Mills 2019

Location

Saltford Brass Mill is situated on the banks of the River Avon in the village of Saltford, 5 miles west of the City of Bath in the South West of England. Its postal address is Saltford Brassmill, The Shallows, Saltford, BS31 3EY. However, there are some specific details that will be of interest to radio hams:

  • Lat/Long (WGS84 Geoid): 51.401316°,-2.451456°
  • IARU: IO81sj
  • IOTA: EU005 (UK Mainland)
  • WAB: ST66 – England
  • ///unravel.transmits.rely

The Operation

Following the success of our first operation from within the Mill grounds in 2018 we continued with operations in a similar vein. This year we had a new position within the Mill grounds, operating from the front of the site giving us a higher profile to passing pedestrians and also freeing up the display area we used last year to allow the Mill volunteers to more easily demonstrate their water wheel models and display the plants that they cultivate and sell.

The equipment was similar to the previous year although we did play with a few odd bits just for the fun of it.

The Station

  • Yaesu FT-991 HF/VHF/UHF Multi-mode transceiver
  • Nissei DPS-300 Linear Power Supply
  • B and W Manual HF ATU with balanced connection
  • Behringer 302USB audio mixer (splits audio out from the FT-991 to operators headphones and external amplified speakers)
  • Logitech USB powered amplified speakers
  • 80m doublet fed with 450Ω ladder-line
  • Fibreglass telescopic mast to support centre of doublet in an inverted vee configuration

We had a minor mishap, on Sunday we lost the hard drive on our Club laptop and with it the log of Saturdays activities. This means that we only have a partial log of the weekend. We have uploaded to eQSL so hopefully we will get some confirmations from the Saturday that we will be able to process later, so if you worked us and don’t see your QSO listed please drop us a line with the usual log details and we will add you to the list.

Local Wildlife

The Log

Date of Contact Time Station Worked Band or Freq (MHz) Mode TX RX Operator’s Name QTH IARU Locator Distance (km) Notes
RST No. RST No.
11/05/2019 09:45 GB0ASH 80m SSB 59   59   Dave Ashton Windmill     North Bristol ARC
11/05/2019 09:58 M0CGL 80m SSB     58            
11/05/2019 10:08 2E0EVM 80m SSB     59            
11/05/2019 10:58 G0UUQ 80m SSB     57            
11/05/2019 11:17 GW4BKG 80m SSB     59            
11/05/2019 11:26 M0KKM 80m SSB     59            
11/05/2019 12:39 G0LTG 2m SSB 57   57   Laurie Binnegar      
11/05/2019 12:47 GB0TGI 2m SSB 59   59   Shaun        
11/05/2019 13:53 G4CUS 80m SSB     58            
11/05/2019 14:03 GB4WM 80m SSB     59     Walkington Mill     Hull and District ARS
11/05/2019 14:27 M0TRJ 80m SSB     59            
12/05/2019 09:17 M0LJT 80m SSB 59   59   Eddie        
12/05/2019 09:19 GB0CHW 80m SSB 54   57   Gavin Chailey Heritage Windmill     Downland RG
12/05/2019 09:25 M0KEP 80m SSB 57   57   Tim Abingdon      
12/05/2019 09:28 G3OCI 80m SSB 59   59   Denis       IC7300 Long Wire
12/05/2019 09:30 G6PJX 80m SSB         Chris Chester      
12/05/2019 09:32 GB0LM 80m SSB 59   59   Kevin Llanyrafon Mill     Cwmbran and District ARS
12/05/2019 09:35 2E0CZK 80m SSB 57   59   Bob Southampton      
12/05/2019 09:36 G7TGK 80m SSB 58   59   Charlie Pershaw      
12/05/2019 09:39 G3XTZ 80m SSB 59   59   Graham London (Heathrow)      
12/05/2019 09:42 M0TFY 80m SSB 58   59   David        
12/05/2019 09:45 G3ZPS 80m SSB 59   59   Steve Kent      
12/05/2019 09:48 G0ERS 80m SSB 58   59   Rod Portsmouth      
12/05/2019 09:49 G4JZR 80m SSB     59   Eric        
12/05/2019 09:51 G1NYN 80m SSB 58   59   Dave West Yorkshire      
12/05/2019 09:56 G0LUH 80m SSB         Doug West London (Heathrow)      
12/05/2019 09:58 GB2WMS 80m SSB     59   Brian Shepshed      
12/05/2019 10:05 GB2LWM 80m SSB 58       Keith Lytham Mill     Thornton-Cleveleys ARS
12/05/2019 10:11 M0MVV 80m SSB 57   55   Adam West Byfleet      
12/05/2019 10:19 G3YNT 80m SSB     58   Tony Gloucester      
12/05/2019 10:28 G3GLB 80m SSB         Edgar        
12/05/2019 10:30 G3YHN 80m SSB 59       Chris West Midlands      
12/05/2019 10:35 GW4GJA 80m SSB         Ken Merthyr Tydfil      
12/05/2019 10:38 M0WHW 80m SSB         Horace        
12/05/2019 10:41 G3ZPF 80m SSB 57   59     Wolverhampton      
12/05/2019 10:45 G0RGB 80m SSB 59   59   Peter        
12/05/2019 10:49 GB50TEL 80m SSB         John       Telford Radio Club 50th Anniversary
12/05/2019 10:53 GB2WTM 80m SSB 57   58   Keith Woodbridge Tide Mill     Felixstowe and District ARS
12/05/2019 10:58 GB2DWM 80m SSB 45   55   Steve Duloe Windmill St Neots Cambs     Huntingdonshire ARS
12/05/2019 11:02 2E0EIC 80m SSB         Joe        
12/05/2019 11:04 GX0BRA 80m SSB 57   59   Paul       Banbury Radio Club
12/05/2019 11:08 M0TRJ 80m SSB 59                
12/05/2019 12:41 G8BIG 80m SSB           Norwich      
12/05/2019 12:46 G7VKP 40m SSB 59   59   Adrin Chesterfield      
12/05/2019 12:49 PA0HPG 40m SSB 59   58   Harm        
12/05/2019 12:53 G0KTR 40m SSB 59       Roger Manchester      
12/05/2019 12:58 G1PIE 40m SSB 59   59   Mark Preston      
12/05/2019 13:12 M0KED 40m SSB 59   59   Andy Lincoln      
12/05/2019 13:21 G0XTA 40m SSB 58   59   Ray Wisbeach Cambridgeshire      
12/05/2019 13:26 F4HZN 40m SSB           SW France      
12/05/2019 13:29 ON5GA 40m SSB 59   58   Ed        
12/05/2019 13:34 GB2SWM 40m SSB 59   59     Stretton Mill     Chester and District RS
12/05/2019 14:31 M3GJA 80m SSB 56   59   Trevor Norfolk