Botley Flour Mills nr Southampton is one of the uk’s oldest known milling sites and is listed in the doomsday book and is believed to have been a mill site in pre-Roman times.
The Mill will be activated for what is believed to be the first time with the callsign GB0BFM for Mills on the Air weekend on the 12/13th of May from 10:00-1600 BST with an NoV for 80m, 40m, 2m 70cm.
The station will be run by M0IED and father G6FRT and other members of Itchen Valley Radio Club with added assistance from Southampton University Wireless society.
Links
Itchen Valley Radio Club: http://www.ivarc.org.uk/
Southampton University Wireless society: http://www.suws.susu.org
Botley Flour Mills: http://www.botleymills.co.uk/heritage.htm
Article source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2012/first_activation_of_botley_flour_mills.htm
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