Worked All Britain

The Martello Tower Group is activating Herm Island again from 4 to 9 October using the 80 to 10m bands, including WARC bands. The group will be using SSB and some data modes. All QSOs will be uploaded to Logbook of the World and Club Log. QSL direct or via the bureau to G6NHU.

I have been working on a WAB map for the four squares Herm Island in colusion with M1EAK Colin - book number 20104.

Mapping is scarce - if anyone can help with with good WAB mapping feel free to share. Meanwhile colin will be attempting to activate all four squares
shown in the 'rough' map below. Obviously the squares edge tolerance is shaky and he will be operating well away from each boundary edge.

Note in the photo ariel shot taken is taken flying north but looking south - so north is bottom of photo.

Call will be GP0PKT/P

NOTE : The base station callsign will be GP0PKT

For reasons that I've not yet ascertained, the whole of Herm is valid for WWFF as GUFF-020

Regarding the grid, this seems to be a perennial question

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie ... ZDVkR3c6MQ

Maybe Lioney MU0GSY could throw some light on things?

Further rummaging finds a Google Earth UTM Grid (WAB uses UTM for the Channel Islands, even though Guernsey has moved to its own grid)

http://www.nearby.org.uk/google/Gridlines_utm.kml.pl‎

This puts the intersection about 150m north and east of yours...

Herm Island activation - the team are on the way -
http://martellotowergroup.com/gp0pkt/

http://martellotowergroup.com/gp0pkt/

Herm Island news

Sat morning 5th Oct '13

News via Colin m1eak - "Operation delayed. Not all equipment arrived. Everything that did arrive is set up. Missing kit to arrive this morning on ferry.
"

Fingers crossed.
73 all bri

ACTIVE NOW - 7.066 - WV48

current - sunday 0900 local - 7.158

colin will be out as MU1EAK attempting to active the other 3 squares later today ( sunday 6 oct )

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