Poole Radio Society – 40th Anniversary
Introduction
During October 2016, Poole Radio Society celebrated its 40th Anniversary.
Celebratory Lunch
We will be having a celebratory lunch on Sunday 20th November at Playgolf Bournemouth. This is in Riverside Avenue, off Castle Lane, Bournemouth. Bookings for this are now closed.
GB40PR
As part of our celebrations, we operated GB40PR during October from a variety of locations in South-East Dorset.
Date |
Locator WAB |
Location |
Bands/Modes |
Main Operator |
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Saturday 1st October |
IO80XT ST90 |
80m to 10m SSB & CW |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Sunday 2nd October |
IO80XT ST90 |
80m to 10m SSB & CW |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Monday 3rd October |
IO80XT ST90 |
80m to 10m SSB & CW |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Tuesday 4th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
40m to 10m SSB & Data |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Wednesday 5th October |
IO80XO SY97 |
40m to 10m SSB, CW, Data |
Phil Ciotti G3XBZ |
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Thursday 6th October |
IO80XO SY97 |
40m to 10m SSB, CW, Data |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Friday 7th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
40m to 10m SSB, CW, Data |
Colin Redwood G6MXL |
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Saturday 8th October |
IO80XP SY98 |
40m to 10m SSB & CW |
David Mason G3ZPR |
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Sunday 9th October |
IO80XP SY98 |
40m to 10m SSB, CW, Data |
David Mason G3ZPR |
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Monday 10th October |
IO80XP SY98 |
40m to 10m SSB & CW |
David Mason G3ZPR |
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Tuesday 11th October |
IO90AR SZ09 |
40m to 10m SSB & Data |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Wednesday 12th October |
IO90AP SZ08 |
40m to 10m SSB & CW |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Thursday 13th October |
IO90AR SZ09 |
40m to 10m SSB & CW |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Friday 14th October |
IO90AR SZ09 |
40m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Saturday 15th October |
IO90AS SZ09 |
40m to 10m |
Colin Davis G0JII |
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Sunday 16th October |
IO90AS SZ09 |
40m to 10m |
Colin Davis G0JII |
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Monday 17th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
80m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Tuesday 18th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
40m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Wednesday 19th October |
IO90AQ SZ08 |
40m to 10m |
Bill Combes G4ERV |
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Thursday 20th October |
IO90AQ SZ08 |
40m to 10m |
John Button G8JMB |
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Friday 21st October |
IO90AQ SZ08 |
40m to 10m |
John Button G8JMB |
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Saturday 22nd October |
IO80WP SY88 |
40m to 70cm |
Dave Mason G3ZPR |
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Sunday 23rd October |
IO80WP SY88 |
40m to 70cm |
Dave Mason G3ZPR |
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Monday 24th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
40m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Tuesday 25th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
40m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Wednesday 26th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
40m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Thursday 27th October |
IO80XR SY99 |
40m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
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Friday 28th October |
IO90AR SZ09 |
40m to 10m |
Alan Walker G4UWS |
The Venues
Kingston Lacey
We were at Kingston Lacey on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of October (Saturday, Sunday, Monday).
Kingston Lacey is a National Trust Property to the West of Wimborne off the road to Blandford Forum.
Lake Pier, Hamworthy
We were at Lake
Pier on Tuesday 4th, Friday 7th and Monday 17th
October.
Worth Matravers – Car Park
We were at Worth Matravers Car Park on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th October.
Norden Station
We were at Norden Station on Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th and Monday 10th October.
Norden Station is on the Swanage Railway just to the North of Corfe Castle. Trains were running each day.
Poole Museum
We were at
Poole Museum on Tuesday 11th and Thursday 13th October.
Poole Museum is located near Poole Quay at the bottom of Poole High Street.
Beach Hut, Studland
We were operating from a beach hut in Studland on Wednesday 12th October.
St Dunstan’s Church Hall
We were operating from St Dunstan’s Church Hall on Friday 14th October and Friday 28th October. This is our normal meeting venue ST. OSMUND’S HALL, in Florence Road, Poole, BH14 9JF at the rear of St. Dunstan of Canterbury Orthodox Church, Bournemouth Road, Lower Parkstone.
Butchers Coppice
We were at Butchers Coppice for the Scouts Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) over the weekend of Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October.
Hamworthy Park
We were at Hamworthy Park on Tuesday 18th, Monday 24th, Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th October.
Haven Hotel,
Sandbanks
We were at the Haven Hotel in Sandbanks on Wednesday 19th October in the Marconi Room.
The Haven Hotel was used by Marconi for many of his radio experiments over 100 years ago.
Poole Yacht Club
We were at Poole Yacht Club on Thursday 20th and Friday 21st October.
Povington Hill / Whiteways
We were at Povington Hill (also known as Whiteways) on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd October.