GB4TBL
GB4TBL is a Special Event Station being run by Riviera Amateur Radio Club in support of SOS Radio Week (2012-01-21 – 2012-01-29).
SOS Radio Week is an event organised by the Lifeboat Amateur Radio Society to raise awareness and funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and is active in the week leading up to the RNLI SOS Day
The phonetics of the callsign stand for Torbay Lifeboat (pictured left), our local RNLI Lifeboat station in Torbay, Devon. Visit the RNLI Torbay website at www.torbaylifeboat.co.uk
We will be operating at Beacon Quay, Torquay Harbour on 2012-01-28 om 7.140 MHz +/- QRM.
Operating frequencies
2m band
145.500 MHz FM etc, and through 2m repeaters in South Devon: Torquay GB3TR, Sidmouth GB3SW, Exmouth MB7IEX (Echolink) and Torbay MB7ITB (Echolink)
HF bands
40m SSB – 7.140 MHz +/- QRM
APRS
The Torbay Lifeboat teams will be tracked by APRS on land and at sea as part of their SOS Day fundraising activities on 28th January 2012. (APRS callsigns to be announced) SOS Tracking
We will be transmitting via APRS as GB4TBL from Beacon Quay – send us a message via APRS and monitor us on aprs.fi.
Digital modes
We will be operating on various digital modes such as: JT65, PSK31, RTTY
Please see our Activity Detail page.
For up to date information on our operating frequencies, please follow us on Twitter: @RivieraARC
Operators
| DATE | Operators |
|---|---|
| Sat 21st (1300-1500 UTC) [2M, APRS] |
Alan G2DXU Denis M6AYK |
| Sun 22nd (1300-1500 UTC) [2M, APRS] |
Alan G2DXU |
| Mon 23rd (1300-1500 UTC) [2M, APRS] |
Alan G2DXU |
| Tue 24th (1300-1500 UTC) [2M, APRS] |
Alan G2DXU |
| Wed 25th (1300-1500 UTC) [2M, APRS] |
Alan G2DXU Paul M0PCZ |
| Thu 26th (1300-1500 UTC) [2M, APRS] |
Alan G2DXU |
| Fri 27th (1300-1500 UTC) [2M, APRS] |
Paul 2E0PBT Dave G4OTU Alan G2DXU |
| Sat 28 (1100-1600 UTC) [40m SSB, 2M, JT65, PSK31, APRS] |
HF + 2m Hugh 2E0HOO Alan G2DXU Dave G4OTU Paul M0PCZ Denis M6AYK Dave M6DPG Digital modes Steve G6UIM Conor M6CON |
| Sun 29th (QRT) [--] |
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Event
GB4TBL
We are aiming to raise awareness and funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) who save lives at sea.
We will not be collecting any money at our Special Event Station, nor asking for any on air, but if you would like to support the RNLI, please donate using the buttons below or at their website http://www.rnli.org.uk/sosday/donate.
If you donate via our buttons we can see how much our station helped in raising money for the RNLI. Thankyou.
Please donate to the RNLI through our Just Giving page.
RNLI SOS Day
The 2012 Torbay Lifeboat Crew SOS Day Challenge aims to raise £10,000 for Lifeboat crew equipment. The Torbay Lifeboat crew aim to row a heritage 38ft wooden lifeboat from St Mary’s Bay, Brixham to Beacon Cove, Torquay, via Paignton. Meanwhile, the wives and girlfriends of the crew will ‘pull’ an inshore lifeboat by road from the lifeboat station through Brixham to Paignton Pier and then on to Haldon Pier to meet the rowing crew.
The Torbay Lifeboat will be carrying an APRS tracker as it makes it’s journey across Torbay. The system will send packets of data (including information from a GPS receiver) to a receiver inland, which will then update the position of the boats via the internet to the aprs.fi website. *We will provide a link here for live tracking of Torbay Lifeboat on Saturday 28th January 2012.* The signals will also be received by our equipment at Beacon Quay.
Torbay Lifeboat website has page with SOS Tracking which will also show ‘live tracking’ on Saturday 28th January 2012.
QSL
Bureau, Direct, eQSL
Awards
If you contact GB4TBL on air, you may claim a free award from SOS Radio Week. For a list of stations taking please visit http://www.sosradioweek.org.uk/stations/
Riviera Amateur Radio Club
Riviera Amateur Radio Club was formed in 2012 in Torbay, Devon, England. The GB4TBL Special Event Station for SOS Radio Week is our first activity together as a group.
