Operation Chastise GB5DAM.

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On Monday 17th May Steve M5ZZZ, Andy M0IYE and Stephen M5SJM operated GB5DAM a SES memorial station from the Club to remember all those who lost their lives during operation Chastise. Chastise was the code name for the now famous 617 SDQ raid on the Rurh Valley dams. We are not only remembering the brave RAF Aircrew Crew who died but also the German civilians and hundreds of forced labour from all over Europe. Unfortunately a mixture of equipment failure and poor conditions on the bands stopped us making as many contacts as we would have liked.  For further information about Operation … Continue reading →

Saturday morning working party at the shack

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When I arrived at the shack around 10am Andy M0IYE was already on his knees and working on the mast. I had taken my pressure washer to try and make light work of cleaning the shack and shed; it did but it turned out to be very greedy on water. Once the shack was clean I decided to clear the gutters; Andy said he would do that but I wanted to do something other than take photos!!  Good job I did or Andy wouldn’t have got the fence sorted by home time.  The bucket of ‘muck’ was from just the … Continue reading →

Centenary Competition

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Starting Today the LSWC are hosting a monthly cumulative competition as part of our centenary celebrations. Direct / simplex contacts only on any band using Voice or CW modes. Each contact is worth 1 point unless it is another LSWC member in which case it is worth 2 points. No duplicates are allowed within each month. This competition is open to all LSWC Members so if you wish to take part and are not a member then please get in touch to join our club. At the end of each month please send your completed logs to Stephen M5SJM at … Continue reading →

A Brief History of Lincoln Short Wave Club

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Roger, G3PVU, has been sorting through notes written by the late Colin, G3MUL, and has written in detail ‘A Brief History of The Lincoln Short Wave Club’.  Unfortunately due to lockdown and not being able to get to the club Roger has only been able to write the history up to 1961 as later records are at the club. By the year 1921 more and more people were becoming interested in the new phenomena, wireless. A group of eleven such enthusiasts met at the Spread Eagle Hotel in Lincoln. (The hotel was located at the lower end of the precinct … Continue reading →

NATIONAL HAMFEST

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The Directors of National Hamfest (Lincoln) Limited have today issued the following statement: It is with much regret that we must announce the cancellation of the National Hamfest 2020 due to be held on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September. We have been closely monitoring the ever changing health landscape and emerging government guidance.  In consideration of our primary responsibilities to the health and welfare of our volunteers, traders and visitors we have decided that this is the right decision. The environment in which the event is held presents unique and very difficult challenges in protecting social distancing, preventing handling of … Continue reading →

Fritz (Fred) Bennewitz G6BPH

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As you may know mourners have been restricted to close family at funerals so it was not possible for Fred’s friends to attend his service in person but thanks to modern day technology we were able to watch this on the internet.  Below is a copy of the tribute read by Michael, one of Fred’s sons. Dad was very clear in his wishes that this Eulogy should be a celebration of his life so today I’m going to do my best to do just that. But firstly and sadly this celebration has had to be curtailed immensely due to the … Continue reading →