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GB0EY East Yorkshire

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With Covid, lock-down lifted the Club came up with an event to get going at short notice. Yorkshire day 1st August Celebrate all things Yorkshire when the UK’s largest county comes together to indulge in vast quantities of regional pride.

An NOV has gained GB0EY the call setup, with the table set and the event can begin, we were lucky that we have nice big bays on each station setup with screens in-between ideal for social distancing

Kevin M0KVK and Marcin M0GLV kicked off the Event.

kevin M0KVK in the seat

Kevin M0KVK in the 20m 15m 10m chair

Marcin M0GLV
Marcin M0GLV takes over later from Kevin.

Phil M0VEY showing all of us how to operate his Icom 7300 which he brought for the weekend on the 160m and 40m Station position.

Phil also doubles up as the catering manager for the Weekend with hotdogs and burgers being all the rage.

Band conditions were very favorable, enabling us to work station in Japan, USA day and night as well as Europe at the same time.

All in all our first event back after lockdown and Covid19 has gone very good, working lots of DX and with what looks like this year being very good for sunspots the bands are very good.

Places we worked over the weekend with 437 contacts been made.

Big thank you to all members that came along and supported the event.

Watch out for our next event GB2SL lighthouses on the air coming from Spurn point on 21st to 22nd August 2021. 

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Lock Down Project At the Club

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During Lockdown once allowed, we had a few projects to keep us busy for a good few months.

One was repainting the Clubs mobile trailer that needed a well-earned lick of paint.

thanks to Kevin M0KVK, Ian M1DHJ, Andy G7LRR, Paul 2E0EPW, Mike.

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Thanks to Andy M0TTL for Donating a 12 element long boom yagi for 2m, Which we managed to get up on top of the Mill with good teamwork and is working very well.

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Birthday Boy Gets Go Ahead For Annual Outing

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After missing out on his annual Birthday outing last year 2020 (because of Covid 19) Andy G7LRR plans his outing this year, to operate his birthday station for Lighthouse on the Air from JO03BN.
If you are wondering where that is, it is Spurn Head, the spit of land at the mouth of the River Humber, now a nature reserve run by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust ( https://ywt.org.uk )
Over the last few years, the Humber Fortress DX ARC has had the privilege to have worked with YWT in operating from this rarely used locator square. (always around Andys birthday) The lighthouse is not operational anymore but acts as the visitor centre, still standing proud after all the years being bashed by the North Sea storms.
Logistics for getting on to the point for the event are dependent on tides, and for the 10 intrepid operators out on the point, which is nearly an island now since the breach a few years ago, becomes very isolated and dark, so dark you can see the night sky without the glare from modern life.
You have to be aware there is more wildlife than birds out there, foxes and stags are common, so take a torch at night and stay on the paths, during the day don’t touch the caterpillars.
Back to radio, I think I am going to save more for a follow-up after the event, I can include photos then. Listen out for GB2SL on most bands for the Lighthouse on the Air Weekend 21st and 22nd August, with lighthouse numbers Spurn High UK 0080 and Spurn Low 0081 coming from JO 03 BN.

Due to the tides, pack up will begin at about 14:30/15:00, hrs GMT or we will miss our lift until tomorrow, Monday 23rd

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
Association of Lighthouse Keepers
Humber Fortress DX ARC.

73
John G6LNV
HFDXARC

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Phil M0VEY New Toy

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I just bought a secondhand Palstar AT4K ATU.. Just taken the atu out of my car and into the m0vey shack…

The first thing most of us would do is connect it up to the Transceiver and aerials in the shack… But not me..

First thing I want to do is take the cover off & see what’s going on “under the bonnet”..

Especially as the previous owner told me that it had been in storage over a year while he’d moved QTH…

Armed with this knowledge, I thought the first thing to do was give the atu an inspection & see if it wanted a service..

At first glance it looked quite tidy, but if you look close at the first 2 pics, you can see Mister Spider ??has been busy spinning a couple of webs ??..

These were soon removed with the hoover & duster combination..

All controls were checked for smooth operation & the Roller Coaster was also cleaned..

Mister Sheen shone the inside & outside of the lid & the covers were then put back on..

12v DC was connected & the lamp inside the cross needle meter lit up.. 

All in all a nice ATU.

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