Cray Valley Radio Society's Battle of Trafalgar celebrations

More details have emerged about the Cray Valley Radio Society’s special event station to mark the bi-centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar – the legendary naval skirmish that foiled Napoleon’s plot to invade England and established Britain as the world’s dominant naval power.

To celebrate the battle, members of Cray Valley Radio Society will be operating from the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, South East London from Monday 17 to Monday 24 October. The callsign for the event is due to be issued imminently.

The special event station is expected to make at least 10,000 QSOs during the eight-day operation. It will be active on all bands from 3.5MHz to 432MHz from 8am to 10pm daily on SSB, CW and the digital modes using transceivers loaned from Icom UK and an Acom 1010 linear amplifier lent by Vine Antenna Products.

There will be an award scheme for those contacting the station. Full details will be available through a specially designed website, and special QSL cards will be available from Cray Valley’s QSL manager Owen Cross, G4DFI.

The Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society will also be commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar, operating using the callsign GB200RN. The HMS Belfast, moored on the River Thames at London Bridge, will also be on the air during the celebrations as GB2OOT.

Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB

See also:
Icom support Special Event Station celebrating the bi-centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar

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