This is the website of the RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club, based at the Pyewipe Inn, Lincoln, England.
We are a group of individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and experience, all with a shared passion for everything radio! Not sure what amateur radio is? Find out all about it at the Radio Society of Great Britain.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our site and look forward to meeting you on a club night or on the air.
The club will be back at the International Bomber Command Centre on 19th May for their Inspire Ride2024 at the IBCC event, which this year commemorates 80 years since The Great Escape. We expect to be operational on HF bands, according to conditions, and 2m, using the Special Event Callsign GB5ESC, between the hours of 10.00 and 16:00 (BST) approximately. As always, we welcome contacts from interested radio amateurs.
Those who were unable to attend the talk given recently by Bob, G3VCA, missed a treat!
On 13th April, members of the club were back at the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln to support the learning team there with The Great Escape Free Family Activity Day
RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club ran a Special Event Station for Airfields on the Air over the weekend of 5-7 April at former RAF Binbrook, using the callsign GB5BK.
The club was delighted to support the International Bomber Command Centre’s British Science Week Pop-up Event on 16th March 2024
Members of RAF Waddington ARC took advantage of improved weather conditions to carry out some work at the shack at the Pyewipe Inn recently. The club doublet had previously been taken down, so that it would not be damaged during other necessary works at the site; following these the antenna was refurbished and replaced by Bob, G3VCA and Chris 2E0BMA.
Steve’s talk, “The Speccy Geek” - sub-titled “The making of a home computer and a software engineer” - was a fascinating sequel to Andy’s excellent talk on all things Sinclair last month.
Remember all the fun you had with the ZX81 or Spectrum? Those of us who attended Andy’s fascinating talk had the chance to re-live those days.