Club House Make over

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Club House Makeover

 

Sunset over HF.DX A.R.Csunset

Sunset over the Humber Fortress D.X.A.R.C

Well, the club members have been busy down at the Humber Fortress D.X.A.R.C headquarters over the winter months giving their clubhouse a full makeover.

Kitchen

With work taking place in the kitchen area, once it was painted out it is looking like new once again.

Radio Room

The radio room has had the ceiling lowered and painted, this was done to save on heating and we all agree it is a lot warmer in there this winter.

Club Room

The club room with its new heating system has become more relaxing and sociable for members and guests to relax and enjoy. A computer has been installed in a corner giving access to the club logging system, enabling members to watch event logging in real, as well as general internet and email use.

Club Trailer

With the clubhouse work complete, the membership can now turn its hands to helping Kevin (M6OZY) to complete the Club trailer in time for this year’s up-and-coming events. We are sure once our interior designer is back from his sick leave we will see some design layouts and we can then all get stuck in and get this ‘show on the road’ as they say.

Workshop Room

The next club project will be the ‘project and workshop room’ next door. It would be great if we were to manage to get this completed before the winter is over and the fort reopens for the summer.

Some photos of the work done so far: Enjoy.

The committee would like to thank all the members and guests for their time and assistance this winter in getting the club refurbishments completed so fast. This has freed up valuable time to complete our new mobile shack.

Regards

Andy G7LRR Chairman

Simon 2E0HDX Vice Chairman

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GB0BB Blackburn Beverley week-end 16th – 18th march 7th anniversary at fort paul

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16th – 18th march

Blackburn Beverley week-end 7th anniversary of been at Fort Paull  GB0BB  from the Club House.

All members and guest operators whom would like to take part in the event and those whom would like to camp over the weekend in tents or caravan this will cost £5.00 per night per pitch.

please let Bob Lane M0RWL E-mail Bob as to what days and time you would like to operate or would like to camp over for the weekend.

you must be self contained for this event tolets and water are on site and local shops are 5 – 10mins mins away by car.

One of the Fort paull’s most impressive exhibits is the World’s only surviving Blackburn Beverley Aircraft.

Blackburn Beverley GB0BB 18th - 20th march

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 2005 the Beverley returned home to Paull.

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.

 

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Mobile shack arrives at the Humber Fortress DX A.R.C

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The Humber Fortress DX ARC has taken delivery of their mobile radio shack which replaces the old caravan.

The mobile unit is an ex-B.T. box workshop which is trailer mounted, and boast’s enough space for up to 3 radio stations. Beforehe onsetthe  of bad weather, the trailer was stripped down to the carcass and is already for fitting out as the new mobile shack.

Work will recommence once the plans are finalized on the internal layout, and the box is ready for remounting onto the chassis.

The funds to purchase the mobile unit were raised by the club members in the form of donations, a club stall at the recent Hornsea radio rally, and items donated and sold on eBay. So to the members, we thank you for a great effort.

The events calendar for 2012 is busy and I am sure that this mobile shack will be a great asset to the club and again endorses what we are about: Active radio; Promoting and enjoying Amateur Radio.

We will post more pictures as work progresses through the build.

Cheers…Simon…Vice chairman…..H.F.D.X.ARC

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Humber Fortress DX A.R.C. spend an evening with the Cottingham Girl Guides.

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The evening of Wednesday 5th October 2011 saw members of the Humber Fortress DX A.R.C attend an evening with the Cottingham Girl Guides group.

Simon Hewick, (2E0HDX), John Cunliffe (G6LNV), Bob Lane (M0RWL), and Charlie Store (M6ABY) visited the group to help with the communication badge award and to offer an introduction to radio communications.

After a short introduction by Simon (2E0HDX), Bob (M0RWL) gave a short presentation on “Communication through the ages”. John (G6LNV) then introduced the girls to waveforms and some of the different aspects of radio before they split into groups to undertake the “Radio procedure”. This involved the girls having a short QSO with a couple of other club members, Andy (G7LRR) and Dennis (G1EYY) who were at their homes ready to get replies to the QSO.

It is an honour to say that all the Girl Guides passed with flying colours their ‘Radio Procedures’. Afterwards, Charlie (M6ABY) demonstrated some of his own projects that he is working on, including a crystal radio set and various other radio receivers, while Simon (2E0HDX) was happy at showing his skills with morse code.

As with all good things they have to end, our final farewell was to present a certificate to all those that passed their ‘Radio Procedures’ exam that evening.

Our thanks to Helen and her team for inviting us to a wonderful night from all at Humber Fortress DX A.R.C

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