SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER CHAPELS & CHURCHES ON THE AIR

Well we made the event and it was a great success at St Barnabas Church Franche, Kidderminster.

Although we were first timers on the CHOTA event, the station, GB4SBC, made 112 contacts in 23 countries. The best DX was USA, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

On 40mtrs we made many contacts around UK and the continent, as well as 8 Churches as listed:

1. St Keverns Cornwall

2. St Osmonds Derby

3. Mexborough Church

4. Lowthorpe Church E. Yorks.

5. Brecon Cathedral

6. St Peters Orford Darcy

7. All Saints Litcham Norfolk

8. Maidstone Church Kent

We used 2 stations one HF and one LF, a TS50 and a FT900. The aerials used were a G5RV hoisted to the top of the church flagpole at approx. 55ft and a three element beam at about 20ft.

we had a lot of visitors interested in the special event station and the craft exhibition also on show for the festival day.

JESS G8IYE

                             ELGIN MOELG & WIFE visiting the event

                                A BIT OF RELAXATION FRED,DAVE
                                                             WITH VISITOR VINCE

                                                         WORKING THE STATION
                                              STELLA & PHIL G7GVV HAVING A CHAT

                                              A CHECK ON THE ANTENNAS

                                                   DAVE G0MJY HAVING A NAP PHIL
                                                         KEEPING HIM COMPANY

                                          GERALD G0HRL, TONY G4ZIB FRED DAVE PHIL    

                                                   NOW POPS IN GEOFF G4ACS

                                                            GERALD G0HRL

                                                        TONY G4ZIB

                                                             PHIL G7GVV

                                                            DAVE G0MJY

                                                                     FRED G0EHQ

                                                         TONY DEWSBURY G4CLX

                                         END OF THE DAY ANTENNAS TAKEN DOWN
                                         TEAM WORK BY FRED,DAVE, PHIL, JULIE, ANN
                                         MISSING FROM PHOTO GEOFF,
                                        CHURCH WARDEN BARRY, PHILIP

                                          ANTENNAS LOADED NEARLY TIME TO GO.

                                                        MARK READY TO GO HOME