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G3NHS > ALL 05.02.21 00:11l 33 Lines 1155 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 22419_GB7CIP
Read: GUEST
Subj: GB2RN SK
Path: IW8PGT<IZ3LSV<I3XTY<I0OJJ<GB7CIP
Sent: 210204/2205Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO #:22419 [Caterham Surrey GBR]
From: G3NHS@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
To : ALL@WW
Sad to report the demise of GB2RN at HMS Belfast
(and also the club at Duxford).
IWM, in their infinite wisdom, have decided that we are surplus to
requirement and that we have to immediately vacate the Bridge
Wireless Office (BWO) which has provided a live radio demonstration
service for the last 45 years!
This is clearly an eviction by any reasonable interpretation
although the management unsurprisingly deny this.
In that time we have greeted many Radio Amateurs from all over the
world, thousands of visitors, and given lots of free publicity to
both IWM and HMS Belfast.
The management seem to be set on reducing costs and turning the BWO
into a static display with pictures of what it used to look like with
no live component.
I fail to see how this saves money in that our services were provided
free and provided the only live display on the ship.
I shall miss operating on board and interacting with the visitors.
It seems IWM doesnâ€Öt care about anything other than the bottom line -
which seems all the more odd that they are throwing away free i
nternational publicity.
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