Dear Sparks,

our Friend John G4ETQ is sending since some days updates about the coming activation of M/V “ROSS REVENGE” the ship from which “Radio Caroline” is still “ON THE AIR” both Webradio and on Medium Waves.

Please read the following report with the details of the next activation:

Celebrating five decades of offshore radio broadcasting

GB5RC

Thursday 3rd – Monday 7th August 2017

*** For a full report of GB5RC 2016, click here ***

Following our successful activation of MV Ross Revenge in August 2016 we are very excited to be able to run the special event station again in 2017.  The Ross Revenge has been the home of the world famous Radio Caroline since 1983.  To find out more about our 2016 activation, please click here.

Our plan is similar to last year, however we will be on the Ross a day early, heading out and setting up on Thursday 3rd August with plans to start operating either on the evening of the 3rd or the morning of Friday the 4th.  We will operate two stations throughout the weekend, closing down in the early hours of Monday morning, grabbing a few hours sleep and then dismantling everything after a leisurely breakfast before leaving around lunchtime.

We will have two stations operating for as much as possible and this year we will be concentrating on 80m, 40m and 20m with the option to retune the 20m vertical for 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m if conditions are favourable.  These bands weren’t very successful in 2016 so we’d rather stick where there’s the most activity.  We will have dipoles for 80m and 40m and verticals for 40m and 20m.  We may have something for VHF/UHF but we struggled on there last year due to interference from the solar panels whenever the sun shone!

For more details on GB5RC in 2017, please click here

Special Event Station for Radio Caroline, located on board M/V Ross Revenge
Blackwater Estuary, Bradwell-on-Sea
Essex
England

73’s

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