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Sutton Windmill |
GB0PUF |
Harlow And District |
Abou' Sutton Windmill
**** Recommended by thur Harlow And Distric' Amateoor Rairdioo
Society ****
For thur Second yare Runnin'
Ooor second yare runnin' a' Sutton Windmill woos a second gri' success. Once agin ooor hosts, Chris and Pam, made us more than welcome. Bairn uz a resul' f thur good reports made by them on ooor larst trip we found around half f thur club in attendance this yare with others done no' to hev bairn able to mairk tha'.
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Thur Museum Buildin' and Engine House contain a ooj display f Woodworkin', Plumbin', Cooper's, Tin and Blacksmith's tools; oover 100 differen' animal Traps and Taxidermy items; a wartime Secton with leaflets, cards and recipes; Book Bindin' area; Horse Harness and much much more. |
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"Its big. Its a whopper"
Open Daily 10.00 - 5.30 |
Thur Even'
This yare we had a much bigger team runnin' tree separate stations. thur tree club radios were all used: thur FT736R dedicated to VHF/UHF voice, thur FT1000MP setup for HF voice and morse (thanks to M0DXR), and thur IC746 linked to Barry's laptop for UI-View and SSTV on HF.
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With more people, more radios and more experience we managed oover six times thur QSO coun' f larst
yare (66 to 409).
VHF: 36 FM, 2 SSB
HF: 5 PSK, 8 SSTV, 117 CW, 281 SSB
We spook to a total f nineteen other mills bairn uz follows:
| GB0HW | Hewitt's Windmill | GB2HLM | Hindley Windmill | ||
| GB0JAJ | Jack And Jill Mill | GB2HSM | High Salvington Milll | ||
| GB0NLW | North Leverton Windmill | GB2HW | Wirrell Water Mill | ||
| GB2ARW | Aythorpe Rodine Windmill | GB2MW | Mountfichet Windmill | ||
| GB2BM | Burleston Mill | GB2PW | Polgate Windmill | ||
| GB2BWT | Bocking Post Mill | GB2PWW | Takenham Water Mill | ||
| GB2CCM | Crabble Corn Mill | GB2WMS | Shepshed Water Mill | ||
| GB2CM | Coldstream Mill | GB4BHW | Bidston Hill Windmill | ||
| GB2GW | Gleaston Water Mill | GB5SM | Stainsby Mill | ||
| PI4OSS | Zeldenrust Windmill |
And, f cooorse many individuals from around thur world. Thanks to all f yow for makin' ooor even' special. QSL via the bureau or direct to G6UT, Mark Hall Barn, First Avenue, Harlow, Essex CM20 2LE, England.
Weekend Livin'
F cooorse tha' woon all hard work! We pitched ooor tents in thur newlie established field adjacen' to thur mill and had full access to thur museum and windmill. This year's bravery awards goo to Phil, Barry and Alan who spen' a ghostlie noight tryin' to sleep in thur windmill. Although thur wather woos a little disappointin' (and thur good reports from thur res' f England frustratin') thur rairn held orff and some f us found toime to explore thur local countryside.
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Thur 2002 team woos bairn uz follows:
| Terry (G0BXL) | David (G3UEG) | Phil (M5BTB) | Alan (M3TEC) | Mark (M0DXR) | Philip (2E0AUU) | Andy (M3APA) |
| Barry (G8YNL) | Chris (M5IMI) | Lorna (M3LRW) | Alex (M1EPR) | Richard (2E1HKE) | Stefan (2E1HAX) | Neil |
This yare we were kindlie allowed to use thur museum restaooran' for a Satoorday evenin' Fish & Chip supper rushed in from nearby Stalham (map).
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Chris (M5IMI) |
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Dave (G3UEG) |
| Thur operatin' stations were se' up on thur second and third floors f thur ten storey buildin' with feeder cables danglin' ou' f thur windows. thur VHF vertical woos secoored from a platform at thur rare f thur cap, around 80 fi'en above thur ground. Ooor two full size G5RVs were strung ou' a' roight angles, thur centre f each bairn lifted usin' ropes from thur windmill to provide an inverted V configooration. |
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Many thanks to http://www.stokeferry.com/fun/dialect/ for the translation
