Welcome to the hosted page for GBØTWT,
a special events station set up by Andy, GØJLX, specially for
The Twyford WaterWorks Trust
(hence TWT) in Twyford, Hampshire, SO21 1QA, just south of Winchester, off J11
of the M3.
The Special Events Amateur Radio Station GBØTWT
is typically set up twice a year, once for the Edwardian pumping station's own "Open
Day" usually held at the beginning of August, and once for the "International
Pumping Stations on The Air" day at the end of August (weekend of the bank
holiday usually).
The Special Events Station was first set up in 2008
for the 2nd International Pumping Stations On The Air day, and was established
again for only its second airing on 2nd August 2009. There are a few pictures
below of both events, by year.
I am very grateful to MØHOD
(Fred) for his help and assistance in 2008, as well as the use of his 'bus' for
the station, and I am most grateful to M6COR (Will) for his help and assistance
during the 2009 events as I managed to twist my ankle during set up and was
limping about during pull-down afterwards. . . . . youch ! Mind those rabbit
holes
GBØTWT will be on the air again on 30th August 2009, to
celebrate the 3rd International Pumping Stations On The Air day.
2008
2009
In 2009, due to illness, Fred, MØHOD was not able to be present, or to bring his bus along, so we improvised a bit and used my off road land rover (designed to be a go-anywhere comms rig) and ran the stations from that instead.
Site last updated 18 September 2009