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Railways On The Air 2023- Whitrope Sat 23rd/Sun 24th September 2023 – GB0WRH

Posted by on September 17, 2023 No comments

Club members will be taking part in this year’s Railways On The Air event, with a station being set up at the usual place of Whitrope Heritage Centre near Hawick on the weekend of 23/24 September.

The callsign used will be GB0WRH (Waverley Route Heritage) operating on HF bands. Dave MM0HTL will be arriving around 9am on Saturday and setting up, and then along with other members will be operating through the day and evenings until late Sunday afternoon.

All club members and visitors are welcome to come along and see the stations (radio and railway) and help with operating or just come along to chat with us.

The Whitrope Heritage Centre is run by the Waverley Route Heritage Association who have restored a length of track and sidings on the old Waverley line (1849-1969) between Hawick and Carlisle. Further details here: https://wrha.org.uk/about/

Location:
Whitrope Heritage Centre, Whitrope, Hawick, Roxburghshire TD9 9TY
Location: 11 miles south of Hawick on B6399 (Hawick to Newcastleton road).

Maidenhead Locator: IO85PH 00co
55.294320, -2.748944 (55°17’39.6″N 2°44’56.2″W) 1034ft (315m) asl
NGR: NT 52540 00279
Google: 9C7V77V2+MC
W3W:///jousting.windmills.wire
https://wrha.org.uk/the-association/find-us/

Satellite image showing location of Whitrope Heritage Centre carpark

https://rota.barac.org.uk/
https://wrha.org.uk/the-association/whitrope-heritage-centre/

Railways On The Air 2021 – GB0WHR – Sat/Sun 25th/26th September 2021

Posted by on September 27, 2021 No comments

Some of our club members again activated the Whitrope Heritage Centre near Hawick in this year’s Railways On The Air event.

Different callsign from usual WRH, which no doubt created some confusion when the QRZ page corresponding to the WHR callsign gives details of another station.

A good weekend was had by all, despite drizzly rain most of the first day then heavier rain on the Sunday afternoon.

74 QSOs were made over the weekend.

"Whitrope Siding" sign
Sign Whitrope Summit www.wrha.org.uk
More details of Whitrope Railway Heritage Centre and association at www.wrha.org.uk
Station caravan and awning with antenna overhead, Dave S standing nearby
Our operating station for the weekend
Station caravan with awning, antenna reaching overhead

Station operating from the carpark of the centre. Thanks to Dave H MM0HTL for use of the caravan and awning.

Equipment:
Transceiver: Kenwood TS-430S
Antenna Tuner: Yaesu FC-902
Amplifier: Yaesu FL-2100B putting out about 200w peak.

Antenna: UK Antennas End-fed multiband antenna (40/20/15/10m)

Station caravan and awning.
Dave H MM0HTL operating with Buster on his lap, Dave S GM0KCN logging
Dave H MM0HTL operating with Buster on his lap, Dave S GM0KCN logging
Dave H MM0HTL operating with Buster on his lap, Dave S GM0KCN logging
Dave H MM0HTL with Buster on his knee. Dave S GM0KCN logging.
Kenwood TS-430S, Yaesu FC-902 tuner and Yaesu FL-2100B Amplifier
Kenwood TS-430S Transceiver, Yaesu FC-902 ATU, and Yaesu FL-2100B Amplifier putting out around 200w peak
Dave S GM0KCN operating radios
Dave S GM0KCN operating
Laptop for logging, next to Kenwood TS-430S transceiver
Laptop for logging, with paper backup of course!
Dave S GM0KCN sitting beside Dave H MM0HTL with terrier dog Buster on his lap
Dave H MM0HTL with terrier Buster on his knee, Dave S GM0KCN, Steven MM0ILC
Also Steven MM0ILC helping operate
Operators Dave S GM0KCN, Dave H MM0HTL (with Buster on his lap) and Steven MM0ILC.

Sign saying "To The Trains".
"Warning Limited Clearance" sign
Inside of signal box with levers.
Signal box with trains in background
Railway signal horizontal at red
Train carriages
Train carriages
Train carriages
Yellow train 142020 with destination "Carlisle"
Train 142020 next to another train
Engineers looking busy
Train carriage framework
Train carriages with men working on them, cars parked nearby
Looking down railway line towards signal, George GM1OPO, Dave S GM0KCN and Steven MM0ILC on platform
George GM1OPO, Dave S GM0KCN, Steven MM0ILC
Rusty red coloured train carriage
Inside of train carriage
Engineers’ “office”.
Views around the Whitrope Heritage Centre

Dave S GM0KCN with bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label on table
“Johnny Walker was present and pleasantly enjoyed.”
Breakfast chef Steven MM0ILC with BBQ breakfast
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Thanks to Steven the chef for the Sunday morning breakfast on the barbecue.
Dave S GM0KCN, Dave H MM0HTL and Steven MM0ILC tucking into full English breakfast
Sunday morning breakfast.

Many thanks to the Waverley Route Heritage Association for allowing us to set up in their carpark at Whitrope again this year. Thanks also to Dave S GM0KCN, Dave H MM0HTL and Steven MM0ILC for organising, helping set up, and operating the station for the weekend, and other club members visiting during the event.

QSL cards will be on their way to stations contacted.

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