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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Special Event Station GB0NAM at Newark Air Museum Cockpit-Fest, 22-23 June 2024
RAF Waddington Amateur Radio Club was proud to support the Newark Air Museum Cockpit-Fest event on 22nd-23rd June. Our station was set up near the Avro Vulcan XM594 as usual, operating on HF bands (SSB and CW),and 2m FM, using the callsign GB0NAM. We made 89 QSOs over the weekend and would like to thank…
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Special Event Station GB6IBC: 50s & 60s Weekend at International Bomber Command Centre
RAF Waddington ARC returned to the International Bomber Command Centre for the weekend of 25-26th May to run a Special Event Station using the callsign GB6IBC as part of Juniper Fayre’s 50s and 60s weekend at the IBCC. We were operational on HF (SSB, FT8 ) and – for the first time ever – a…
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Special Event Station at IBCC – Great Escape Inspire Ride 2024 – 19th May 2024
The club was back at the International Bomber Command Centre on 19th May for their Inspire Ride2024 at the IBCC event, which this year paid tribute to the men of Stalag Luft III who took part in the ‘Great Escape’ in March 1944, 80 years ago.. Hundreds of motorcycles arrived at the IBCC for the…
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Talk by Bob, G3VCA: 8pm 19th April 2024, Clock Room, Pyewipe Inn
Those who were unable to attend the talk given recently by Bob, G3VCA, missed a treat! A number of members gathered in the Clock Room at the Pyewipe Inn to listen to Bob’s talk entitled “Tanks, NASA and Magnetic Anomaly”, about his time developing anti-tank weapons and the sobering experience of being “in the room”…
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The Great Escape Family Activity Day at International Bomber Command Centre, 13th April 2024
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 We provided 2 Morse code based “escape” activities in the IBCC suite for families, especially children, to try their hand at. Bob, G3VCA and…
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Special Event Station GB5BK at former RAF Binbrook, 5-7 April
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. Operation was on HF SSB, CW and FT8 and 2m, with more than 300 contacts made, despite the windy conditions on site. As always, the team…
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British Science week at International Bomber Command Centre
The club was delighted to support the International Bomber Command Centre’s British Science Week Pop-up Event on 16th March 2024 This year’s theme was “Time” with an obvious link with communications. One of our club members, Rose, 2E0RXO, proposed the idea of aircraft communication and tracking from 1940 to the present day, which fitted in…
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Spring arrives at the Pyewipe shack
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…
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Talk by Steve, M0SAG, 16th February 2024
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.