HMS Collingwood Amateur Radio Special Event station
The Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society is pleased to announce that they are to run a Special Event Amateur Radio station at the open day in HMS Collingwood on Saturday May 26 th 2012
It is expected that the call sign GB6COD (Collingwood Open Day) will be used again. The station will be operational on all amateur bands from 1.8MHZ to 440MHZ. The Society headquarters station will be open to the public from 0930 to 1800 on the day. A number of demonstrations will be taking place using amateur radio and amateur television.
The open day will feature the Royal Navy Field Gun Competition. Additional attractions will include a display from the Royal Marines Band, Collingwood, a FREE Fun Fair and much more. Advanced tickets will be available from Gosport and Fareham Tourist Information Offices and Portsmouth News Offices shortly.
The Society can be contacted by post at:
Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society, HMS Collingwood, Newgate Lane, FAREHAM. PO14 1AS.
The Society web site is at www.rnars.org.uk
PR contact: Doug Hotchkiss on: 02392 504096
Article source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2012/hms_collingwood_special_event_amateur_radio_station.htm
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