Report
on GB0CCF Activation
On
Friday night the 21st May Arthur MM0DHQ and Peter MM3PCM
took Arthur's caravan up to Cessnock Castle, and set up
the antenna, a 40 and 80m trapped dipole.
The next morning we arrived at the Castle and set up the
radio, the ICOM 706Mk2 G.
The Station activated at approx 10:20BST and ran till
15:20BST. After making a few calls on 20m with no response
we made a QSY to 40m a total of 94 QSO's were made. Stations
worked in mainland Europe, UK, Channel Is and Rep Ireland.
The WX was terrific with beautiful sunshine and a very
warm 20+C
Operators were :- MM0DHQ Arthur, MM3GDC Graham, MM1LBA
Allan, MM3PCM Peter and GM0FQQ Brian.
Our thanks go to the organizers of the fete for allowing
us to put on the station.
Also there was a lot of interest in CASHOTA from around
the country, so we hope there will be more Castles on
the air soon!!!
We hope to activate GM001/C Loudoun
Castle and GM003/C Barr Castle in the near future.
73 Graham
MM3GDC
