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


Local Groups

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

Local Information

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

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