Special Event Station

GB2MBA

Saturday 19th June and Sunday 20th June 2010

We are participating in "Museums on the Air" over the two days of Saturday 19th June and Sunday 20th June, at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation at Woodley. Those of you who participated in the Special Event Station marking the Club's 75th Anniversary at the same QTH last year will remember what a great venue it was and how enjoyable the event turned out to be. As then, we will need help to set up the Station on the19th and tear down on the 20th. We will need Operators for HF and to help set up and operate a station on VHF.

Helpers to Log contacts and generally to back up the Operators would be welcome also. We are looking at setting up with a Linear Amp, and this would be a good opportunity for M3/M6 and 2E operators to get some DX practice as either Eric (M0LUV) or myself M0XSM will be in attendance.

It would also be a good opportunity for newly qualified members to get involved in a special event station and to help out in getting the whole thing organised.

We have the Notice of Variation (NOV) using GB2MBA as the call sign.

The Museum has snack and light refreshment facilities with Tea and Coffee and Soft Drinks, and you can also visit one of the best aviation museums in the country, but would ask you to understand that the museum relies on modest entrance fees to keep going and a small contribution (Typically £4) is payable, but allow some time for what is a real treat with some historic aircraft and exhibits. We do need help, so can you please contact us on -

Colin moxsm@radarc.org or Eric on m0luv.radarc.org to offer your help.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes

Colin C M0XSM

GB2RD

Special Event Station 2009

Colin M0XSM & Eric M0LUV organised GB2RD a special event station at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation

Website http://home.comcast.net/~aero51/html/

Unofficial Web Site http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/mus/uk/l-m/musberkshireavtn.htm

Colin & Eric was supported by many members working HF and VHF/UHF

I called in after a tour of the local roads and the was a tea party going on with everybody being well looked after by the museum supports, it a great place to visit (when you can find it!) and a good couple of hours should allowed for your visit.

Some pictures take from the www.

Colin's Letter to the Members for their support

Gentlemen...

Thank you for your superb participation in todays event at the Museum of Berkshire

Aviation.   You got the name of the Club out there, and into Europe and worked some

96 Stations on HF and some 20 VHF/UHF.   I haven't done the stats but will check

countries worked as well later. We even got Vin, the Club Chairman on the Mic.!!

Thank you for your efforts at actually erecting the Station and tearing it down after.

It definitely took less time taking it down.!!   For the M6 and M3 troops, it was great

experience handling pile ups that otherwise would not have been gained in normal

operations and Eric and I were really impressed at the superb way in which you rose

to the challenge.   Definitely some rising stars there. One DL Station even commented

that he had persevered for half an hour to get GB2RD in his Log.! Thanks also to Denis,

Lorne, Wally and Sergei for unstintingly giving up their Saturdays to erect the VHF, HF and

4m Station offering advice, and and staying till the end and helping us ensure the legalities

of Supervision were there, and to the Committee Members who gave us Moral support.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as Eric and I did, and hope you will be able to join us

for Museums on the Air in 2010, some time in June....date TBA. It was an unusual

QTH and was definitely different.!    If I have missed anybody, my apologies.

73's

Colin M0XSM

Well done Colin a champion effort.

Some more links and information

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/66219

http://www.ukattraction.com/southern-england/museum-berkshire.htm

http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Berkshire/Woodley/Berkshire_Museum_of_Aviation