Last month (23rd June) Chris M7VJE and I set up the Special Event Station GB0BH at St John's Park in Burgess Hill for Burgess Hill Town Day (aka 'Summer Fayre').
We got there in plenty of time, and had no problems getting the gazebo and table layout organised. We had quite a few bits of radio gear to demonstrate to the public, including two remote setups - one from my laptop back home to my Yaesu FTDX10, and the new club laptop configured to operate the club Flex 6400M just behind us in Cyprus Hall.
Chris also had his classic Yaesu onsite connected up (eventually) to Phil G4UDU's helically-wound 1/4 wave vertical, as seen in the background below. We also had plenty of handies, DMR radios etc. and some Meshtastic kit. We made good use of the club's 100Ah LiFePO4 battery and EE 4G LTE hotspot to connect everything together, which worked extremely well.
The day was not really about making loads of contacts, but raising our profile and trying to generate some more interest. We had several notable visitors during the day, including two potential new members and Dave Rowntree, drummer with the band Blur, candidate for the Mid-Sussex seat in the recent general election, and full amateur radio licence holder, as indeed is his partner!
Alan and Stella turned up on their return from a trip away and spent the afternoon with us, finally helping pack up and transport everything back into storage.
We also had a visit from club member Phil M5BTB and Terry M0TPJ, whose Sunday morning net we rather rudely interrupted from our very noisy park location!
See you at the next one, where we will hopefully be positioned further away from the plate-smashing stall :)
Berni M0XYF
