Author Archives: G4XFC

NEW Buy & Sell Feature

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A new feature for the Lincoln Short Wave Club is Classified Adverts that you can post yourself (Ads will be approved by Admin before being displayed) You do not have to be a member of the Club to post your Ads on this feature, but all ads will be moderated and if found to be commercial then a fee will be required before the advert is displayed. Note: You have reply to the email verification that you will be sent before you items will be sold, be sure to check your SPAM Inbox incase it has ended up there. Start … Continue reading →

More Foundation Sucesses

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Successful candidates for the Foundation Exam held at Aithorpe Village Hall on the 28th of June 2014 Left to Right, Lead Trainer Ian G4XFC, Tom Williams, Vicky Williams, Fiona Farrar and Ian Smith. Ian is planning an Intermediate Course for the end of July and all places have been filled for this course.

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Dambuster Memorial Station GB5DAM

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OPERATION CHASTISE On the 16th /17th May 1943 19 Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron RAF took off from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire armed with the now famous Bouncing Bomb invented by Barnes Wallis. The raid was led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC The aircraft took off in three groups, Group One led by Gibson took off in three waves of three aircraft at ten minute intervals starting at 21.39,, their mission was to attack the Mohne and Elder dams. Group Two consisting of 5 aircraft took off at 21.28 taking the longer northern route to attack the Sorpe dam. … Continue reading →

Informal Morse Group

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Due to a lot of interest in Morse at the club, an informal Morse Group will meet at the BSA Club at 8:30pm on the first Wednesday of each month. Discussions will include learning Morse using the Koch Method, receiving problems, sending techniques and using Morse on the bands. The meetings will be hosted by RSGB Morse Assessor Ian G4XFC, founder of the Morse Crusade. Bring you own Morse Key and practice sending in a QSO environment.

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Cheap Lab Power Supply

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For the Homebrewer, having a multi voltage power supply can be very handy especially if you are just experimenting. A cheap switched power supply used in computers can give you all the power you need for your experiments, but the problem is that it will not power up when disconnected from the computer. The solution is easier than you think, due to the fact that there is a standard colour code used by most manufactures of ATX power supplies and you don’t need to open the box to get it up and running. Although there is a lot of wires, … Continue reading →

Top Band Base Loaded Short Vertical

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G3LIQ / G4ERZ Top Band Vertical 50Ohm Coax feed. Info by G4SEF (Corrected by G4XFC) The original publication by G4SEF had a mistake in wire size quoting 1.2 AWG which is over 7mm instead of 1.2mm magnetic wire, which fits into the length of the designed loading coil. For practical and economical purposes I recalculated the loading coil with 16 AWG (1.25mm) magnetic wire. Calculation on the original publication meant that over 52mtrs of wire was needed for the loading coil which meant you had to purchase a 1Kg roll to wind the coil as their is approx 92mtrs of … Continue reading →

Happy New Year

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2013 had its ups and downs, we were the successful winners of the RSGB National club of the Year Award and again the National Hamfest was bigger and better than last year. We have put on some successful stations for the Scouts and though Boultham Park event was draining with the heat it was still enjoyed by all. The latest strong winds destroyed all the aerials on our mast and now down to a long wire for operations in the shack, we should have the aerials sorted out in Jan/Feb 2014. The sad news was the passing away of Geoff … Continue reading →

G5FZ Christmas Dinner

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Lincoln Short Wave Club’s Christmas Dinner was held at the Fox & Hounds, Willingham by Stow. It was a jovial event attended by club members and families. I took pictures of the event with my Smart Phone and realised when I got home that although I am good at Morse, I am useless at photography. I apologise to everyone that smiled at me, as their smile was in vain as all pictures were useless and could not be used. The meal was very good, compared to last year where the garlic mushrooms were that hard that they kept flying of … Continue reading →

GB3LS officially open for business on IRLP

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Ofcom issued NOV today, so here we go, even found that Santa has a node at the North Pole , already to send request for IC7800 to him when next at radio. To use just open repeater as normal and then whist mic open us DTMF key pad to send 4 digit node and unmet and you will hear the remote repeater acknowledge and open, then either breaking or call as normal. List of IRLP nodes on irlp.net. Looks like another way of having radio fun, so from now on the first thing to pack when going away is your … Continue reading →