Amateur Radio station 2AP - Stonehaven, Scotland
Amateur Radio station 2AP - Stonehaven, Scotland

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2 A P

Stonehaven, Kincardinshire, Scotland

pre-1939

Amateur Radio Station 2AP Stonehaven Kincardinshire Scotland

The equipment at 2AP is recorded as follows:-
Normal Power 10 watts
Input 22ma at 420 volts
Aerial current 0.72 amps
D.C. Generator - hand driven
Valves 2 Mullard 030 in parallel
Circuit reversed feed-back direct coupled
Aerial System - Aerial 3 wire - 60 feet long 50 feet high
Aerial System - Counterpoise 4 wire - 60 feet long 10 feet high
Station situation at sea level, 200 yards from sea
QSO's with Great Britain, France, Belgium,
Holland, Germany, Denmark
Record DX 8CT - Bordeaux - 865 miles

The owner of the callsign 2AP
was Frank J W Adams.

Frank served at the original Stonehaven Radio, which was a long range wartime radio station, during the first world war. His Crown service also took him to North Africa from which he became an expert in reading, writing and speaking Arabic.

As one of the Post Office radio men, the experts in all things related to maritime radio, Frank served as the Officer in Charge of Wick Radio/GKR, Radio Surveyor at the Glasgow Ship Inspection Office and Senior Radio Surveyor at the Leith Ship Radio Inspection Office where he died in service.

As well as his interest and profession in radio, Frank was also a keen photographer, from which hobby we can enjoy the above view of an amateur radio station from years gone by.

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