GB4IFW

QSL Card for GB4IFW

Great Britain For Inter Faith Week

GB4IFW

I’d like to thank Andy, Joanna and Peter at The Blackley Centre for making us all feel so welcome during the event and for the assistance in the planning stages. I highly recommend The Blackley Centre based on our experience and would not hesitate to give 10 out of 10 in any review. Thank You!

Blackley Baptist Church and our antenna

A Special Event Station Celebrating InterFaith Week 2021

Sunday 14 – Sunday 21 November

Location: The Blackley Centre, Blackley, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. HX5 0TD.

Grid Ref: SE101199 — 53°40′33″N , 001°50′54″W —  53.675760 , -1.8483876  —   SE 10113 19932 —  IO93bq

201m/660ft ASL 

The Blackley Centre is a charity that specialises in Interfaith relations, reconciliation and conflict resolution.

It is a major part of the United Kingdoms Regional Interfaith movement.

The aim is to bring people from all backgrounds together and build friendships.

GB4IFW – The Station:

HF: 

We used a Yaesu FT-991, A Yaesu FT-991A, and a Kenwood TS-870 HF Transceivers. Antennas were 40m long End fed long wire, 20m long End fed Long wire and a Dipole cut for 80m. Max Output was 100w.

VHF:

We Used a Yaesu FT-991A and an x50 colinear. Max output was 25w.

Alongside GB4IFW Club member Stuart ran another station GB0BBC (Blackley Baptist Church).

Yaesu FT897 at 25W,& SQBM1000 triband ‘white stick’ at about 18ft agl, with 680 ft ASL

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The Blackley Centre: https://www.blackleycentre.co.uk/

Halifax And District Amateur Radio Society: http://hadars.org.uk/

Martin and Andy make a voice contact on 40m.

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ABOUT THE WEEK

Inter Faith Week 2021 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales

WHEN? 

Inter Faith Week 2021 will take place from Sunday 14 – Sunday 21 November.

Each year, Inter Faith Week begins on Remembrance Sunday, and runs until the following Sunday. It is hoped that the additional Sunday provides the opportunity for other weekend events to take place as well as those linked to Remembrance Sunday. Remembrance Sunday was chosen as a start day to encourage people to remember together the contributions of all faiths and none, and to consider how best to create a just, peaceful, and harmonious world.

Inter Faith Week also ends on Mitzvah Day, an annual day of faith-based social action: https://mitzvahday.org.uk/

WHAT?

Inter Faith Week:

  • Highlights the good work done by local faith, inter faith and faith-based groups and organisations
  • Draws new people into inter faith learning and cooperation
  • Enables greater interaction between people of different backgrounds
  • Helps develop integrated and neighbourly communities
  • Celebrates diversity and commonality
  • Opens new possibilities for partnership

WHY?

Building good relationships and working partnerships between people of different faiths and beliefs is part of the year-round work of many people and organisations across the UK.

Having a special Week provides a focal point, helping to open inter faith activity up to a wider audience so that more and more people are made aware of the importance of this vital work and are able to participate in it.

THE THREE AIMS OF THE WEEK ARE:

  • Strengthening good inter faith relations at all levels
  • Increasing awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society
  • Increasing understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs

HOW? 

Anyone can take part in Inter Faith Week and hold Inter Faith Week events.

WHO? 

Inter Faith Week is for everyone. Some of the many kinds of organisations who have participated in previous Weeks include:

  • faith communities and their places of worship
  • community and voluntary groups
  • inter faith bodies
  • youth groups
  • schools and SACREs
  • institutions of further and higher education
  • local authorities and other public agencies
  • sports organisations
  • museums
  • businesses and workplaces
  • TV and radio stations
  • and many others

https://www.interfaithweek.org/

The long wire antenna being held up in the air by two telescopic masts.

Logbook:

Sunday 14th Nov 2021:

20m: (14Mhz)

IWDGZ – Antonio – Italy

EA5HIL -Jose – Spain

40m: (7Mhz)

ON4BW – John – Belgium

G4DBI – Dean – UK

M0ZGY – Gerry – UK

PF9Z – Sashcha – Netherlands

DL2IAJ – Germany

M0BKV – Damian – UK

G7LWV – Chris – UK

G8XDD – Dave – UK

PD0DO – Drikus – Netherlands

PD0HWE – Hella – Netherlands

IF6CA/P – Armin – Italy

ON7AH – Dirk – Belgium

PD1DBL – Jaimy – Netherlands

ON5YM – Ivo – Belgium

PA1LES – Bernard – Netherlands

M1OOO – Iain – UK

GM6AD -Ady – Scotland –

Monday 15th November 2021:

20m: (14mhz)

SA0AQT/P – Magnus – Sweden

LY5AX – Arnas – Lithuania

R60ANT – Special Event – Russia

2M: (145mhz)

G1IYA – Steve – Halifax

G0FYG – David – Halifax

2E0GYW – Thomas – Bradford

G4DEE – Tony – Manchester

M0ALA – Andy – Barnsley

Wednesday 17th November 2021:

20m: (14mhz)

EA/G4VZV/P – Ken – Alacante

IQ5PJ – Luc – Italy

A71OMAN – Special Event Station – Quatar

EA4HKF – Jose – Spain

IT9PQO – Tony – Italy

EA7KGZ – Andy – Spain

2M: (145mhz)

G6EFN – Philip – UK

Friday 19th November 2021:

DataModes on 40m (7mhz):

The Map gives a great indication of where these digital stations were. The Callsigns are:

AC1LL, CT1EBQ, EA5CYA, EA6RD, EA7/DL8FCL, EA7URC, G4IUP, G6GN, G8ORM,

HA6QL, KK1D, M1AJA, N4TRB, N8VIM, S51RS, UT4FJ, W3HRS, WA1RAJ, WA4DT

30HS200, CT1EBQ, EA8/DF4UE, EA8BFK, HA1TNRX,HA3MG, HA7MAC, I0UVN,

IW2NKE, N4WQH, RZ3DVP, TA4/G8SCU, UA3245SWL, WD4ELG, YL3LJ

Saturday 20th November:

2M: (145mhz)

M7TKL -Thomas – UK

G0BFJ – Brian – UK

G4TML – Barry – UK

G1MOZ – Jim – UK

M0XLY – Kevin – UK

2E1GPN – Graham – UK

M6PFL – Paul – UK

G1IYA – Stephen -UK

G0RLN – Chris

Sunday 21st November:

Datamodes (Computers transmitting and receiving tones) was the focus today but some CW (Morse) and voice (SSB and FM) also took place.

2M: (145mhz)

G7PFY/P – John -UK

M0ALA – Andy – UK

2E0XLG – Chris – UK

2E0PGX – Peter – UK

M0YMB – Pete – UK

40m: (7mhz)

PA0MMR – Bert – Netherlands CW

DL2XR – Willi – Germany CW

DL5ANT – Ben – Germany CW

E73M – Daniel – Bosnia

FT8:

We also had 183 FT8 reports from 38 Countries.

I will add a basic log of these stations in due course.

WSPR:

The images show where our WSPR signals were received and where the stations are whose signals we were able to receive. There is a lot of callsign data and for simplicity, I have only given the callsign and how many miles away from our station at The Blackley Centre those stations were. The longest distances were TX: 9239 miles and RX: 10477 – Both In Australia. We managed five out of the seven continents.

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A Laptop running datamode WSPR
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Max operates CW

WSPR:

Stations that could hear our transmissions:

byDistance in Miles
 G8ORM 12
 M0LMH 26
 G4RGH 30
 M1AJA 31
 2E0TLJ 35
 G8NMK 64
 G0ORY 80
 2E0DSS 84
 G1MFG 90
 G0BZB-SWL 93
 2E0ILY/KIWI 96
 2E0HFK 99
 G4ZKK 116
 G2HFR 117
 MW7SIF 119
 G8PFR 127
 G0CQZ 134
 G0LRD 135
 G3WUN 138
 G3VPW 142
 G8LCO 145
 G6UQZ 151
 G6GN 152
 M0IDJ 159
 MW0MUT 160
 BRIANG61UK 161
 M0OLS 162
 G0KTN 163
 GB0SNB/SDR 165
 MW0CWF 167
 2E0PYB-1 171
 G8HHX 173
 G4HZX 173
 G0WZM/A 175
 2E0UCD 183
 G3ZIL 191
 GM4HEL 193
 G7ELK 195
 G4LRP 195
 G4MSA 196
 G4ZFQ 206
 ON3URE-1 263
 M3MSM 273
 MM0KKF 279
 PE2BZ-KI-H 280
 PE2BZ-KI-V 280
 PA1JMS 280
 G8NXD 280
 PB0MV 285
 PE1PAB 285
 PD0DH 285
 GM0UDL 285
 GU3ONJ 292
 ON5KQ 295
 PA0FBR 295
 PA11568 298
 F5NZY 299
 NL9222 300
 PA2W 301
 F/W6ELA 303
 ON0ODR 304
 ON7KB 308
 PA4HJH 312
 SWL1/JO21 316
 ON3URE 319
 ON5PVD 324
 PA0SLT/A 327
 NL13999 342
 PC2W 360
 PA0SLT/4 361
 PD0OHW 366
 PH4RTM 370
 PE1PAF 375
 DF8FH 376
 DF2JP 377
 F1EYG 382
 DK8JP 386
 DK8JP/2 386
 DK8JP/1 386
 DL2PK 392
 DL/PA0EHG 396
 DL6OW-MH 399
 DC5AL-R 402
 DD1EH 405
 F6KFI 411
 DF1DR 419
 DL2DBG 423
 DL8SEL 433
 DK5HH 441
 DL0HT 441
 LX1DQ 442
 DG5DH 445
 DF8OE 446
 DH2RAL 470
 SWLJO54AH 485
 DL3EL 510
 DL2HAH 523
 DH5SW 542
 DJ6DK 553
 DK2DB 553
 F5178SWL 572
 DK0ABT 577
 OZ7IT 578
 OZ1AAB 579
 DJ2MG 582
 OZ1LIF 582
 DJ0TK 585
 DD5XX 592
 DJ7KA 592
 DL1SEH 593
 SM6FMB 596
 LA3JJ 599
 DL4TOM/RX 600
 LA3FY/2 603
 SM7KHA 606
 HB9HIT 621
 DG4NAA 622
 DB1NN 622
 DL3NDR 623
 HB9DSE 627
 SWL03NO 629
 DJ9PC 630
 DL0073SWL 634
 DC7TO 638
 HB9TTU 638
 DL1HMJ 638
 DN4BAS 641
 HB9GVC 642
 F5TIL 643
 LB6AH 652
 DJ4FF 656
 F5VBD 659
 DL4RU 661
 DF5MC 661
 OE9HLH 662
 OE9TAV 663
 OE9BKJ 664
 OE9GHV 671
 DC1RDB 671
 DL3DTH 677
 DK8FT/P 683
 DK8FT 683
 DG7RJ 693
 HB9TMC 695
 DB0NOT 703
 DL7UP 706
 F5PRP 711
 F1VMV 716
 EA1IOW 733
 F1JSC 734
 IK0XFA 734
 OK1RAJ 736
 DL0PF 748
 SM4GOJ 770
 F6EGX 805
 IZ3EAW/B 844
 I3JPA 851
 IW3QRM 851
 EA3OW 863
 IW3SMR 866
 30HS200 869
 IV3DXW 874
 IZ4LXP 877
 OE3XOE 884
 OE6PWD 887
 SP2SJG 888
 OK2BMA 891
 S55ES 895
 SDRPLONSK 921
 S51RS 931
 IU5JJW 934
 SP5NHT 947
 IZ6QQT 951
 SP9MUF 958
 HA7MAC 968
 IW2NKE 971
 HA1TNRX 974
 TF1A 994
 HA3MG 999
 EA6ANX 1000
 HA4PZ 1003
 TF3HZ 1009
 HB9HEY 1033
 I0UVN 1057
 LY3EC 1082
 YL3LJ 1091
 CT1EBQ 1094
 IZ6198SWL 1099
 OH3FR 1101
 TF4X 1109
 TF4AH 1127
 CT1ETL/1 1128
 E73AA 1134
 SA2LLL 1155
 EU2AAH 1174
 I8FUC 1175
 R1LB 1266
 RZ3DVP 1515
 UA3245SWL 1549
 UR4LRH 1626
 TA1MHS 1647
 SV9KI 1770
 EA8/DF4UE 1835
 EA8BFK 1837
 EA8/DK1RI 1872
 EA8BVP 1896
 EA8DBU 1918
 TA4/G8SCU 1954
 AB1YX 3048
 N1PCE 3094
 AC1BC 3159
 KM3T 3160
 56IGJF 3189
 WA2TP 3303
 N2HQI 3339
 N2NOM 3350
 K3FEF 3357
 KD2CLR 3376
 WA2ZKD 3378
 KD2OM 3380
 K5KHK 3383
 WZ7I 3404
 VE3PRO 3463
 VA3ROM 3565
 N4BMX 3580
 K1RA-BB 3588
 W8AC 3590
 K1HTV-4 3599
 N4WQH 3626
 KX4AZ/T 3629
 N4TTN 3779
 KC8COM 3783
 KB9AMG 3790
 WD4ELG 3793
 KD0KYA 3803
 AB4EN 3833
 K4COD 4127
 W4HOD 4198
 N6GN/K 4499
 K5XL 4637
 AA7FV 5142
 VK6XT 9239
Calling CQ on 20m

Stations we could hear at The Blackley Centre:

CallsignDistance in Miles.
 G4IUP 12
 G8ORM 12
 G7WAW/P 29
 M1AJA 31
 M0RIQ 37
 G3ZNG 49
 M0GUC 84
 G4MRK 89
 M0PHV 90
 2E0XVX 92
 M0RON 121
 G4GVZ 124
 G1MFG 124
 G3WUN 138
 G0CCL 144
 M0KLX 144
 G4NJJ 144
 G6GN 152
 M0MBO 157
 G0HTO 160
 M0OLS 162
 2E0DYH 167
 G4CAO 172
 G8AXA 182
 2E0UCD 183
 G7ICV 191
 G8LDJ 193
 G0FTD 203
 G0AEN 227
 G8THE 252
 PA0RDT 275
 GM3PIL 276
 PA2HGJ 283
 PE1MFU 284
 PD0JOR 285
 GU3ONJ 292
 PD1RE 296
 F5NZY 299
 PA0ANH 300
 ON4CDJ 304
 PA3BTI 310
 PA0EA 318
 PA2LVD 325
 ON8EC 331
 PA4JAM 355
 ON4WS 360
 DL0PBS 362
 PA2PGU 376
 DL2BBC 383
 DK8JP 386
 DL1CKE 396
 DK9ES 401
 DL4EEC 402
 DD3DJ 410
 LX2JV 423
 DG5BEK 447
 F4ASK/M 505
 DK3BI 518
 DL1FX 523
 DB4UP 532
 DK4UY 547
 DF1GD 552
 DK2DB 553
 OZ8WSP 564
 OZ7IT 578
 OZ2JBR 578
 OZ1LIF 582
 OZ0RF 588
 DJ7KA 592
 HB9FXK 613
 SK6JX 616
 HB9AK 619
 DG4NAA 622
 DL2ARL 622
 DB1NN 622
 DJ6LB 623
 DG8GAD 624
 HB9FID 625
 DK9WF 628
 DL2SAX 628
 DK5NAD 634
 HB9ENA 640
 DK3DUA 640
 DD2RT 662
 HB9GPU 670
 DG2MCM 672
 DL4RDJ 682
 IK1NSL 690
 DG7RJ 693
 OE7XZB 706
 F4GMT 706
 F5PRP 711
 F1VMV 716
 OE7WRT 730
 IU1GLI 733
 IZ1CQN 734
 F1JSC 734
 IK1NET 742
 F4WCV 746
 IU2PJI 752
 DJ6CX 773
 OE5FXC 797
 OE1UVA 812
 IZ1RWC 846
 OE3KFB 848
 IW1QLH 860
 IW3SMR 866
 OE1RPW 873
 S55ES 895
 OK2SAM 899
 SM3ESX 912
 EA4TK 922
 S51RS 931
 IU5JJW 934
 SP5NHT 956
 SP9MUF 958
 EA5CYA 982
 IW6CAE 986
 EA6RD 991
 EA6ALL 997
 EA6URP 999
 EA6ANX 1000
 HA4KYB 1005
 HA6QL 1005
 EA6DT 1008
 TF3HZ 1009
 IW0HK 1048
 OH3FZQ 1069
 OH6CR 1081
 CT1EBQ 1094
 OH3FR 1098
 EA7URC 1130
 E73AA 1134
 F4GOH 1191
 EA7/DL8FCL 1205
 OH5XO 1216
 OH3HE 1219
 ZB2YN 1223
 UR5KHL 1235
 EU7FBB 1267
 OH7GWM 1282
 UK5UAJ 1342
 IU8EUN 1371
 IT9GSH 1406
 UT4FJ 1522
 R2AJA 1540
 R2AGH 1557
 IZ3WXD 1559
 SV1SHP 1626
 UR4LRH 1626
 UR5MLG 1752
 UR4MTF 1783
 0M4JOE 1857
 EA8/DK1RI 1872
 EA8DBU 1918
 VE3KCL 2154
 0L4BBY 2185
 0L4HPM 2197
 EK1RR 2326
 5T5PA 2400
 AC1JS 2988
 AC1LL 3025
 AJ8S/1 3073
 N1PCE 3094
 VE2CWQ 3102
 0O4TXD 3109
 K1YZY 3145
 N8VIM 3162
 WA1RAJ 3163
 VE3CWM 3224
 KK1D 3247
 VE3NM 3300
 W2WH 3312
 N2HQI 3339
 KC2TER 3399
 VA3JDL 3411
 AC3V/3 3416
 WA3DNM 3444
 K3XR 3446
 W3HDG 3509
 KB3EOF 3545
 W0QV 3551
 W3HRS 3554
 N3JD 3578
 W8AC 3590
 NW8D 3624
 W9CVO 3743
 KN4BTI 3766
 K0JD 3775
 0K4DVH 3801
 WA4DT 3898
 N4TRB 4064
 K4COD 4127
 K4APC 4153
 KC4GO 4228
 WA4AU 4264
 NI5F 4284
 AB4QS 4292
 W4WLO 4413
 K5XL 4637
 K7ZOO 5152
 HS0AJ 5943
 0T4JYZ 7909
 VK3MO 10477