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Humber Fortress are GO

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On Sunday 1/6/2014 the lads and lassies of HFDXARC descended on Spike G0CVL and his lovely Wife Sara.
A mammoth garden needed help after Spike had some illness.

So like Thunderbirds,s, we rushed to the rescue.

Andy G7LRR and wife Linda M6LGN, Charlie 2E0CIK, Pat 2E0KCW and wife Kay, Kevin 2E0KVK and Valerie M6OGK, John M0JBA, Dave G4ASA, Jon M6HDX and Son Elliot, Lenny M6LRR, all volunteered to help Spike tackle his encroaching jungle.

And tackle it they did! though the weather was scorching the lads and lassies Dug, Chopped, Strimmed, Sawed and burned, and cleared vast swathes of the garden, no mean feat considering the size of the said forest.
Ever the great host’s food and drinks were provided in plenty everyone worked & laughed the whole day, and gained a few scratches & sunburn also.
Still, more to do ( hint hint ) but all jokes aside, Spike and Sara are really pleased and grateful for what has been done by the team.
So all in all, another good rescue by the HFDXARC heroes back to base guys over and out.

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SPDX Team

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This weekend gone, saw the coming together of a partnership. One that took on the world in the Polish DX contest, and on initial feelings produced a grand score.

For the 24 hours period of operating, Marcin (M0GLV) and Kevin (2E0KVK) were locked in the shack throughout and operated over 5 different bands in their bid to do well in this contest. During the operating period, they were visited by other members of the club who gave both moral as well as sustenance support. These guys were not going to give in to the lure of sleep

Come midday on the Sunday, these two operators looked like they needed to sleep for a week. With an overdose of caffeine, they went their separate ways, home to bed. Left behind was the log, with a terrific 637 contacts.

Well done lads.

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GB0BB 15th 16th MARCH

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The Humber Fortress DX ARC will be activating GB0BB on the weekend of the 15th & 16th March 2014 from Fort Paull, East Yorkshire, where our club station is located, celebrating the 9th anniversary of this unique aircraft (the last remaining one of it’s type in the world) been located here at Fort Paull.
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We welcome operators & guest’s far and wide to our activations.

Those with campers/tents can be accommodate for a very small overnight fee which goes to the renovation fund at Fort Paull as the site receives NO funding from any organizations.

There are toilet facilities, and visitors to the club will be welcomed with a hot drink etc…
A special QSL card will be available for all stations worked over the weekend, showing the Blackburn Beverley in all it’s splendor.

To obtain your QSL card, please send a SSAE to the QSL Manager, G1TDN

IRCs are no longer Valid in the UK.
Anybody who wishes to attend be it for a day or the full weekend, then please contact our events co-coordinator (Pat Walsh)

Details may be found at the following web sites

Pat Walsh (Events Co-ordinator).
Humber Fortress DX ARC.

www.hfdxarc.co.uk

Fort Paull museum.

www.fortpaull.com

The plane was originally built at British Aerospace in Brough and made its final flight into Paull Aerodrome just outside the village, it remained there for ten years before being moved to the Beverley Army Museum where it was a focal point for visitors for several years. When the museum closed a bid was made by the Fort to purchase the aircraft. The bid was subsequently successful and in 2004 the Beverley returned home to Paull and opened to the public after re-assembly in 2005.

The staff at Fort Paull are extremely proud of this acquisition and are determined to preserve not just the fabric of the aircraft but also its history. Inside the aircraft you will find information regarding the history of the Blackburn Beverley and this specific aircraft in particular. You can also look around its massive frame and see just how much the plane could carry.

No visit to the Fort is complete without looking at the Blackburn Beverley.

Lots of information about the history of the XB259 can be found at beverley-association.org.uk

 

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Burns Supper with a difference

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Every Burns Supper has its own special form and flavour, though there are probably more similarities than differences among these gastro-literary affairs. Individual tastes and talents will determine the character of your Burns Supper. Some celebrants may contribute the composition of original songs or poems; some may excel at giving toasts or reciting verse; while others may be captivating storytellers. A particular group of celebrants will, over time, develop a unique group character which will distinguish their own skills in the form of erecting aerials while drinking whisky and to make it very stealth.

We started off on a whim, without any notion of traditional form, other than the idea that we would get Kevin 2E0KVK on the 160m Band before we drink whisky (not necessarily in that order).

With a little bit of planning anyone and every thing(well, almost anyone) was in place to erect Kevin’s Aerial and have a Burns Night celebration to boot. All that’s needed is a place to gather (gracious host Mr Kevin 2E0KVK), plenty of haggis and neeps to go around (splendid chefs Valerie M6OGK and Kevin 2E0KVK), the master of ceremonies (foolhardy once again Kevin mine host), friendly celebrants (you and your drouthy cronies), and good Scotch drink to keep you warm (105 rings a bell). With these ingredients, at least a few celebrants will be able to make prattling fools of themselves, trying to do justice to the words and spirit of Robert Burns.

And if everyone brings along a wee dram then each, in turn, may become an object of mirth and amusement to the gathered throng.

Be prepared to enjoy yourself beyond all expectation. With good cheer and gay company we all may, in short, be able to ring in the Bard’s birthday fou rarely.
I’ve found that most people, although they may be unaware of it, love to attend Burns Suppers as we all did at Kevin’s.

With casting lines over tall trees and placing matching units at the base of an inverted L to elevating radials this was all done on the cold rainy day of Burns Super.

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