Friday, December 12, 2014

Initial coverage reports

Good coverage!

Just to confirm that GB7DX can be worked from Hastings town centre (mobile) and from Ashford town.

There is good coverage in between, especially North of Wittersham, but signals do not reach Lydd on the Romney Marsh.

Please send reports to: g0gcq@arrl.net

Many thanks!

Best 73 de John

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Certainly worth the wait ........ GB7DX is on the air!!

GB7DX went live at 17:00Hrs Tuesday 9th December!


I am delighted to confirm that GB7DX was switched back on, at its new location in Wittersham, Kent, yesterday evening.

Initial reports sound very positive, and appears to show that the repeater is covering several parts of Hastings Town and Ashford ~ as well as surrounding areas in East Sussex and Kent. Great!

Any reports can be sent to:  g0gcq@arrl.net  

Best 73 de John


Saturday, December 6, 2014

A Quick Update

In case you think I've disappeared ....... 


Hi Folks :-)

The situation remains the same at the moment ~ the repeater is ready to roll, at just the flick of the switch, but only when the Notice of Variation (NoV) is sent to me.

I know several of you are keen to hear it on the air, especially with the extra commands (such as DTMF), but we'll all have to remain patient for a few more days (hopefully).

According to the ETCC site, at the time of writing, there are 40 requests awaiting Ofcom approval ~ but 21 NoVs were issued last week alone, so I am hoping that GB7DX will be somewhere amongst next week's batches (keeping everything crossed).

There has been a lot of new interest, and rigs purchased, in the Hastings & Eastbourne areas. I also know of others in the Weald of Kent area that are either very interested in, or have bought, rigs very recently. So there is certainly a lot of anticipation ~ which cannot be bad :-)

Obviously, the ETCC / RSGB have been very supportive ~ it's just that Ofcom have been very busy of late ~ so it is one of those things! Still, the repeater will be all the sweeter once it is up & running :-)

Rest assured, I will certainly blog once it is up & running!! :-)

Until then ......... Happy Christmas!

Best 73 de John