Welcome to RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club
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.
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Former RAF Binbrook – Special Event Station – Airfields on the Air
RAF Waddington ARC held it’s first Special Event Station at RAF Binbrook for Airfields on the Air. A great event, but poor conditions minimised the number of contacts. The event being the first of the year gave the team the opportunity to familiarise themselves with some new equipment. The club is fortunate to have free access…
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Lincoln Shortwave Club Winter Rally
A reminder to club members that Lincoln Shortwave Club are running their Winter rally this Sunday, 26th January in the Festival Hall, Market Rasen, opening for visitors at 10am. For more details, read the post on the LSWC website
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Private film screening: Attack on Sorpe Dam 15th November 2024, in the Clock Room at the Pyewipe Inn
Members were fortunate to be treated yesterday evening to a private screening of the film “Attack on Sorpe Dam” in the Clock Room at the Pyewipe Inn. This film, which is not available for home viewing, was kindly loaned to us by the International Bomber Command Centre with permission from the family of the late…
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Commemorative Station G0RAF 8-10 November 2024 at RAF Binbrook for Remembrance Weekend
RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club returned to former RAF Binbrook for Remembrance Weekend SES over the weekend of 9-10 November, using the club callsign of G0RAF to remember the brave crews who flew from RAF Binbrook. We were operational on HF (mostly SSB with some CW on Sunday) and 2m FM, making contacts with 211…
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18th October 2024: talk by Nigel Limb
Mark your diaries and come along to the Pyewipe shack for what promises to be a fascinating talk by Nigel, who survived after his life support was turned off following a motorcycle crash. Since then, Nigel has gained his Foundation licence and broken motorcycle speed records, despite loss of vision and a brain injury!
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East Midlands Ham & Electronics Rally, 21st September 2024
We’d like to thank all the traders and visitors to our rally, the East Midlands Ham and Electronics Rally, which took place recently at Beckingham Village Hall, Beckingham, who helped to make this a successful and pleasant day.
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Special Event Station GB6IBC at International Bomber Command Centre, 10-11 August 2024
RAF Waddington ARC ran a Special Event Station on the weekend of 10-11 August 2024 as part of the Salute to the 40s Weekend event at the International Bomber Command Centre, Lincoln. The callsign used was GB6IBC, as is usual at IBCC, and we were operational between 08:00-17:00 BST on both days. Operation was on…
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Special Event Station GB0EEL: 2-3 August – 70 years since the first English Electric Lightning prototype flight
RAF Waddington ARC ran a Special Event Station GB0EEL on the weekend of 2-3 August 2024 at former RAF Binbrook. This was the 70th anniversary of the first test flight on 4th August 1954, from RAF Boscombe Down, of the English Electric P1A (WG760), the type that was later to become the English Electric Lightning,…
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Special Event Station GB6IBC at International Bomber Command Centre, 25th July 2024
RAF Waddington was proud to return to the IBCC as they commemorated International Bomber Command Day on Thursday, 25th July with a Service of Remembrance. We were operational between 09:00-16:00 BST, operating on 40m and 2m FM. Bunkers on the Air also activated sites relevant to International Bomber Command Day. With 126 contacts logged, we…
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Special Event Station GX4LMR at Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, 7th July 2024
RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club operated from Lincolnshire Wolds Railway on Sunday, 7th July commemorating the 6ZZ centenary. On 5th July 1924 amateur radio station 6ZZ was established on a train travelling from King’s Cross to Newcastle-on-Tyne to test if two-way communication could be established between an amateur radio station on a moving train and…