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CARS at Hylands Park - 2007


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GB4FUN visited Chelmsford - Scouts ISS Contact at Hylands Park

CARS was pleased that GB4FUN visited Hylands Park on Saturday, 4th August for the 21st. World Scout Jamboree, Chelmsford, England and used GB100J to contact the ISS.
Contact was a go for: Sat 2007-08-04 21:10 UTC and the audio was also relayed via Echolink servers 101377 and 277208.

The Scouts prepared a number of questions for the Astronauts to answer. A number of CARS Members listened to the QSO live.

Click on the link below for further details: -

        http://gb100j.radio-scouting.org.uk/     Note, this is NOT a WWW!

GB100J was a special Amateur Radio station that operated from the 21st World Scout Jamboree 2007 camp at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex from 27th July until 7th August 2007. It was on the air 24-7 during this period.

Jamboree Aerials
Jamboree aerial farm as supplied by Doreen, G8MNO.

Doreen, G8MNO & a Scout
Doreen, G8MNO and a Scout during a practical session

CARS Members at Scout Jamboree CARS Members at Scout Jamboree
Chris, G0IPU with video camera and Martyn, G1EFL on the microphone of GB100J.
Martyn took the photo of Chris.



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