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Comic Relief is a registered charity 326568. GB5RND was a special event station which tood place on the 11th of March 2005 and again on the 16th of March 2007, Red Nose Day. The station was sponsered by many to raise money for Comic Relief. The really great thing about Red Nose Day is that you can do pretty much what you fancy as long as it raises lots of money! We operated on most HF bands and 2m 6m and 70cm. The pile ups on 20m and 40m were unbelievable - a big thank you to all who called us and supported our fun day on the air. There will be a special QSL card available and you can QSL via the buro or direct. SAE/IRC or donations accepted. Okay on QRZ.com GB5RND was a life changing event - we will be back in 2009.
A special thanks to all those who assisted in setting up or the running of GB5RND,
A few callsigns that come to mind are, G0JJR,M1ERS, M3VCQ, M3FMF, M3FMG, M3DRE, M0GDX, M3EZX, M0CRV, G0IYV and to G0TKO and XYL Sonia, G4FAL for the use of his tower and for their special guest appearances and to 2E0TWS for the loan of his FT1000MP Mk V.
More pictures to come! Watch this space.........
Equipment in use at GB5RND
FT1000, TS930S,2x FT987, 2 x UK Linear Amp 811K amplifiers (400watts)Logging software by G4FAL
MFJ and Kenwood ATU's
Mono band dipoles for 80m and 40m and aTH3 Jnr tri band yagi up at 40ft.
2m co-linear and a 7 el yagi on 70cm.
Problems were encountered with radiation patterns on all antenna's due to the metal structure of the dome building - we wanted to put a vertical on the top of one of the metal domes but the University were not so keen, a bit of shame I think the results would have been interesting!
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