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A Mini Dxpedition to Piel Island on
May, 24th/25th 2008
By the
CQ CQ Portable
Group, UK
Official Call Sign will be
GBØPIA
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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.
If possible we will update this info with
sections of the bands we will be using at a later
date.
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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
Introduction Video! (1 minute 44
seconds)
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.
Aerial View of Piel Island by Simon
Ledingham
Click link for more
pictures!
Take a
Panoramic tour of Piel Island!
(You will
leave this web site)
Updates will be posted to this
page as we get them...stay tuned!
Questions should be sent
to:
2e0bax
Sean Amesbury
s.amesbury@ntlworld.com
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