[UK-CONTEST] G3GPO OT & G3CTS

[ALEX LISTER]

Ken and Co

I can confirm there was an Amateur Station at Post Office Central Training School. AKA BT Technical College, Yarnfield . Staffs.

Hence the CTS call.
I never got the oportunity us use it ,
Probably too busy out Night Clubbing and quality checking Boddingtons.

I bought an old ARRL handbook from the college library as the old part of the training school was closing.
The Radio training already had moved by then,

That would have been early 1970,s


As for keeping the locals in order some were very local ie Students.
I got dragged in front of the Vice Principal as got fed up with the regular tidying up of the bedrooms by domestic staff.
So I put a Danger High Voltage do not touch on an old SCR 522 AM TX  .
That certainly curtailed my wireless operations ..
At least I did not get sent home,
I think you needed to be caught with a woman in your room by the security staff for that.
One of the lecturing staff did tell me there was nothing in the rule book about being caught with a man ! 


Last visit was in 2009 doing BT 21 Century Network training. 

Imagine the QRM on 160/80 mrs close to the college must be awful now ! 

Even worse than the old sparking Strowger and Crossbar technolgy ?

Alex G8FCQ