[RRDXA] GB50 - Wrap Up (fwd)

[Walter Skudlarek]

Donald Field schrieb:
> GB50 (Great Britain Fifty) at Windsor Castle ended operations at 1900 UTC on
> 9th June.
>
> GB50 was probably the highest-profile special event station ever to be
> activated from the UK. For those of us fortunate enough to be involved, it
> was quite something to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee in this
> way, surrounded by the pageantry and history of Windsor Castle. As well as
> achieving 24,727 QSOs in 145 DXCC entities, several hundred visitors to
> Windsor Castle each day took time out to watch the operation and to tour the
> RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain) Amateur Radio Experience exhibition.
> They were also given the opportunity to exchange greetings via the ham
> bands. Many visiting amateurs from around Europe and also from JA, W, etc.
> took the opportunity to operate the station. GB50 was also visited by His
> Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of the RSGB. A full write-up
> and photographs will appear in the RSGB magazine RadCom and also on the GB50
> Website (www.gb50.com).
>
> Some statistics:
>
> QSOs by band:
> 80 461
> 40 4124
> 30 1463
> 20 4167
> 17 3921
> 15 6790
> 12 1408
> 10 1174
> 6 849
> 2 370
>
> QSOs by mode:
> CW 12,221
> SSB 12,214
> FM 126
> RTTY 113
> PSK 53
>
> And a reminder from previous News Releases:
>
> Operating Awards: See previous announcements, GB50 Web site and K1BV Web
> site. See also RSGB Web site for details of additional awards related both
> to GB50 and to the special GQ/MQ/2Q prefixes being used during June by UK
> stations.
>
> QSL Route: Owen Cross, G4DFI, (bureau, or direct to: 28 Garden Avenue,
> Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 4LF, England).
>
> Web Sites:
> GB50: www.gb50.com
> RSGB: www.rsgb.org
> Golden Jubilee: www.goldenjubilee.gov.uk
>
> Info - Don Field G3XTT, Publicity Officer (g3xtt@lineone.net)
>
> Once again, many thanks to Icom UK, who provided the equipment for GB50.
>
> Regards
>
> Don G3XTT
>
>
>

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