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THE "3 OWLS" SPECIAL EVENT STATION
Back in June 1997 the club operated a special event station from the "3 Owls" Bird Sanctuary in Norden, Rochdale, and the event was held to help publicise the work of the sanctuary. The station was operated from a tent in the grounds, and powered by a generator, despite the poor weather over the weekend many stations were worked, and a lot of our special QSL cards were sent out. Unfortunately we weren't able to get the callsign GB3OWL, but GB4OWL and GB5OWL were heard by many amateurs and listeners, and you can see a scan of some of our unique QSL cards below: |
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 JEFF LOOKING FOR OWLS:Jeff G7BRJ spreading the word about the 3 Owls Bird Sanctuary. (41kb). |
 OPERATING UNDER CANVAS:Jeff G7BRJ in the foreground, whilst Tony G4DEE operates in the rear of the tent, watched by reluctant ham Chris G0WTB. (38kb). |
 I WISH IT WOULD STOP RAINING!:Beryl, G7UCT keeping out of the rain, and wishing the weather would brighten up. |
 THE TENT, THE AERIAL, THE GENERATOR AND THE NOISY 400kv POWERLINES:An outside shot of our canvas shack, taken during a brief lull in the monsoon type June weather. (31kb). |
 OPERATING IN THE WET:Eric G0WHL, (centre) takes at turn at operating. You can see from the dampness on his coat that this was not a sunny June day. (39kb). |
 SQUELCH, SQUELCH, SQUELCH:Eric G0WHL, squelching his way up the soggy meadow towards the operating tent. No doubt that carrier bag was full of dry towels. (27kb). |
 WHERE'S ME RIG GONE?:Emma 2E1GGL, wondering where her radio has got to. (24kb). |
 PUT THAT LIGHT OUT!:Some of the many owls at the sanctuary wondering why a very soggy radio ham is trying to take their picture. (55kb). |
 THAT SAYS IT ALL!: |
 GB4OWL QSL CARD:One of the club's special QSL cards created just for the event. (93kb). |
 GB5OWL QSL CARD:One of the club's special QSL cards created just for the event. (142kb). |
 PUT THAT LIGHT OUT!:Jeff caught at work in the Three Owls tent. (46.2kb). |
 BERYL ON THE MIKE:Beryl was caught here taking a turn on the mike. (49.4kb) |
 BERYL SHOWS THE MEN HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE:Some of the men in the club may be mike shy, but fearless Beryl was happy to show them how to do it! (46.4kb) |
 CHRIS AND TONY:Chris G0WTB is seen here wearing dark glasses, and hoping that no one will recognise him, and make him take a turn on the mike. Tony G4DEE is looking on bemused! (47kb). |
 TONY G4DEE:Tony G4DEE, one of the club's founders can be seen hear operating the station. (35.6kb). |
 PUT THAT TENT BACK:Eric G0WHL, and Alan G4TMV are left in the open here, and still trying to work the pile up on 80 whilst Clifford dismantles the tent around them! (50.7kb). |
 THE VANISHING TENT:You wait all day for the band to open up, and them some rotter goes and pulls the tent down before you've finished! (55.9kb). |
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