Introduction
Middlezoy Aerodrome is located just outside Westonzoyland on part of the site of the wartime RAF Westonzoyland Airbase. Not the easiest place in the world to find, it isn’t exactly hidden away either and the site is used for a number of public events including Westcountry WarAg and the Somerset Aerofest. The postal address is: Middlezoy Aerodrome Ltd, Middlezoy, Somerset, TA7 0JS. However, there are some additional details that will be of interest to Radio Hams:
- Lat/Long (WGS84 Geoid): 51.10259°N, 2.902985°W
- OSGR: ST 36873 34087 (6 figure ST368340)
- IARU Locator: IO81nc
- WAB: ST33
- IOTA: EU005 (Mainland UK)
- What 3 Words: ///flow.triangles.clustered (Entrance to the Operating Post)
- What 3 Words: ///unstated.chapters.rounds (Entrance to the Site)
Location
The wartime Westonzoyland Airfield no longer exists in full. The site was returned to agricultural use in 1969 having last seen active duty in 1958. This image of the airfield in 1944 shows how different things are compared to present day:
The most notable missing element in the photo above is the lack of the A372 which now bisects the original airfield. Overlaying (to the best of our abilities) the original runways on a modern map shows the changes that have occurred.
In fact the “new” A372 appears to have been built on a section of the original wartime runway 11/29. The airfield to the north of the “new” A372 has retained the Westonzoyland name and is currently used for Micro-Lights as the home for Westonzoyland Flying Club. To the south of the “new” A372, but still well within the boundary of the original wartime Westonzoyland Airfield, is Middlezoy Aerodrome and this was to be our “home” for the weekend of Airfields on the Air.
Operation
Equipment
Being a new venue for us we took more equipment than we might normally need or use on a typical Special Event such as: Mills, Lighthouses or Railways. This was because we weren’t too sure what we might encounter when we got into the nitty-gritty of station setup. The station ended up using our regular equipment but we definitely benefitted from having options during station setup, even if we didn’t benefit from a useful number of bodies on site.
- Nissei DPS300GL power supply,
- Yaesu FT991 HF/6m/2m/70cm multi-mode transceiver,
- MFJ 993 auto atu,
- 80m flexweave doublet fed with 450Ω ladder line supported at the feedpoint by a MFJ-1908H 13m telescopic mast,
- Acer Aspire 8942 laptop running PyQSO under Debian Bullseye with the MATE Desktop,
- Behringer XENYX 302USB audio mixer, and
- Logitech external powered speakers.
Saturday 1 April 2023
Greg 2E1BUF was the first to arrive on site, he was particularly keen and although the main station equipment was still en route getting access to the WW2 Nissen hut and ensuring that the Aerodrome people were aware of our presence and able to provide power were high on his agenda. Exactly 20 – 25 minutes later Andy G7KNA joined Greg on site. Andy had all of the main station equipment on board so station setup could start in earnest. After Andy’s arrival we were joined by; well immediately we were joined by absolutely nobody else which was very disappointing as additional bodies would have undoubtedly speeded the setup process.
Main station setup followed the tried and tested routines established at: Mills, Lighthouses and Railways. The main difference between all of these events is the placement of the antenna. At Mills we use an inverted vee supported on our telescopic pole and tied off to convenient trees at either edge of the site. At Lighthouses we are really lucky, as the Cabot Cruising Club have a lanyard fitted to the lantern tower which allows us to hoist the antenna without any further support and tie off the antenna to the bow and stern. Finally, at Railways we once again use our telescopic pole to support the feedpoint and tie off to convenient pieces of station furniture depending on where on the site we are located.
At Middlezoy we had no such previous experience to draw on as to how we were going to set up. We located the centre support by strapping the telescopic pole to the corner of a “dutch” barn. One leg was extended parallel to the Nissen hut and tied off to a heavy picnic table, however the second leg proved to be more complex. After considering options we (that’s Greg and Andy who were the only members on site) decided to chance taking the second leg over the roof of the “dutch” barn and secure it to one of the barn columns on the opposite corner which required hoisting the leg over the roof of the structure. This proved more difficult than they first anticipated and contributed hugely to the late appearance on air, much to the chagrin of one member who phoned during the antenna erection period to tell those on site that we weren’t on air at the expected time; (like the team on site didn’t know that!)
After trying a variety of methods with no success the team managed to get the second leg of the doublet in place using a telescopic “roach” pole to walk the leg over the barn to the far side and secure it, although we would re-visit this on the Sunday, more on that to follow.
Kevin 2E0AWX arrived on site more or less as the antenna erection was completed. It has to be said that we had reservations about this antenna setup, we had probably broken the cardinal rules of antenna construction by:
- Siting part of the antenna low over a sheet metal roof, we expected this to give us a few matching problems and possibly “couple” the antenna to the roof
- Passing the 450Ω ladder lone through a metal framed window, and not just passing it through the window but having to keep the window more or less closed (effectively “clamping” the feeder) to prevent the wind damaging the aircraft models suspended from the roof of the Nissen Hut
As it transpired we had no such problems through most of the day which just goes to prove that any antenna arrangement is worth trying, any signal is better than no signal and whilst we might have been able to come up with a more efficient arrangement either of the same antenna or a different antenna, if we had the facilities to put something else up, the fact is that we were on air and operating which is preferable to the alternative of not being on air and not operating!
We should probably talk about our accommodation for the weekend. We were billeted (we think it is appropriate to use term “billeted” in this context) in a World War 2 Nissen hut, a common sight on many military establishments during and after the War. For those unfamiliar with the term or the structure; a Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure originally for military use, especially as barracks, made from a half-cylindrical skin of corrugated iron. It was designed during the First World War by the Canadian-American-British engineer and inventor Major Peter Norman Nissen. It was used also extensively during the Second World War and was adapted as the similar Quonset hut in the United States.
During “flying days” the Nissen hut serves as the Flight Control Centre. The inside of the Nissen hut has been decorated with a vast array of memorabilia and also features important elements like a kitchen. We think it is a truly fantastic environment and we were really pleased to be allowed to use this unique building as our base of operations. We had plenty of opportunities to chat with the Middlezoy Aerodrome people, many of whom have long associations with the RAF, and understand how much of the memorabilia is personal to their history.
Without the cooperation and assistance of the Middlezoy Aerodrome personnel we couldn’t have put this event on and we are indebted to them for allowing us more or less free rein to play radio for the whole weekend.
To return to the main narrative, once the antenna had been put up Greg and Andy, now joined by Kevin 2E0AWX returned to the Nissen hut to begin radio operations. We started by having a quick listen on the bands and try to get a few Airfields in our log. At 11:14 BST (12:14 BST) we logged RAF Downham Market, followed by RAF Llandow at 11:25 UTC (12:25 BST), RAF Andrewsfield (who weren’t on the published list of participating stations) at 11:37 UTC (12:37 BST) and RAF Stapleford Tawney at 11:47 UTC (12:47 BST).
Happy that our station was performing as expected, indeed given our reservations over the antenna arrangement possibly exceeding expectations, we began to work all callers. To England and Wales we quickly added the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Southern Ireland (Eire) and Northern Ireland. By the end of the day at 15:40 UTC (16:40 BST) we had completed 83 QSO’s.
Towards the end of the day there was a sudden jump in our SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) indicating a potential problem with the antenna; possibly something to do with changes in the barn roof drying or perhaps a structural problem with supports. We could see nothing untoward but elected to shut the station down as it was nearing our planned QRT time and reset the leg of the doublet that passes over the barn roof the following morning now that we had a good way to quickly put that leg in place.
Sunday 2 April 2023
The arrival routine on Sunday was effectively the reverse of Saturday, with Andy G7KNA accompanied by Ken M7MYU arriving first followed by Greg 2W1BUF. We were, once again, joined by Kevin 2E0AWX and also by Dave G7BYN and Matt G7FBD from North Bristol ARC as well as Greg’s partner Rachel SWL to whom we are indebted for some of the photos on this page and in our Flickr Album.
First order of business on the Sunday morning was to check the doublet leg that passed over the “Dutch barn”. We could see nothing untoward with this on a visual inspection, but to be cautious we decided to use a 9m telescopic “roach pole” to lift this leg higher over the roof in the hope that this would reduce any coupling that might be taking place. Whether or not there was any coupling is unknown however the change seemed to address whatever oddities had caused the sudden increase in SWR at the end of Saturday and we were once again back on air.
We had notionally thought that we might move around the bands today, but we were to find ourselves in a lot of demand. It might not have been a perpetual pileup but we were rarely short of someone calling us and it was good that we had a large number of operators today to share the burden of operating and logging.
We made our first contact at 10:47 BST with another airfield, this time RAF Chipping Ongar. Through the day we worked England, Luxembourg, Belgium, Wales, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Scotland, Northern Ireland, France and Germany. By the end of the day we’d added a further 73 stations to our log bringing our total for the weekend to a respectable 156 contacts. We also added RAF Eastbury Park, RAF Chickerill, RAF Downham Tawney and the aforementioned RAF Chipping Ongar to our list of airfields.
Sadly only 5 of the airfields we worked were listed as participating stations and so our, now familiar, map of participating stations worked doesn’t include many of the airfields we made contact with. We’re not sure if this is because these stations hadn’t registered or if the maintenance of the participating stations list had fallen by the wayside in the lead up to the event itself but we hope that this situation improves in the future.
Overall we had a really good weekend. The callsign and the location were clearly in demand, the fact that we managed 153 contacts given the very late start on the Saturday and a not particularly early start on Sunday is really impressive. We were only on air for 9 hours and 38 minutes over the weekend but managed 156 QSOs equating to 1 QSO every 3.7 minutes. Given that we tried to avoid “rubber stamp” style “59 QRZ” QSOs and actually talk to each station we worked to give them some information about the history of the airfield we believe that this is a very good “run-rate” no doubt helped because this was the first time that the former RAF Westonzoyland site had been put on the air as part of this event.
The list of participating stations did include RAF Luton. We are unclear, probably for security reasons, if this was the boffins at LARPA who occassionally TWEET under the heading @RAF_Luton but we were sad not to have been able to get them in the log. Or perhaps we did and they hacked the page?
Location of Participating Airfields Worked
Log for Airfields on the Air 2023
| Date of Contact | Time | Station Worked | Band or Freq (MHz) | Mode | TX | RX | Operator’s Name | QTH | IARU Locator | Distance (km) | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RST | No. | RST | No. | ||||||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 11:14 | GB0DM | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Kevin | RAF Downham Market | M0KKM | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 11:25 | GB5LAF | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Glyn | RAF Llandow | Barry Amateur RS. GW0ANA | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 11:37 | GB2AAF | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Andy | RAF Andrewsfield | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 11:47 | GB2STA | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Selim | RAF Stapleford Tawney | G4DDP + LEFARS Members | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:15 | G4GWH | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mike | Uppingham | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:16 | MW0AEV | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Llewelyn | Porthelli | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:19 | GW3RIH | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Wes | Boscombe Down | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:22 | 2E0GWF | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Bryan | Bristol | Icom IC7300 Half Wave Dipole 50W | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:26 | GW4PUC | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Ray | Llanelli | Icom IC7300 G5RV | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:32 | M0MNG | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Ed | West Sussex | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:34 | 2E0FEH | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Karl | Saltash | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:36 | G4BGX | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Derek | Poole | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:38 | G6TEQ | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Ian | Torquay | Icom IC7300 | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:40 | M0PTZ | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Paul | Andover | RAFARS Member | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:42 | G0SDD | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Chris | Lydney | RAFARS Member 3435 | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:45 | PC2KY | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Henry | Hengelo | FTDX 5000 | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:49 | ON3RMB | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Chris | Kenwood TS850 OCD – WAB 24408 – 7.160 WAB Freq | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:53 | G4OBB | 40m | SSB | 59 | Des | Suffolk | TS590 400W | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:55 | G0GWY | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Geoff | Scunthorpe | Icom IC7300 G5RV | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 12:57 | GB5BK | 40m | SSB | RAF Binbrook | ||||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:03 | G3VCG | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Don | Chelmsford | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:06 | ON2KP | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Karl | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:09 | G6ASK | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:11 | G4NKT | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Dave | Bristol | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:12 | GX1IGR | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Brian | RAF Husbands Bosworth | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:15 | MW7ERP | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Tom | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:17 | PD1AT | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Adrian | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:19 | PD2LMB | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Leo | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:21 | F4VPL | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Dave | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:23 | G4KCS | 7.127 | SSB | 58 | 57 | Rob | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:24 | EI4HNB | 7.127 | SSB | 58 | 59 | Dan | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:26 | G7SXR | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mark | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:27 | M7XST | 7.127 | SSB | 58 | 58 | Stu | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:30 | G0RDP | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | David | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:31 | M0JCE | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Julian | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:33 | G0DTX | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:35 | GI0THZ | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Harry | Co. Antrim | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:38 | GI0UQK | 7.127 | SSB | 35 | 56 | Very poor reception | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:41 | M0DCX | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Darren | WAB – TL86 | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:43 | 2E0ZBE | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | Southampton | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:44 | MW0OZI | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Colin | Welshpool | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:46 | M0CQL | 7.127 | SSB | 57 | 57 | Andy | Barnsley | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:47 | 2E0VGP | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Peter | Swindon | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:49 | G0PMJ | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Dave | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:51 | M0DFL | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Cathy | Suffolk | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:53 | PE1PXL | 7.127 | SSB | 58 | 59 | Richard | Meijel – Netherlands | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:55 | GB1HA | 7.127 | SSB | 34 | 58 | Patrick | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 13:58 | DJ2XB | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Gunther | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:01 | 2E0XGO | 7.127 | SSB | 58 | 57 | Richard | Whitehaven Cumbria | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:03 | ON3GM | 7.127 | SSB | 57 | 59 | Gert | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:07 | G3ZDQ | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Ian | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:07 | G4NXL | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 57 | Malc | WAB – SK34 | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:13 | G4OIG | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Gerald | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:15 | G4HLN | 7.127 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Larry | Burnham-on-Sea | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:17 | ON5BWE | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Erwin | Blzen | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:21 | M6KCI | 40m | SSB | 59 | Dave | Manchester | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:22 | G6PCD | 40m | SSB | 59 | Ady | Bedworth | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:25 | M7BBZ | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Norman | Knowle Bristol | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:26 | 2E0EVM | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Eddie | Paignton | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:28 | GB0RTM | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Justin | RAF Bury St Edmunds. | M0JJO + BStERS | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:32 | 2E0FVN | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mark | Potters Bar | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:35 | M0BKV | 40m | SSB | 54 | 59 | Damian | Bude | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:37 | G0BFJ | 40m | SSB | 54 | 59 | Brian | Huddersfield | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:39 | 2W0TNA | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Tony | Cardiff | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:43 | G0DRM | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | David | Nantwitch | 100W Icom 7600 Trapped Dipole | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:45 | G0HEU | 40m | SSB | 59 | Paul | Newcastle upon Tyne | FT101MP 100W OCD | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:47 | G0FQN | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mark | Preston | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:53 | PE1EWR | 40m | SSB | 55 | 59 | Frank | Flushing | Icom IC 7300 25m Long Wire | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 14:57 | M1CBK | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Rob | Erith Kent | Yaesu 5000MP Solid State Amp 400W Double Bazoka | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:00 | G1BBY | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Walter | 22 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:01 | M1AOB | 40m | SSB | 44 | 58 | Richard | Cornwall | 100W TS480-SAT Hustler 4BTV | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:05 | 2E1DFI | 40m | SSB | 44 | 57 | Ray | Connection to Dambusters Raid | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:08 | G1PIR | 40m | SSB | 55 | 59 | Dave | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:10 | 2W0DSP | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Andrew | 10 miles west of Swansea | 100W Icom IC-7600 | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:13 | 2E0PTV | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Gary | Dunmow | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:15 | GX3WTP | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Henry | Bedford Ravensden | Bedford and District ARS – RAFARS 4828 | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:23 | PA3HEB | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Marcel | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:26 | G3VBE | 40m | SSB | 59 | 58 | George | Brighton and Hove | Original FT 101E 43 years old | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:28 | PA3BOE | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Reni | Utrect | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:30 | PA3DHR | 40m | SSB | 55 | 59 | Dirk | ||||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:32 | G4CFP | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Bill | Horwich | 100W Icom IC 7600 to Long Wire | ||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:36 | G4KCS | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Rob | Stratford London | |||||
| 01/04/2023 | 15:40 | G6NYG | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Roy | Droitwich | 40m Dipole | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 09:47 | GB0WAO | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Ed | RAF Chipping Ongar | Harlow and District ARS – 100W G5RV | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 09:59 | G3VCG | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Don | Chelmsford | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:01 | LX1FF | 40m | SSB | 45 | 55 | Frank | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:03 | ON8MJ | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Joel | Centre of Belgium | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:10 | G6CYR | 40m | SSB | 59 | Ron | Leominster | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:13 | 2E0LEE | 40m | SSB | 59 | Ken | Scarborough | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:18 | G4ZNY | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Keith | Milton Keynes | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:21 | M7AOK | 40m | SSB | 59 | Steven | Weymouth | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:49 | GB0DM | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | RAF Downham Market | M0KKM | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:52 | M0NTI | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Tom | Oldham | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:56 | MW0KAX | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Matt | Aberdare | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 10:59 | M0BMX | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mel | Penzance | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:00 | M0MDS | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mike | Alexandra Palace | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:00 | G0GLG | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Hamish | North Buckinghamshire | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:04 | M0MPM | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Michal | Birmingham | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:05 | GB0CAF | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Pete | RAF Chickerill | M0XDL+ SDRC | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:08 | M7KEV | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Kev | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:10 | G1HGA | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Kev | Leicestershire | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:10 | ON3QRP | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:12 | PD3DLX | 40m | SSB | 43 | 59 | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:14 | G4AHO | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Ken | Worcestershire | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:18 | M7KST | 40m | SSB | 44 | 59 | Kevin | Eastbourne | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:20 | M0HEM | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | Dagenham | WAB – TQ48 | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:25 | M0XOF | 40m | SSB | 46 | 59 | John | Sutton Surrey | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:29 | GW0PUP | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Brian | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:32 | G2NV | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Tom | Oakham | RAFARS – 6012 | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:41 | G4PWD | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mike | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:44 | M7DFH | 40m | SSB | 57 | ||||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:45 | M3DPQ | 40m | SSB | 57 | 55 | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:49 | M7DFH | 40m | SSB | 47 | 57 | Simon | Norwich | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:52 | M3UXJ | 40m | SSB | 35 | Gary | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:54 | PD0HWE | 40m | SSB | 57 | ||||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 11:56 | M0SDF | 40m | SSB | 57 | Paul | Nottingham | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:00 | G3VOF | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Martin | Torquay | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:04 | G3YZY | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Howard | Waterlooville | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:07 | M0NMI | 40m | SSB | 59 | 58 | David | Swindon | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:09 | M0ZGY | 40m | SSB | 47 | 59 | Gerry | Saltash | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:16 | G6JYR | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Damon | Wolverhampton | Double Bazooka on 40m | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:19 | G0NWX | 40m | SSB | 59 | 57 | Darren | Birmingham | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:27 | 2E0OCR | 40m | SSB | 55 | 57 | Patrick | Broadstairs | Yaesu FT991A OCD – TR36 | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:33 | G3OKA | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | Wirral | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:36 | MW0IDT | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Ian | Llantwit | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:40 | G6JXA | 40m | SSB | 46 | 59 | Kim | Morden SW London | Heavy QSB 55 – 59 our report | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:45 | G3VHH | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | Langley | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:47 | SQ3TKZ | 17m | SSB | 57 | 57 | Marek | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 12:55 | IN3PEE | 17m | SSB | 57 | 57 | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 13:22 | GB2AA | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | Dagenham | Autism Awareness | ||||
| 02/04/2023 | 13:33 | G8CPM | 40m | SSB | 49 | Chris | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 13:48 | GB0CC | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Carl | RAF Eastbury Park | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 13:49 | MM0MMN | 40m | SSB | 57 | 59 | Iliyas | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:05 | G4RAC | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:10 | G8DLX | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mike | Warwickshire | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:11 | M7BCN | 40m | SSB | 54 | 59 | Brian | WAB – NZ42 Book 24757 | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:13 | G6BAK | 40m | SSB | 58 | 59 | Geoff | Portsmouth | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:19 | GI7IYK | 40m | SSB | 53 | ||||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:23 | GI0VGL | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | George | Armagh | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:25 | M3ZLA | 40m | SSB | 54 | 59 | Glyn | Cheshire | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:26 | M6FLK | 40m | SSB | 59 | John | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:28 | F5HKL | 40m | SSB | 55 | 59 | Andre | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:32 | 2E0JFY | 40m | SSB | 57 | Mark | Southport | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:33 | G0KZH | 40m | SSB | 57 | 59 | Elaine | Rochdale | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:42 | ON5BWE | 40m | SSB | 58 | 59 | Erwin | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:45 | G1SDK | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Sid | 10 miles north of London | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:46 | OS8D | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Etienne | Brussels International Airport | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:48 | M0JUV | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Derick | Ludlow | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:49 | G7SSE | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | John | Nottingham | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:50 | ON7OFQ | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Manu | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:52 | G4RZN | 40m | SSB | 46 | 59 | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:54 | DD6PS | 40m | SSB | 45 | 55 | |||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:55 | PA7ED | 40m | SSB | 57 | 58 | Edwin | ||||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:56 | G8XDD | 40m | SSB | 59 | 59 | Dave | Portsmouth | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:57 | MM0CPZ | 40m | SSB | 58 | 59 | Richard | Edinburgh | |||||
| 02/04/2023 | 14:59 | M0BLF | 40m | SSB | 57 | 59 | Dom | Plymouth | Near RAF Harrowbeer | ||||
Those “Pesky” RSL’s
The Regional Secondary Locators are letters altered or added to an individual or club amateur radio callsign to denote which part of the United Kingdom the station is operating from, the map and table below indicate the principles:
