Flatholm Island Expedition GB5FI 26-30th Aug

The following information on the Flatholm Island Expedition from AMSAT-UK Committee member Ken GW1FKY. Listen out for them on HF and the satellites.

73 Trevor M5AKA

Apologies to all for this late information, but I wanted to be sure before I issued it that I was available to join the team for the expedition.

Barry Amateur Radio Society (South Wales - UK) are making their annual trip to Flatholm Island located in the Bristol Channel - UK.

The visit pays homage to the occasion when Marconi made a historic radio transmission and proved that radio waves would travel across water.

The special event call sign for the club station is GB5FI (Flatholm Island) Date of operation: 26th -30th August 2005
WAB square: ST26
Locator: IO81K
EU 124
Also a Lighthouse ref: Wales 0007 for those collecting QSL contacts. Location: N51 deg 29.69 minutes, W003 deg. 33.59 minutes

This is also now a very rare Dx location as the ref. point is only activated by the team's visit each year.

Operations are in general on the HF bands - however, I will be taking with me my portable equipment which includes an Arrow antenna to try to make contacts via the amateur satellites that are active during this period.

QSL information: Direct via GW0ANA or via your Radio Society's normal routes. Good Luck and I hope that we have success in short QSO.

Ken Eaton
GW1FKY

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