PORTISHEAD RADIO 1928-2018
90 YEARS OF PORTISHEAD RADIO
2018 saw 90 years since Portishead Radio came into being. In 1928 the transmitter site at Devizes was moved to Portishead, near Bristol, with the existing Burnham Radio station being extended into the receiving and operational centre.
SPECIAL EVENT AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS - JULY 2018
GB0GKA
Operated by Tony Roskilly/G3ZRJ from his home location near Tiverton, Devon.
GB0GKB
Operated by Larry Bennett/G4HLN from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.
GB0GKC
Operated by Pete Smith/G3TJE from Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset.
"RADIO COMMUNICATION" ARTICLE - JANUARY 2019
GKA STAFF REUNION 28TH JULY 2018
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- Photographs of Devizes Radio courtesy of the Crank family.
- Colour photographs of Portishead Transmitter Site © Jim Sulley
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