GB1FVT - Good Friday 14th
April 2006
Centenary of the
First Trans-Atlantic Voice Transmission
Remembering Fessenden
Over the Easter weekend Air Cadets from Scotland will activate the
Fessenden radio site at Machrihanish with establishment of a Tactical
radio station
This station will be contacting the station at Brant Rock Mass.,
Fessenden's mirror station.
Staff at the USA end will be include members of the Civil Air Patrol
with possibly input from the USAF. Contacts will also be made with
Cadets in Canada.
Mainly military frequencies will be used but operation on the Amateur
bands will also take place.
The callsign GB1FVT is now a permanent allocation to the
Dalriada Radio Club in Campbeltown and will be used on the
Amateur bands together with the usual "RAF" GB calls.
Stateside W1FRV will be the call used courtesy AA1A Dave Riley.Several
Canadian "establishments" will also be activated.
Periods of operation akin to the above will take place over the next
few months.
 All
GB1FVT contacts will be QSL via the "buroo"
Dalriada Radio Club is greatly indebited to Ofcom in assigning this
call at short notice as a permanent allocation.
GB1FVT commemorates these immense events in communications history
and recognises the genius of the often forgotten name of Reginald
Fessingdon.
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