Worked England on 147.33

[KB2GOM]

Recently, K2RHI, who controls the 146.94 (Bald Mountain) and 147.33 (Grafton) repeaters, put up a Comet GP-1 antenna for running the Commuter Assistance Network.

A Practical Application of Ham Radio – the Commuter Assistance Network

By Jock Elliott, KB2GOM Disclaimer: this isn’t about shortwave; it’s about 2 meter ham radio, but it’s something I thoroughly love doing in the world of radio. About 40 years ago, a Citizens …

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Sitting there this morning, minding my own business, when EchoLink activates on 33. Brit voice drops a call: GB2022ER -- that's not a typo -- special events station for the Queen's 70th anniversary of taking the throne.

Operator's regular call: G3ZRR.

We chat. My first EchoLink contact (been a ham for over 3 decades)

I send an email to K2RHI: Boy, that new antenna REALLY WORKS . . . England!

 

[KB4MSZ]

Good show!!!!

 

[KB2GOM]

Good show!!!!

Thanks! I sent an email to G3ZRR, thanking him for my first EchoLink contact, and he emailed back that I was the first contact of the special events station.

 

[K2KOH]

Good show, old chap!