[UK-CONTEST] O/T GPO & all that

[Ken Eastty]

Alex/Dave,

I'm sure that when I was at Stone in the early 60's there was a 
different local brew. As for guests in the rooms there wasn't much 
opportunity for that because all the rooms were shared between two 
chaps. Not many girls in engineering in those days either more's the pity!

I remember someone who had I think an old ZC1 in his room (how many 
people remember the ZC1 today?).  I think the individual concerned was 
Bob G3ORI, somewhere I have an old B&W photo but apologies if I've got 
the wrong person.

I was last there about 10 years ago when elf'n'safety decreed that 
anyone who might conceivably work on anything above head height should 
do a 'Flat Roof Course'. A bit late for me as in a previous life working 
on radar systems I'd regularly climbed up to 70 ft & more, no training 
then, no harness or hard hats!

At least operating the RSO club station from the middle of an HF station 
would have eliminated any TVI or planning problems but must have 
required a good RX with all those kW's around. I know that on one 
occasion I received an RF burn from a disconnected feeder, not as bad as 
the one that I almost got from a 40kW TX, I was very very lucky!

73...

Ken

G3LVP


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> Ken and Co
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> I can confirm there was an Amateur Station at Post Office Central
> Training School. AKA BT Technical College, Yarnfield . Staffs.
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> Hence the CTS call. I never got the opportunity us use it , Probably
> too busy out Night Clubbing and quality checking Boddingtons.
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> 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,
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> That would have been early 1970,s
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> 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
> !
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> Last visit was in 2009 doing BT 21 Century Network training.
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> Imagine the QRM on 160/80 mrs close to the college must be awful now
> !
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> Even worse than the old sparking Strowger and Crossbar technolgy ?
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> Alex G8FCQ
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> Yes - Ongar Radio Station held the call sign G3RSO - indeed I still
> have the affiliated society certificate from RSGB.   (Radio Station
> Ongar)
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> It was a great site - on the Epping Ridge. It was very successful on
> HF and VHF. We had a tower with many Yagis and wire aerials.
> Surprisingly we didnt suffer too badly from the HF TX'ers on site.
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> I moved my home QTH to the Ongar Site in the 1970's and won many VHF
> contests from there.
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> 73 David G4ASR
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