Sponsored by
Radio enthusiasts answer SOS call
THE RNLI is taking to the airwaves to publicise tomorrow's SOS fundraising day.
Radio hams from the charity have set up a special event radio station at the lifeboat house and say amateur radio enthusiasts from overseas have been queuing up to contact Scarborough marine lifesavers.
The station is Scarborough’s contribution to SOS Radio Week, a week-long fundraising event for UK and Irish amateur radio operators to raise money for the RNLI.
The Government’s Office of Communications has assigned the special international callsign GB4RNLI to the Scarborough group for the occasion.
Group chairman Roy Clayton said: “Greetings were received from almost 1000 amateurs world-wide, mainly throughout the UK and Europe, but some from as far away as the USA, Canada, Japan and Brunei. Everyone who made contact will receive a souvenir acknowledgement postcard of Scarborough lifeboat containing details of the exchange of signals.”
One eight-year-old visitor to the station, Emily Porter, from the 2nd Haxby Cub Scout Group, was allowed to send greetings over the air and enter details in the station log book as part of the requirements for her Cub Scout Communicator Badge.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Scarborough
Thursday 09 February 2012
Today
Light snow
Temperature: 0 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Light snow
Temperature: -2 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South
