Day
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Times
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Frequency
bands
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Operators
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Sunday
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0900-1500 local
1130-1830 local
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80/40/20/17/12/10 Metres
40/20 Metres etc
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G3JSR, Peter, or 2E0JAV Jan
& 2E0GUZ John or M0XDS, David |
Monday
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0900-1500 local
1000-1500 local
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20m for dx, 80m for UK
DX on all bands |
G3JPM, Brian or
G8IDL, David
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Tuesday
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0900-1600 local
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All bands
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G4NZE, Jock or G0VVZ,
David, or G0NZJ Patrick
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Wednesday
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0900-1700
local
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20/15/10
Metres
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G4WEZ, Max,
& M0RPL, Ray &
G3WFF, Barry
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Thursday
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Various times |
160/80/40/20/10 Metres
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G8RQB, Colin & G3RGQm Tony
& Martyn G6FSU
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Friday
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Various times |
All bands
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M0XDS, David
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Saturday
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1000-1500 local |
40/15/10 Metres
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G4WEZ, Max
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When available
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Various times
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40/20 Metres
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G4ZST, Dave
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Profiles of Regular
Operators
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Peter G3JSR
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Sundays - when
available - G3JSR,
Peter
Peter is flexible in his approach to HF operating, and the
frequency band in use depends on the time of day and conditions.
Usually
he will try 40m and 20m for DX if those bands are active, and 80m/40m
for
locals
in the UK.
Peter (left) is an ex R.A.F. signals
operator, who trained at R.A.F.
Compton Bassett in 1951/52 and served first on Air-Sea Rescue
Launches
and then on various postings in the Middle East and
UK on ground radio station duties. Like his Father before him, he
teaches Morse code and is also an Examiner for Morse code tests.
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2E0JAV Jan and 2E0GUZ
John
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Sundays - 2E0JAV Jan, 2E0GUZ John, or M0XDS, David
Jan and John operate most Sundays throughout the year, with Jan
operating and John logging the contacts made. They operate mostly
on 40M and 80M using the G5RV or on 20M using the rotary log-periodic
Jan and John are happy to spend time working QRP station as well as
making friends with contacts both locally and worldwide.
David sometimes operates on a Sunday morning before Jan and John arrive.
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Brian G3JPM
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Mondays - G3JPM, Brian OR
G8IDL David
Brian
operates the station on Mondays,
roughly once a month.
The frequency bands in use will depend on conditions at the time, but
he prefers 20m for dx, and 80m for inter-UK working.
Brian is an ex RAF ground wireless operator who trained at RAF Compton
Bassett in the early 1950s. He has been licensed for 50 years in
January 2004.
David G8IDL is ex-Royal Signals, Diplomatic Wireless Service, and Pye
Telecom
Radio Systems Department.
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Jock, G4NZE
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Tuesdays - G4NZE, Jock
Direction of transmission tends to be towards the Pacific between 0800
- 1100 and towards Europe between 1100 - 1600.
Jock, G4NZE is ex-Royal Signals
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David, G0VVZ
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Tuesdays - G0VVZ, David
David’s interest in radio began with
making his first crystal set in the
1950’s, and visiting the radio shack of a ‘ham’. Becoming a
radio amateur was an ambition,
finally realised in 1993.
He was an ATC chaplain for 30yrs
and
latterly also radio instructor with 2230 (Sittingbourne) Sqdn. –
hence his interest in aircraft and the
RAF.
His main interest in radio is HF
operating. Does some CW (straight key) –
member of Fists Club. Member of G QRP
club and enjoys a bit of home brew. Own
rig is a Kenwood TS480HX with a Hustler 6BTV ground mounted vertical.
David retired to Duxford in 2005
after
living most of his life in Kent. His other interests include
Astronomy.
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Patrick, G0NZJ
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Tuesdays - G0NZJ, Patrick
Patrick
was a Merchant Navy Radio Officer from 1957-1961. After this he became
a Service and Installation Engineer for Robophone (telephone answering
machines), then a Technical Engineer in IBC Sound Recording
Studios. Later he
ordained as Priest in Church of England.
He has worked in local
radio as Producer/Presenter for over 25 years and contributed to
programmes for Radio 2, Radio 4 and Anglia Television. He also produces
programmes for Premier Christian Radio.
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Ray, M0RPL and Barry, G3WFF
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Wednesdays -
G4WEZ, Max, & M0RPL, Ray & G3WFF, Barry
Direction of transmission tends to be towards the USA.
Max is ex-British Army, Royal Electrical and
Mechanical Engineers
(REME) and ex-Pye Telecommunications and Philips Telecom. At
Pye/Philips,
Max was initially a draughtsman and worked on the drawings for the Pye
C12, and later was a Graphics Co-ordinator
in the Publicity Department.
Max also operates on Saturdays.
Details of Ray and Barry to follow.
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Colin, G8RQB
Tony G3RGQ
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Thursdays - G8RQB, Colin & G3RGQ Tony & G6FSU
Martyn
Colin G8RQB passed the Radio Amateurs Exam in 1959 but did not take out his licence until 1973. He was
educated in Germany 1946 - 1956 in British Forces Educational Schools ( Hamburg & Wilhelmshaven ).
Colin's father was serving in Germany during this period. As the result of living in Germany for this
extended period Colin is bilingual & enjoys QSO's in the German language.
Colin is married to Sally (1964) - they live in Royston some 7 miles South of Duxford, he has two daughters & 4
grandchildren. Radio has been in his blood since he was 10 years old, starting with building crystal sets &
progressing through to Amateur Radio. He was employed in the Electro-dynamic Vibration Testing business for
most of his working life & worked for Ling Electronics, a company which in the early days, was known as Pye Ling.
When operating at Duxford, despite the current poor conditions, he normally works on 20 Mtrs - he also keeps an
open ear on 17 Mtrs just in case!
Information on Tony to
follow when I catch up with him
Martyn G6FSU is an
ex-BOAC/British Airways airline pilot with 32 years experience of
flying VC10 and 747 aircraft. After his mandatory retirement from
BA in 2001 he flew 737 aircraft for Easyjet for 3 years before finally
hanging up his flying helmet. He now teaches part-time in a local
flight simulator and enjoys the local Raynet Group, electronics and
computers (particularly putting things back together afterwards, which
is worrying!)
Martyn is flexible in which days he operates and is also available for
special event days at Duxford.
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David, M0XDS |
Fridays - M0XDS, David
David, M0XDS retired
from full time employment as an electronics design
engineer in December 2003 having spent most of his career with STC,
initially on HF equipment and more recently on mobile phone equipment,
both analogue and digital.
He is a civilian instructor with the Air Cadets at 1374 Squadron East
Barnet, teaching radio communications using military procedures, and
also amateur foundation licence courses for the cadets. He is active on
HF at home using a Yaesu FT840.
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Max, G4WEZ
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Saturdays -
G4WEZ, Max
Direction of transmission tends to be towards the USA.
Max is ex-British Army, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(REME) and ex-Pye Telecommunications/Philips Telecom. At
Pye/Philips, Max was initially a draughtsman, and later was a Graphics
Co-ordinator in the Publicity Department.
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Dave G4ZST
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G4ZST,
Dave
Dave, G4ZST is one of the DRS members who operates GB2IWM from
time-to-time when his work
permits.
Dave will usually try 40m and 20m according to conditions.
Dave also looks after the E-QSLs
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For
an excellent
unofficial tour of the IWM Duxford Airfield, see "Martins Duxford Update"
http://www.duxford-update.info
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