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    • HOME
    • HISTORY
    • NEWS & ABOUT US
    • GALLERY - HIGHBRIDGE
    • GALLERY - PORTISHEAD
    • GALLERY - DEVIZES
    • GALLERY - SOMERTON RADIO
    • THE PONTING COLLECTION
    • COLOURISED PHOTOGRAPHS
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    • 90TH ANNIVERSARY
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  • HOME
  • HISTORY
  • NEWS & ABOUT US
  • GALLERY - HIGHBRIDGE
  • GALLERY - PORTISHEAD
  • GALLERY - DEVIZES
  • GALLERY - SOMERTON RADIO
  • THE PONTING COLLECTION
  • COLOURISED PHOTOGRAPHS
  • RELATED RADIO STATIONS
  • 90TH ANNIVERSARY
  • AERO SERVICE
  • PUBLICITY MATERIAL
  • MEMORABILIA
  • VIDEOS
  • AUDIO FILES
  • LINKS
  • THE LIGHTER SIDE
  • MEMORIES OF GKA
  • COAST STATIONS
  • BOOKS ON MARITIME RADIO
  • GB100GKU

LATEST NEWS

If anyone has any GKA-related material (artefacts, publicity material, stationery etc.) they would be willing to donate or loan, please get in touch. Happy to pay any postage costs involved if required.


Please email portishead.radio@btinternet.com if you can help!


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Those with amateur radio licences may be interested to learn that 4 GKA stations will be active during Maritime Radio Day on 14th/15th April 2021. 

GB0GKA (Tony/G3ZRJ)

GB0GKB (Larry/G4HLN)

GB0GKC (Peter/G3TJE)

GB0GKD (Andy/G0LLX)

Operations will be on cw only. 

There will also be stations representing GLD, GKZ, GND, GLV and possibly GKR, as well as our colleagues from PCH, DAN, SVA, DAC, DAO, WCC and other coast stations.


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The long-awaited book about the history of GKA has been published and is available to purchase directly through this website. It may also be purchased through Amazon and Waterstones on-line at a cost of £9.99 in the UK. It is also available worldwide through Amazon and other national retailers.


  • All photographs and website content © Portishead Radio 2020: BT plc, Tom Ponting, Phil Lewis, John Lamb, Robin Hargreaves, Brian Stewart, Ramsay Stuart, Larry Bennett and many others.  
  • Photographs of Devizes Radio courtesy of the Crank family.  
  • Colour photographs of Portishead Transmitter Site © Jim Sulley

 
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