South Essex's Olympic Bike Success With GB1HF

摘要

Dave Speechley G4UVJ the Secretary of the South Essex Amateur Radio Society (SEARS) reports to Newsdesk, "When the UK was selected to host the Olympic Games, we decided that SEARS would be doing a Special Event station over the 28 days of the games. However, some of our members attended meetings at Castle Point Council when we were told that we wouldn't get access to, or even near to the site at Hadleigh in Essex, because of a security lock down in that local area, as the site is on the side of Benfleet Downs overlooking the Thames Estuary. So, I decided that somewhere on Canvey Island would be ideal near or on the saltings - opposite the site where the men's and women's Olympic Mountain Bike competitions were being held, at Hadleigh Farm, Essex over the period August 11th and 12th 2012.