GB3IV (formally GB3PD), Stenbury site on the Isle of Wight.
Website page started for GB3IV on 23/08/05
7/2/06
These were my fist pictures received from the refurbished GB3IV on Tuesday February 7th
These were the first seen through and from the repeater:
30/8/05
Pictures taken off my monitor screen
on Monday 29th August 2005 (during lift conditions *).
15/9/05 * I have noticed that, with me, only wet conditions deteriorate the signal substantially.
Fantastic news released on 16th April 2005,
by Howard G3NZL, to SCART members:-
"...we've finally got authority to operate on the right frequencies at 100W ERP from what is probably the best site of all for our purposes. This search has been going on for about 15 years and we should not only thank Simon and the GB3IW team for their truly excellent support but we should also thank Roy G8CKN, who identified and proved Stenbury’s potential early in year 2000."
"...I have received the NoV with the callsign GB3PD (which was temporarily allocated by RSGB for administrative purposes)..."
The request is in for the callsign change to "...GB3IV ("Island Video"), which will not only compliment the IW Group’s set of callsigns - but will also sound good on the mandatory Morse idents!..."
Thanks from the 'Dorset area crowd' also go to Howard in particular for his relentless negotiations with the authorities over a very long time and for the technical work of Mike G8LES and Giles G1MFG.
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This is an off screen picture as received by me on Wednesday afternoon, 20th April 2005.
Live pictures relayed from Roy G8CKN were equally good.
The grey vertical bands on the left are due to the fault on my old HCS 31 monitor! |
