ARLA/CLUSTER: GB5RC - Estação de amador abordo da mítica Radio Caroline já a partir de hoje.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

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Amateur radio Special Event Station on Radio Caroline

Many readers will remember with fond memories from the 1960s, 70s and 80s,
the famous offshore radio station *Radio Caroline* and the last ship they
used to broadcast from, the *MV Ross Revenge*.

>From today, a group of amateurs from the Martello Tower Group are operating
special event station *GB5RC* from the Ross Revenge, moored in the
Blackwater Estuary near West Mersea and Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex to
celebrate five decades of offshore radio broadcasting.

Over the last few weeks, the group have set up quarter wave verticals for
40m, 20m and 15m along with a 5/8 wave for 10m and dipoles for 80m and 40m
at various locations on the ship in preparation for the special event
station.  They also hope to be able to operate VHF and UHF for local
contacts and with some D-STAR and DMR thrown in for good measure.

GB5RC will be on the air from today, the 5th August until Monday 8th August
with two stations operating simultaneously running full UK legal output
power.  Let’s hope HF conditions are decent.

The Ross Revenge has been the home of Radio Caroline since August 1983 and
although broadcasts directly from the ship ended in 1991, the station
continues via the internet and once a month, live programmes are broadcast
from the Ross Revenge with the help of the Manx AM transmitters on 1368kHz.

For more information see either https://www.qrz.com/db/GB5RC
or the Martello Tower Group website
http://www.martellotowergroup.com/gb5rc.html

Direct QSLs to G6NHU, bureau via GB5RC
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