As promise some photos the room is well underway now and the progress has gone really well.
Thank you to all that turned out for the weekends to make it happen at last.
Our project manager for this was Mr Bob Lane M0RWL without Bobs input this would have never got started cheers Bob from all at the Club for your hard work and chasing about.
Some photos
Yes, Construction has begun on the new Project room at the Fort. The aim is to have a dedicated area where club members can work on antennas, radios, or anything else to that matter with out impeding the comfort of the others in the club.
This project has suffered several setbacks since its inception, notably from the weather – the severe lack of anything like nice weather over the last 6months, but now things are changing and a couple of skilled workers are beavering away constructing a nice environment that we can be rightly proud of.
If the weather remains good, there should be a good photo opportunity by next weekend were we will be able to show off the hard work of several dedicated people.
More to follow….
To help celebrate the centenial of the formation of the RSGB, the club will be activating the Call Sign “G100RSGB” during the month of March on the following dates: 1st, 5th, 8th and 12th March 2013. We intend to be active throughout the noted dates, and hopefully working on which ever Bands are open to UK operations.
When the club is transmitting, the club camera will be active so that you can monitor who it is that you are talking too at the other end of the ether.
Logs for the Special Event Station will be submitted within 24hrs of the end of the activation to the RSGB who will then upload them onto their online log.
We look forward to working as many people as we can with the SES, but please be patient. We will get around to you when we can, and WILL look out for QRP stations.
Their posse set off from Lincoln at 9 am and made good time arriving at the fort a little past 10:30 am. It seems that they arrived a little earlier, but decided to enjoy some of the outside of the fort before entering. After the initial introductions, between our parties, and of course the signing of the visitor’s book, we settled down to a civilized cuppa with some stickies. There was a little trouble from James (RAF) – he was determined to make the drinks, but he was a guest so was waited upon. Bob and James were interested in our little compact shack, and as soon as a straight key was provided, James was tapping away as if it was his favourite record.
After the refreshments, it was time for a guided tour of the fort and the facilities on offer. As we set off with Andy as the tour guide, James could be still heard in the distance tapping away. After a couple of moments though he caught up with the troupe, and enjoyed the tour. The tour took in much of the forts offerings, ranging from the fortifications of WW1 & WWII, back through time to the realm of Henry VIII, who commissioned the initial Fort. It was noted though, that all the cannons on the top of the fortifications were pointing towards Lincolnshire. Nearing the end of the tour, the on-site expert arrived, and Frank then talked about the Blackburn Beverley – the last surviving specimen, to which Don commented that he flew in them out of Singapore back in the 50s.
Well on completion it was back to the shack for some more refreshments (or beer for some that noticed the bar was open). James was again straight onto the key and worked well with a key in one hand, a beer in the other and a sandwich. After chewing the fat for a while, the RAF Waddington ARC called it a day and headed to the door for their trip back across the Humber Bridge and back to Lincoln. From those of us of the Humber Fortress DX ARC, we would like to say thank you for the visit, and we had a good time hosting you for the day. Maybe we will be able to meet up again in the future.
The following were the visiting members of RAF Waddington ARC:
Bob (G3VCA) – Chairman, Jeff (G6JLW), Margret (Jeff’s XYL), Don (M0CES), James (G0EUN), John (G4ZHG), and Keith (M3YHD)
And the hosting members:
Jason (M0MGF), Andy (G7LRR), Bob (M0RWL), Frank (2E0CIY), Sean (2E0SCA), and Trevor (G1TDN)
Regards
Jason (M0MGF) – Chairman
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