Norman Lockyer Observatory Radio Group

GB2NLO G0AXC

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Forthcoming Meetings and Events

check this page regularly to see events, urgent updates will be inserted between the lines below




The regular Radio Group members meeting takes place every Tuesday from 19:00 onwards.

Other forthcoming activities will be listed below in date order

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our plans for the night.


In the lighter summer evenings we operate portable from the NLO grouds

or undertake maintenance on the antennas and enjoy the spectacular sunsets.

Licenced visitors are welcome to bring their own transceiver to the NLO

to test its operation on our antennas (subject to prior arrangement)



GB2NLO is a Permanent Special Event Staion Call Sign

one of only 48 locations within the UK


List of Permanent Special Event Callsigns



GB0IBC Radio Amateur Invalid and Blind Club (RAIBC)
GB0IWM Imperial War Museum
GB0REM Royal Engineers Museum, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, Kent ME4 4UC
GB0SNB Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker, Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood, Essex CM14 5TL
GB0SUB Submarine ARC, HMS Collingwood, Newgate Lane, Fareham, Hants PO14 1AS
GB0SWR Sir Walter Raleigh (ship, occasional use)
GB1IBC RAIBC VHF net control
GB2AIR South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum, Sandy Lane, Doncaster, South Yorks
GB2ATG RTTY news service broadcast (issued by RA)
GB2BP Bletchley Park Museum, Milton Keynes, Bucks MK6 3LF
GB2CPM Chalk Pits Museum
GB2CW RSGB slow Morse service
GB2CWP Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre
GB2DHH The de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, Salisbury Hall, London Colney, Herts AL2 1EX
GB2GM Guglielmo Marconi, Poldhu ARC, Poldhu, Mullion, Cornwall TR12
GB2GMM Guglielmo Marconi Memorial, The Needles Pleasure Park, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight PO39 0JD
GB2GP Gilwell Park Scouts, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7WQ
GB2IW RSGB Monitoring Service
GB2IWM Duxford Airfield, Imperial War Museum, Cambridge CB2 4QR
GB2LD Lizard Wireless Museum, Basspoint, The Lizard, Nr Helston, Cornwall TR12
GB2MC Muckleburgh Collection, Weybourne Military Camp, Weybourne, Norfolk NR25 7EG
GB2NAM North East Aircraft Museum, Old Washington Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR5 3HZ
GB2NLO Norman Lockyer Observatory, Salcombe Hill Road, Sidmouth, Devon EX10
GB2NSC National Space Science Centre, Exploration Drive, Leicester LE4 5NS
GB2OWM Orkney Wireless Museum, Kiln Corner, Junction Rd, Kirkwall, Orkney KW15 1LB
GB2PLY HMS Plymouth (temporarily off-air)
GB2RA RA Firepower Museum, Royal Arsenal Woolwich
GB2RN Royal Navy, HMS Belfast, London
GB2RNR Royal Naval Reserve, TS Greenville, Sea Cadets Corps, 27 Ferguslie Main Rd, Paisley PA1 2QE
GB2SFL South Foreland Lighthouse, St Margaret's Bay, Nr Dover, Kent
GB2SM Science Museum (dormant)
GB2VHF RSGB Special Activities Station
GB2WSM Windermere Steamboat Museum
GB3RN Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society, HMS Collingwood
GB3RS RSGB HQ Station (dormant)
GB4FUN GB4FUN Interactive Communications Demonstration Module (mobile operation)
GB4HMS Her Majesty’s Ship (occasional use)
GB4ORH Raleigh International HQ (occasional use)
GB4RS RSGB (Presidential installation)