A Mini Dxpedition to Piel Island on
May, 24th/25th 2008 By the CQ CQ Portable Group, UK Official Call
Sign GB0PIA
The bands we will be using will
be 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m, 10m, 6m, 2m, and 70cm. Of
course band conditions will determine which will be
used. See latest videos of the 2008 DXpedition
Below!
Participants Rear row left to right is:
BRIAN 2E0OYG JOHN M0JFE
SEAN 2E0BAX GREG 2E0RXX
Front row
left to right: NATHAN
2E0OCC IAN
2E0EDX LIAM
M3ZRY
Piel Island DXpedition Videos below (High speed internet connection desired) Introduction Video! (1 minute 44
seconds)
See the New 2008 DXpedition video of
Piel Island below! (4:46)
Where is Piel
Island? + in
map above is Piel Island
Piel Island lies half a mile (1 km) off
the southern tip of the Furness Peninsula in the administrative
county of Cumbria. It is located at 544'N, 310'W .
It is one of the Islands of
Furness in northern England. The island is owned by the people of
Barrow-in-Furness, the mainland town across the Piel Channel within
whose administrative boundaries it is to be found. The area of Piel is
about 50 acres. Normally, the only permanent residents are the
landlord of the Ship Inn and his family.
Being separated from neighbouring Roa
Island by the Piel Channel, the island is accessible via a ferryboat
which runs from Roa Island pier during summer weekends. A causeway
links the island to Walney Island but is only passable with care at
low tide. Piel Castle, at the bottom tip in photo above, is managed
by English Heritage and there is free, unlimited access. The castle,
located on the southeast tip of Piel Island, is an impressive ruin made up
largely of stones from the beach.
