Special Event stations
Lighthouses and Lightships Weekend GB0NFL 2015
We set up as usual in Joss Bay car park overlooking the beach. The usual dipole antennas and a 100W HF SSB transceiver powered by a 12V - 110 Amp-hrs battery were used of which the Club owns two. A fully charged battery provides approximately six hours of operation. The silvery-fronted box atop the transceiver […]
International Museums on the Air at the Spitfire Museum GB1MSM
On the Saturday we were ‘fishing’, looking for the other museums on the air. There were several frustating pile-ups but we managed to contact quite a few of the other Museum stations. The National Museum of Flight Scotland near Edinburgh GB2MOF boasted that they also had a Spitfire but Manston’s display is much better. GB4WLM […]
Mills on the Air 2015
Mills on the Air again was a great success. This year, the GB2WM ‘shack’ was in the White Mill proper, one flight up on very steep stairs. That weekend, 9-10 May various crafts and culinary demonstrations were going on in addition to the permanent museum display, and all those climbing higher up in the mill […]
Thinking Day on the Air GB2TGU 2015
The Brownies from St John’s Margate had a wonderful time earning their communicator badge as part of the Guides Thinking Day on the Air celebration. They enjoyed several challenges which taught them about communication. They communicated with each other using Morse code, they tracked down a ‘fox’ which was transmitting Morse, they used ‘walkie-talkies’ practising […]
SOS Radio Week GB1MLS 2015
The club enjoyed the hospitality of the Margate Lifeboat Station as part of the SOS Radio Week. They operated nearly every day of the week making many contacts in this country and abroad. Cadets from the Holy Trinity Sea Scouts sent a greetings message as the club was operating a special event station using the […]
World Space Week GB2WSW
The FUNcube satellite set-up was demonstrated at the Thanet Observatory over the weekend as part of World Space Week. A special event radio station, with the call sign GB2WSW, was also operated within the Observatory and the photo shows Chris Turner and Bob MacDonald speaking to other radio enthusiasts across the country. The club set […]
Railways on the Air GB1CTM 2014
The Hilderstone club celebrated the work of Thomas Crampton, the famous locomotive designer and engineer who was born in Broadstairs, as part of the special radio event ‘Railways on the Air’. Using the callsign GB1CTM, Crampton Tower Museum, members enjoyed making radio contact with other groups at railway venues around the United Kingdom and Europe, […]
Lighthouses and Lightships Weekend GB0NFL 2014
The members enjoyed an excellent weekend operating from the Joss Bay cliff top, close to the North Foreland Lighthouse as part of the International Lighthouse and Lightships weekend. They enjoyed making contacts with other stations near lighthouses across the UK and Europe using the special call sign GB0NFL. The photo shows Chris Turner, Harry Donovan, […]
International museums on the air 2014
The members had a wonderful day celebrating the International Museums Weekend at the Manston Spitfire and Hurricane museum. Early in the morning we set up a large tent in the grounds and erected our aerials. Contacts were made with other museums across the country and in Europe on the amateur radio frequencies. It was an […]
Museums on the Air 2014
The Museum of Welsh Life, the National Coalmining Museum and the Scottish Maritime Museum were among the many museums around the country contacted by the Hilderstone Radio Club during the International Museums weekend. We were based at the White Mill windmill in Sandwich which has a heritage museum. The windmill was built in 1760 and […]
