[RRDXA] GB50 - Update (fwd)

[dj6qt]

Donald Field schrieb:
> As of midday today (Thursday 6th June), GB50 had over 17,000 QSOs in the
> log, with more than 2,000 of these from North America. Operation continues
> as per the previous announcements, until Sunday evening (including the RSGB
> Jubilee Contest, in which all may participate, this coming weekend).
> Unfortunately, 10m propagation has been disappointing, but 15, 20 and the
> WARC bands have all been in good shape. We have also enjoyed some excellent
> Sporadic E propagation on 2m, with contacts throughout Europe, and also some
> Asian and African QSOs. Sadly, North American propagation has evaded us so
> far, but we will keep looking. Many hundreds of members of the public have
> dropped in on the station while visiting Windsor Castle. This has included a
> number of overseas amateurs, most of whom have taken the opportunity to make
> some contacts from GB50.
>
> The station received a visit from His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh
> earlier in the week. He spoke with several members of the operating team,
> and observed a QSO with Jeff 9H1EL (Prince Philip and Princess Elizabeth, as
> she then was, were stationed in Malta for a while during his days in the
> Royal Navy). Photographs of the royal visit can be seen on the RSGB and the
> GB50 Web pages:
> http://www.rsgb.org/jubilee/index.htm
> www.gb50.com
>
> 73 Don G3XTT, GB50 Publicity Officer
> g3xtt@lineone.net
>
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