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

 

On Friday afternoon 27th of March saw members of the Humber Fortress DX A.R.C Steve 2E0NSQ and Andy G7LRR kick off the GB0BB Event, This is the first club event of the year and the 10th anniversary of the Blackburn Beverley XB259 being located Fort Paull and seemed a good one to start the year off with.

Steve got underway on 40m with his great operating style and sense of humour that so many love, within minutes he had a great pile up and was away for 4 hours solid  “we did bring him the odd cuppa to keep him going”.

Andy in the meantime was busy setting all PC,s and login system up, now all configured for the night time shift to get underway, we had PSK going CW, SSB from 160m to 2m band.

After tea other members of the club started to turn up Kevin 2E0KVK, Dave G4ASA , Jon M6HDX, Our new member Phil (aka Doc) along with John B M0JBA.

At midnight the CQWPX WW contest fired up and keeping a frequency was hard but the group carried on through the night on SSB then QSY’ed to PSK and CW.

This was a good move as good DX was worked throughout the night on both modes.

We worked a rotor system which seemed to work well Dave G4ASA worked hard all night on CW, while a few more of us relaxed on PSK31.

Saturday morning  saw a fresh bunch of operators turn up, Bob M0RWL John G6LNV and Mike G4VHM a guest operator and good CW op.

The night crew went home for some well earned sleep, Andy G7LRR returned later that day and stayed until 7pm with the day crew, it was decided with the contest being on we would not do the night shift on the Saturday but instead return at 9am for the Sunday.

Sunday morning saw Syd M1COV and Mike G4PYW along with hot sausage rolls (Cheers Mike) Bob M0RWL and Andy  G7LRR also turned up, 40m and 20m were the best bands to work and many called into the Station, the afternoon saw Andy M0TTL and Marcin M0GLV / SP4BHD turn up and have a good few contacts.

We had a nice suprize with Roman M0GOY / OK1KK and his family from he Czech Republic

walked into the radio shack on sunday

Roman had been a very active member in the making of the Club and our first mobile trailer back in 2010 before he went home to the Czech Republic so it was nice to see him again.

All in all the weekend went well and we are still able to operate until the 4th April so listen out.

we must also thank Trevor G1TDN as he works very had in the back ground doing all the QSL Cards for the Club and the Events

If you would like to see if your in the log this year please check this link out below.

online logbook

meet the Ops of the event GB0BB

Guest operator Mike G4VHM on CW

Club member can be seen on the link below

Meet the members

If you worked the event GB0BB then please sign our Guest book let us know how you found it

Guestbook Sign

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The Humber Fortress DX ARC will be activating GB0BB on the weekend of the 27th & 29th March 2015 from Fort Paull, East Yorkshire, where our club station is located, celebrating the 10th anniversary of this unique aircraft (the last remaining one of it’s type in the world) been located here at Fort Paull.

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 (Andy Nielsen G7LRR)

Details may be found at the following web sites

Andy Nielsen G7LRR (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

 

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.

Regards
Andy G7LRR
Events Co-ordinator

 

 

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