<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"></strong>Your chance to visit the Radio Caroline ship, MV <em style="box-sizing:border-box">Ross Revenge</em> in August during GB55RC</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">2019 is the 55th anniversary of <a href="http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Radio Caroline</strong></a> and the Martello Tower Group are going to be celebrating this by running a ‘special’ special event from <em style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">MV Ross Revenge</strong></em> from the 1st to the 5th August using the callsign <a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/GB55RC" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">GB55RC</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">In previous years, they’ve operated from the Ross Revenge and made many thousands of contacts.  This year should be even busier with the unique callsign <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">GB55RC</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The fully insured tender will depart from Mersea Island at 10:00 and 13:00 on the 3rd and 4th August for the approximately twenty minute journey to <em style="box-sizing:border-box">Ross Revenge</em>.  You will be greeted by members of the Martello Tower Group, offered a drink and then given a tour of the ship, including transmitter and generator rooms, studios and the record library.  You will also see GB55RC being operated from the main Mess Room of the ship.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/65043036_2458209994202505_7789828072185790464_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&amp;_nc_eui2=AeHvepwIV44Z6bOowR5udCc9tY9uK5zKI4Jr9AjcN66xZ7aB0_G1DN02H6m8PVKK-8ha7rTPCBnZ68wwzJqqn0t057iK4vU_KWbMV6ZmMRP8Ag&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&amp;oh=9db977ac3b087ef27cdfa6d36fbb426a&amp;oe=5D8129CC" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">If you’re interested, please see the qrz page for GB55RC here: <a href="https://www.qrz.com/db/GB55RC" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.qrz.com/db/GB55RC</a> which has more details and if you’d like to book, please email <a href="mailto:gb55rc@martellotowergroup.com" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">gb55rc@martellotowergroup.com</a> making sure you say which trip you’d like to be on, Saturday or Sunday at 10:00 or 13:00.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">The cost of this trip is just £25/person (payable in advance), places are limited and are selling quickly. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">To whet your appetites, you can read reports of previous activations in <a href="http://www.martellotowergroup.com/gb5rc-report.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">2016</a> and <a href="http://www.martellotowergroup.com/gb5rc-report-2017.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">2017</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Keith G6NHU</strong></em></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Secretary, Martello Tower Group <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://martellotowergroup.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://martellotowergroup.com</a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>