to be held at
H.A.D.A.R.S Hull & District Amateur Radio Society CLUBHOUSE
Goathland Close ( Walton Street ) Hull
On Sunday 5th of June 2011: Open at 12 Noon and sale starts at 1.30 pm.
Bring and Buy ( All Items sold on the day 10% to Club Funds.)
Also BBQ (And Refreshments)before the sale starts
To book any Items before the sale then Call (Keith) ON 01482 217776
On Saturday 16th April 2011, MX0HFC, The Humber Fortress DX ARC
Welcomed the first overseas visitors to the club.
Gerry (LA0HK) & Christine (LA9CSA) had driven to East Yorkshire to visit Peter Rodmell (G3ZRS) & Gwen, Peter’s Wife While they were in the Area, Peter brought Gerry & Christine to the fort for a look around the new radio club the Humber Fortress DX ARC, which is based on the Historic site of Fort Paull, an old Napoleonic Fortress on the River Humber Estuary.
Andy (G7LRR) the club chairman, welcomed the visitors & gave them a guided tour around the fort & the radio club.
The tour of the fort comprised a visit to the attractions, a brief history of the fort, as well as a look onboard one of the fort’s main attractions, the Blackburn Beverley aircraft, which is the only one of its kind left in the world.
The tour also involved a trek down some of the long underground tunnels around the fort.
The views from the embankment that borders the River Humber Estuary were spectacular. The Humber Bridge could easily be seen in the distance, as could the North Sea Ferries, moored up at the Hull Terminal.
Perhaps the best view was of the fort & attractions themselves. The 13-acre site was most impressive, especially on a glorious day full of sunshine. The vantage point also showed how close to the saltwater of the River Humber M0HFC’s aerials are.
The two main aerials at the club are:
A Three element Tribander for 10, 15 & 20m.
A Large Doublet for 160m to 10m.
When the tour of the fort was complete, the visitors had a bite to eat in the “Duke of York” bar/restaurant which is alongside the radio club and the fort’s own bar.
Finally, the visitors returned to the radio club for a relaxed chat & refreshments, with some of the members, who were in attendance:
Andy (G7LRR) Club Chairman
Phil (M0VEY)
Jason (M0MGF)
Frank (M6FPF) (Fort Paul Frank) caretaker of the fort.
Before departing after some three-plus hours of entertainment.
The photos that accompany this article show the visitors & some of the attractions at the fort.
We look forward to many more visitors to our radio club, both Nationally & Internationally.
Article by Phil (M0VEY)
Hi all…
Humber Fortress DX ARC would like to thank all the stations that worked our
special event station GB0BB over the weekend 18th-20th March 2011.
We had well over 1050 contacts logged and over 2,000 hits on the club website
and QRZ.COM!
Around 130 countries were worked between 80m 40m and 20Mtrs.
We will begin sending out QSL cards over the next coming month so
please be patient.
Hope to see or hear you all at our other special events planned throughout 2011
to which details can be found on… club website.
http://www.hfdxarc.co.uk
or
http://www.qrz.com (club call…..MX0HFC)
Many thanks……….Simon…..Vice Chairman
Humber Fortress DX ARC…….
When Ofcom issued the ‘lifetime’ Amateur Radio Licence in December 2006, it said that all Amateurs had to revalidate their license every 5 years at the latest.
This meant 2012, but since this year coincides with the London Olympics, they have now added another year of grace to make it 2013.
However, revalidating can be done at any time and it will give you another 5 years. So better to do it today than accidentally forget about it in 2012/13.
Should you discover that you’ve forgotten your Ofcom online licensing username/password/old email address then contact the Amateur Radio department at Ofcom on 0300 123 3333 or 020 7981 3040 Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, email
Remember the hard-working and dedicated staff in the Amateur Radio division at Ofcom didn’t create the current online licensing system so please be polite when raising queries with them.
You can log in to the Ofcom online licence service at
https://services.ofcom.org.uk/
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