CARS, the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society, is operating from the Oaklands House Museum in Chelmsford today, Saturday 14th April 2012.
Despite a troublesome start with serious HF problems due to local RF noise from the museum’s air conditioning plant, the CARS team was able to get an HF rig working nicely, racking up several contacts using the callsign of GB100MWT.
As of 1200GMT, CARS is operating on 40 metres, 7.183MHz with callsign GB100MWT. The day’s operation is a special event station from Chelmsford, the home of wireless, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fateful voyage of the RMS Titanic.
Here’s a picture of the amateur radio setup at Oaklands House:
Oaklands House was built in the 1860 for Frederick Wells, a director of the Chelmsford Brewery. It now houses a collection of exhibits, including some items relating to wireless transmission from Chelmsford.
For a full report on the day’s operation, plus other Titanic activities this weekend, go to www.g0mwt.org.uk
It was nic to see you today at oaklands museum chelmsford
and jim two.
all the best
James 2E1GUA
Good to see you too James, and well done for racking up so many contacts!
Peter,
Lovely to see you and the family.
Great video and thanks for logging on Sunday at BAE Systems.
In all I have a feeling we exceeded 1,000 Contacts for the Titanic Event.
We were able to remind the World that all equipment involved with the RMS Titanic rescue was designed, made in Chelmsford and Operated by Marconi Staff – wonderful.
John G8DET. C.Eng. MIET. Chairman of CARS.
Hi John,
Thanks for the kind words. A really great weekend. I enjoyed being part of GB100MWT over the weekend, and hope we’ve spread the word about the hobby, and about Chelmsford’s place in the history books. See you at Sandford Mill next week!
Using GB100MWT I worked a few to add to the list. Some of these were PP5EG on Katrina Island, southern Brazil. N3HBT near Philadelphia, Pensylvania USA. OH3NDH near Helsinki, Finland. RA1AFR St. Petersburg, Russia .VE1AL Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia. VK5AEP Port Lincoln, Southern Australia. ZL1BJQ, Glen Eden,Auckland, New Zealand VK2ETW in Coonabarabran, NSW Australia. Vk7BRY in Hobart, Tasmania