Our station is on the side of a hill facing south. The antenna are approximately 150' above sea level. For HF I use a Icom IC-745 which puts 100w into a half size G5RV wire antenna fixed in a north/south position between the house and an pole. I also operate on 2m, 70cm, and packet. My Wife and two daughters are also licensed- Call signs M1BQC, M1BQD and M1BQE...........
Packet PBS G4ZUX-2 144.800MHz
YL56H IO81MI
WAB 5089 ST36
Weston-super-Mare Radio Society Est. 1923 uses G4WSM and G8WSM Weston-super-Mare Raynet Group uses G0WSM. See Newsletter and WSMRS Frys Hill Repeater Group- Web site Weston Bay Repeater Group- Web site. Weston-super-Mare & North Somerset Raynet- Web site
Weston-super-Mare is a holiday resort on the Bristol Channel Coast surrounded by beautiful scenery and fascinating places of interest, including the Cities of Bath, Bristol and Wells and the famous caves of Cheddar and Wookey Hole. The original transatlantic telephone cable came ashore in Weston Bay and more recently the first transatlantic fibreoptic cable was laid with its eastern shore terminal at Berrow near Weston. Marconi made the first internationl Radio contact from Brean Down whilst staying in Weston 18th May 1897 The local Ham Radio Emporium, QSL Communications run by G4TJB, can be found at Unit 6 Worle Industrial Centre, Coker Road, Worle, Weston-super-Mare, BS22 0BX. Tel/Fax 01934 512757. Graham can supply almost anything in the way of Ham equipment and also print QSL cards to specification. See www.qsl-comms.co.uk Ham Radio Limited was setup by Robert Dodson G4RNK in 2007
as there was a need for more ham radio outlets in the south west. The Compnay is based near Stomehouse in Gloucestershire. See www.hamradio4u.co.uk