200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar
GB200T closed down at 16.00z on Monday 24th October having made 13,700 contacts with 121 different countries around the world. Some highlights of the eight-day operation were:-
- 1,578 contacts made on the first day of operation
- The station was visited on Trafalgar Day by Anna Tribe, the great great great granddaughter of Lord Nelson
- Fantastic support from Roy Clare, Director of the National Maritime Museum, and all his staff.
- Trafalgar greetings messages passed by Roy Clare, Eltham MP Clive Efford, and Nelson scholar Dr Colin White
- Target of 10,000 contacts achieved two days ahead of schedule
- Contact with other Trafalgar stations GB200RN, GB200HNT, GB4BOT, ZB3TRA and ZL6QH
The GB200T/Trafalgar Awards run in conjunction with the Trafalgar celebrations are now available and being posted to claimants. If you worked us - and other Trafalgar special event stations - and haven't claimed your Award yet, take a look at our Awards page for more details.
To commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October
1805, the Cray Valley Radio Society will be operating a special amateur
radio station from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich for eight days
starting on Monday 17th October 2005.
HMS Victory. (Photograph courtesy of Trewellard Radio Group)
Museum opening hours are 10am to 5pm, and admission is free. Members of the public will be able to see the radio station in operation, making shortwave radio contacts with locations all around the world. Visitors will also have the opportunity to sit down and exchange greetings messages with other amateur radio stations around the UK, and with overseas countries including Gibraltar, Malta, Canada and the USA.
