The Museums on the Air Special Event Station will be held again on Saturday 18th June and Sunday 19th June 2011. This is a Club Supported event, and RADARC is offering Financial Support as well as providing any equipment which we need to operate the Station. What we DO need, is help to set the station up, in Antenna Erection (VHF & HF) and in tear down on the 19th. We hope to get access on Friday 17th, evening, to set up this year.
As before, we will operate in the Foyer of the Museum of Berkshire Aviation, in Mohawk Way Woodley, and Refreshment via the Museum Volunteers will be available all weekend. The Museum will be open on both days, and Members are invited to have a look around, but we would ask you to note that they rely on entrance fees to survive, so your understanding in noting that there will be a modest charge to visit this fascinating museum charting the history of Aviation in Berkshire in general, and the Old Woodley Airfield in particular. Over the past two years we have forged close links with the Museum and the site is ideal for mounting this type of operation with maximum benefit to both our organisations, not to mention comfort to the Operators.!! We would like to operate on CW during the weekend, so if -.-. .-- is your thing, please sign up to operate over the weekend. VHF likewise, and HF on the main Station. This is an ideal event for newer operators to hone their techniques under the watchful eye of full licence holders (Max 400 Watts guys.!!) so new licence holders from the 26th March
Foundation examination are most welcome. It would be appreciated if you could send me a short email to confirm your participation and indicate if you are able to help on the set up/tear down.
Colin moxsm@radarc.org to offer your help.
Past events & Pictures
Colin M0XSM & Eric M0LUV organised events in previous years at the Museum of Berkshire Aviation pictures below
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 BerkshireAviation. You got the name of the Club out there, and into Europe and worked some96 Stations on HF and some 20 VHF/UHF. I haven't done the stats but will checkcountries 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 greatexperience handling pile ups that otherwise would not have been gained in normaloperations and Eric and I were really impressed at the superb way in which you roseto the challenge. Definitely some rising stars there. One DL Station even commentedthat 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 and4m Station offering advice, and and staying till the end and helping us ensure the legalitiesof 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 usfor Museums on the Air in 2010, some time in June....date TBA. It was an unusualQTH and was definitely different.! If I have missed anybody, my apologies.73'sColin M0XSM
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