This year the Dragon Amateur Radio Club participated in the Churches and Chapels on the Air Event. All paperwork and permissions had been done prior to the event by Simon MW0NWM. We were kindly offered the use of the annex and field at the home of Les MW0SEC and this was accepted gratefully.
The Chapel, Capel Carmel is a Presbyterian Chapel located in Llannerch-y-medd that is not use very often but it is very close to our club location.
Everything was set up by 10.00 and it was windy as it normally is at Draughty Towers! Conditions were dire for the first couple of hours, and we all wondered if it all was working, indeed the Laptop did play up a bit but was quickly sorted.
We struggled to get contacts in the beginning but the 7400 and the 80/40 dipole worked well.
We packed up at 1550 when the wind was bad, and it became cloudy. All in all we achieved 63 contacts, most of whom complained about the conditions, even inter G was bad but It did improve a bit in the afternoon but nothing like a pile up. Thanks to Les for his hospitality and for letting us use his annex. Thanks to Stew GW0ETF, John 2W0JWB, Twm 2W0IJD, John GW0WZL, Les MW0SEC and Sylvia. Without your help this would have been hard, if at all possible. Looking forward to next year!
Article by Danny Shurmer GW7BZR
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