Dear all, some of you might have heard about the Milton Keynes ARS being asked to vacate their club meeting venue at Bletchley Park, and that reportedly?this came about owing to arrangements with the RSGB and the NRC.
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I have today received a communication from our RSGB General Manager, who reports that this move was part of a strategic review by the Bletchley Park Trust, the result of which MKARS and other societies that use BP facilities have been asked to relocate, and that this decision was not connected to the RSGB or NRC operation, which continues with the support of many MKARS club members.
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The GM states that the advent of the NRC had no bearing on the MKARS being asked to move, or of any dispute regarding callsigns. He confirms that the NRC uses the special call GB3RS while GB2BP is registered through Ofcom to the MKARS.
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It would appear much of this conjecture arose this past Sunday on 40m, but the operator of GB2BP at the time?did stress it was a matter outside of the RSGB. I trust that the above clarifies the position, and whilst an upheaval for the Milton Keynes club, is something all clubs have to manage from time to time.
