[K3CAL] Fwd: Re[2]: Mr Shawn Donley. Calvert County Radio Link. 07/11/2020

[Shawn Donley]

CARA Members

Attached for your info.  I’m sure our British friends would be delighted to hear from you either by email or radio, and it would be super if we could get an Echolink node re-established on our repeater.

Shawn
N3AE



>     ---------- Original Message ----------
>     From: Tony and Linda <lpgreen at onetel.com>
>     To: Shawn Donley <n3ae at comcast.net>
>     Cc: Thomas roger Ingle <rogering1e at yahoo.co.uk>
>     Date: 11/09/2020 3:59 PM
>     Subject: Re[2]: Mr Shawn Donley. Calvert County Radio Link. 07/11/2020
> 
> 
>     Thank you Shawn,
> 
>     Thank you for coming back to me, it is very much appreciated
> 
>     All the suggestions are good, and now I have a lead on who is who, it will be worth trying this.  We visited the Academy about twenty odd years ago as part of a BBC documentary on the Bonhomme Richard , Filey and your neck of the woods, which where the Cultural Link came from.  At that time, the wreck we were working on looked promising but has since been disproved.  We still maintain contact with people over there, including  Donald G Shomette who he is still one of our principle investigators and president of our group. 
> 
>     In these difficult times, it is good to have something positive to work towards, and Calvert Amateurs are our priority.  I will keep you in the loop on this, and hopefully we can set up some dialogue with people on your side.
> 
>     All the very best to you from all at Filey, and more soon,
> 
>     73  Tony G4KPW
> 
>     ------ Original Message ------
>     From: "Shawn Donley" < n3ae at comcast.net mailto:n3ae at comcast.net >
>     To: "Tony and Linda" < lpgreen at onetel.com mailto:lpgreen at onetel.com >
>     Sent: 08/11/2020 17:28:17
>     Subject: Re: Mr Shawn Donley. Calvert County Radio Link. 07/11/2020
> 
> 
>         > >         Hello Tony,
> > 
> >         I will take this up with our local club, the Calvert Amateur Radio Association.  Unfortunately, we do not have EchoLink on our local repeater, K3CAL.  But perhaps this will serve as a motivation to get Echolink up and running again.
> > 
> >         There is a strong US Navy presence here in the county and adjacent St Mary’s county owing to the Patuxent Naval Air Station which is where the Navy runs flight testing on all new generation aircraft and after modifications to older aircraft.  It may be worth while to share your information with the St Mary’s radio club to reach additional amateurs with interest in Naval History.  What are your thoughts about that?
> > 
> >         And of course there’s the The US Naval Academy just north of us in Anne Arundel county which also has a very active county amateur radio club.
> > 
> >         Shawn
> >         N3AE
> > 
> >             > > >             On 11/07/2020 5:45 PM Tony and Linda < lpgreen at onetel.com mailto:lpgreen at onetel.com > wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             07/11/2020
> > > 
> > >             To:  Mr Shawn Donley, N3AE.
> > > 
> > >             Good evening  Shawn,
> > > 
> > >             I have an initial inquiry and hope that you will be able to help me with, and I have been given your contact through a Sherriff Mike Evans, who you may know.
> > > 
> > >             We are the Filey Bay Bonhomme Richard Group located in Filey, Yorkshire, England who have been researching the location of the wreck of the Bonhomme Richard of John Paul Jones fame for many years.
> > > 
> > >             Following the announcement of the wreck’s discovery by the Yorkshire Company Merlin Burrows in the environs of Filey Bay, we are working up to the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Flamborough Head with our town’s council.  With this in mind, we are proposing various annual events in the run up to this, and one of them could be a Special Event call sign on one of the anniversaries of the Battle,
> > > 
> > >             This year we marked the anniversary with fire and flag.
> > > 
> > >             In addition to this, our town of Filey has a Sister City Cultural Accord/Cultural Link with Calvert County Maryland, and we have close links with Commander (Rtd) Jim Poole in San Diego, who supports the John Paul Jones Museum in Dumfries, Scotland, England.
> > > 
> > >             Both I and my colleague Roger Ingle (G7MZE) are licenced amateurs, and we are looking at any Licenced Amateurs who have an interest in John Paul Jones and our Cultural link.  If any of your group operate on Echo Link via the repeaters we would be interested in contacting them to expand our links with your County.
> > > 
> > >             We would be pleased if you could give some advice to us about this idea, and I include some links below for further information about activities in Filey.
> > > 
> > >             Kindest regards to you, and we hope that you all are keeping safe in these difficult times.
> > > 
> > >             Tony Green (G4KPW)
> > > 
> > >             Chairman, The Filey Bay Bonhomme Richard Group.
> > > 
> > > 
> > >             Links:
> > > 
> > >             https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/filey-commemorates-241st-anniversary-battle-flamborough-head-2980663
> > > 
> > >             https://www.filey.co.uk/1103-2/
> > > 
> > >             https://www.merlinburrows.com/bonhomme-richard-1779-discovery-in-the-news-bbc-look-north/
> > > 
> > >              http://www.fileybay.com/index.html
> > > 
> > >              http://www.fileybay.com/jpjheritage/index.html
> > > 
> > >         > > 
> >     > 
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