Gentlemen,
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1: As you may be aware, the Olympic Torch passes
through Maidstone on Thursday 19th July. As it goes around the UK, the WAB Group
(Worked All Britain) are holding special event stations in the area through
which it passes, and hope to cover as much of the route as
possible.
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2: Several members of the club have shown
interest in participating in this, so I have registered our Club with the WAB
group to take part on the day using the call sign G3WM. I have received official
notification and the call log-book to confirm our registration. I have spoken to
Leslee and booked the hut for the day, so no problems there!
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3: Ideally, at least 6 members are required,
bearing in mind the operators, loggers, rest periods etc. I already have 4
people who wish to take part, although one is subject to being able to get the
day off work (no problem for those of us who are retired!). However, the more
the better, but we only have 6 weeks to get
prepared!
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4: Remember, this event is not until
Thursday 19th July, so you have plenty of time to sort-out your
diary’s!
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5: These are highly-prestigious stations; having
listened (and made contact with) several stations, they are very busy indeed –
usually lots of pile-ups - because people actually want to log a contact with
the operating stations each day.
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6: If you are interested, will you please let me
know so I can ensure we will do our club proud on the day. Because the stations
can get very busy, if we’re not prepared, it can cause problems in dealing with
the amount of traffic generated; we will need to keep calm at all times and
ensure we are in control rather than letting aggressive callers dictate the
running. Consequently, I hope to use a few of our meetings as training evenings
at the hut in order to ensure we are up-to-speed with our operation
procedures.
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7: We will need HF and VHF radios (2 mtrs), so
its a good excuse to get our all our equipment back in the hut and ensure its
all working OK.
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8: Please do think about joining us on the day –
most of us will never get this chance again, will we? It will be an invaluable
experience for some of the newer members to experience.
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9: Please let me know in the next week or so if
you’re interested, as I need to know that we have enough members to host this
interesting Special Event Station.
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10: Unfortunately, I will not be at the club
next Monday, but should be able to make the meeting after.
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73
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Geoff
G7NJB
