Special Event News – 15 October 2017

| October 13, 2017

On 21 October, members of Wrexham Amateur Radio Society will put on a special event station during the open day at the Brymbo Heritage Project. Using the call sign GB1BSW they will be active on HF and VHF, looking for contacts in this country and all around the world. Feel free to pop along and have a go at talking to the world without wires, whether or not you’re licensed.

Solihull Amateur Radio Society will be running two Jamboree on the Air stations on 21 October. GB1NSS will be on the air for Nelson Sea Scouts in Solihull and GB0SDB will be active in Birmingham.

From the 20th to the 22nd Watcombe Radio Club is running JOTA station GB3TBS for Torbay Borough Scouts at the Torbay District Scout Camp in Torquay. Celebrating 60 years of Jamboree on the Air, the station will operate on Friday, before the official start of JOTA, from 7am to midnight. Saturday hours will be 9.30am to 8pm and on Sunday it’s 10am to 1pm. Scouts are expected to attend all three sessions and pass greetings messages. There will also be an amateur television station thanks to local members of the British Amateur Television Club. The first event in 1957 included an ATV station so this seems rather appropriate.

Grey Point Fort Amateur Radio Society will be operating JOTA and Jamboree on the Internet, JOTI, with Bangor West Explorer Scouts. Activity will be from 10am to 4pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Grey Point Fort, Fort Road, Helen’s Bay, Crawfordsburn, Co. Down BT19 1PU. There will be a talk-in station and attractions include family activities and special interest groups. Contact Stephen McFarland, GB0GPF, on 028 9263 4315 or email greypointfort@hotmail.co.uk.

Perth Repeater Group is running a JOTA event with 1st Perthshire Pitlochry Scout Group next Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 6pm. Operations will be at Atholl Road, Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5BX. Contact Martin Hobson, GS0PRG, on 01796 472 140 or email martin.hobson@btinternet.com.

Coventry Amateur Radio Society is taking part in JOTA next Saturday and Sunday, supporting the Coventry Minotaur Unit. GB0CMU will be on the air from The Scout Headquarters, Partidge Croft, Coventry.

Category: GB2RS Special Events