Humber Fortress DX Amateur Radio Club ( M0HFC & MX0HFC & M6C )

HF DX ARC would like to invite all local amateurs that are interested in amateur radio or want to join this great hobby to open day at the new HQ now based at Millhouse, Haven Road, Patrington ,HU12 0PS.
On Saturday 30th November 9:00am till 3PM.
If you would like to become a member and find out more this is your chance.
Tea and coffee are on hand, hot dogs and a burger at around noon .
If you would like come along please email for directions and parking , this also helps us know how many to cook for .

See you on the 30th

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The club has a new home now,

After ten years of been located at Fort Paull , we have made a move to Patrington , where we have more easy access for some of our ageing membership,

Mill-house on haven road Patrington is a good move as we have more room , we have spent deal of great time planning the layout, lots of hours have gone into making club something all the members can be proud off.

Bob M0RWL and Andy G7LRR have been the driving force and designers getting things sorted.

The club is now is based on two floors.

Snug area, kitchen,admin,and radio room all on the ground floor ,

With patio for them nice summer days and nights.

Upstairs is our main workshop and storage area, also rest area for overnight operators to get some rest on events or contests.

With the new club house ready we are once again opening the membership up to local hams , so please come and see what we are about ,we meet every Friday from 7pm onwards.

Contact details are on the site. Please let us know by Email or phone before you come for directions and car parking information.

The picture’s below are of this years CQWW contest that the members rushed to do , but we can a great time doing it,

Working over a 1000 QSO’s and scoring over 404,456 points on our first contest from Millhouse.

We have found a few teething problems we need to iron out, but all in all the stations run smoothly.

Hope you hear us on the bands soon if so give us a call.

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This year once again the Humber Fortress DX ARC was invited to active Spurn lighthouse by Yorkshire Wildlife Trust for International Lighthouse and Lightships Weekend.
18th and 19th August 2018 was the date this year, 3 weeks before the work had to begin planning this event.
First you need a fit team of operators as the Lighthouse has 146 steps, hard work when you think over the weekend you may climb them up and down 20 times or so, it is hard work.
New wire aerials are made each year as we like to test new ones out at the lighthouse, it not often you get a 130 feet skyhook to play with nowadays and it adds to the fun.

This year we had a 20m quad loop feeding it at corners middle and sides to see what happens, 40m Dipole a good fall back to have, W3DZZ covering 10m to 80m a good all-rounder with gain.
Coax and Radios are tested and packed all ready for the weekend ahead.

 

The Team is briefed on whom will do want and how we go about in a safe manner, any event on this scale needs risk assessments, and running safety, with this in place we are all ready for the weekend ahead.
Saturday 18th comes quickly at its 6am and our Local DMR repeater GB7WI comes alive with the team starting their own journeys from home down to Spurn point, which is around 20-mile trip for most of us in the team.
Spurn point is now controlled access by the tide down to the Peninsula, and this Saturday we had a small window to get our lift to the lighthouse with all our equipment in the YWT Unimog and great truck to get down there.

At 8:30am Once all the Equipment and the team were loaded on the YWT Unimog, were ready for the trip down the Spurn peninsula to the Lighthouse, Rob from the YWT was our driver and guide to get down to the lighthouse.

The Trip down takes about 20 minutes and once at the Lighthouse, it was time to unload all our Equipment and let the fun begin.
Setup and pack down are always a hard Job on these events, saying that the team is now well trained and get the job done very fast now.
The team is split up into 3 groups.

One: team heading up the lighthouse to drop a rope from the top for a support the antennas.

Two: getting the Coax and support ropes and Wire Aerials ready and laid out to go.

Third: setting the operating tent up, as this year we wanted to try operating outside the lighthouse, as the weather was great and it was easier for the Public to come see what we were doing without having to climb to the third floor as the years before.

Once setup we were right to work and on the airways with our new member to the team this year John M0JDT, and within a few calls the pile begins.

All the team took turns in working the radio over the weekend, here a few pictures

Over the weekend we had over 365 QSO’s made on really poor band conditions.
We spoke to all of Europe and far a field to list a few
in Anguilla, Brazil , USA , India .
Lighthouse’s worked was 14 this year due to poor band conditions.
43 Country’s worked over the weekend.
Most QSO’s was made on 40m and 20m.

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This year once again the Humber Fortress DX Amateur Radio Club will be activating GB2SL over the weekend of 18th to 19th August from Spurn Point ‘High Light’ Lighthouse (Spurn Head Peninsula).

This the 25th anniversary of International Lighthouse and Lightships Weekend, we are telling  the world Spurn Lighthouse has been restored by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust . Join them and send a greetings message to the world.

 The present lighthouse was designed by Thomas Matthews and built by Stattens of Edinburgh in 1895 when the previous one was discovered to cracking. It stands on an artificial rock foundation that goes down 22 feet (7m) and took nearly two years to build. Later the oil lamp was converted to electricity (1941) and gas (1957) on which it ran until 1985 when it was last used. Made of 300,000 Staffordshire bricks, with a height of 128ft (39m) and 145 steps to the top landing,providing a spectacular view of Spurn nature reserve and the river Humber

 

Celebrate the restoration of Spurn High Light,and tell the world.

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