 Once ready, the team headed … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests | Tagged contest, g5fz, G6COL, Lincoln Shortwave Club, RAF Scampton, VHF NFD | Leave a reply

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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Posted in Antennas, LSWC Shack | Tagged 10m, 15m, 20m, Antenna, g5fz, Hy-Gain, Lincoln Shortwave Club, LSWC, M0NWK, RAF Scampton, Red Arrows, TH-5 | Leave a reply

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 →

Posted in LSWC Shack | Tagged g5fz, G6COL, Lincoln, Lincoln Shortwave Club, LSWC, M0NWK, Receiver, RSP, RSP2, SDR, SDRplay | Leave a reply
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