2014: Mills on the Air - GB0SBM
South Bristol Amateur Radio Club operated GB0SBM (Saltford Brass Mill) for Mills on the Air over the weekend of 10/11 May 2014 from Saltford Brass Mill situated between Bristol and Bath in the West of England (
This video clip shows the operation of the station and records the contact with Newbury and District Amateur Radio Society who were operating GB1WW from Wilton Windmill.
Filmed entirely on location at Saltford near Bristol adjacent to the Saltford Brass Mill.
South Bristol Amateur Radio Club would like to thank those members and visitors who took part in the event, as well as the Trustees and volunteers restoring the Saltford Brass Mill and those who organised Special Event Stations for the Mills on the Air weekend
73 and hope to work you next time
All of the organisations and individuals who are featured in, contributed to or are referenced from this clip have been contatcted and confirmed their consent to its publication.
Special mention must go to the following people who contributed photographs from outside of the club membership:
John Lemay: geograph.org.uk/reuse.php?id=1295346
Paul Davies:
David and Karen Binney:
Patrick Ford:
The Saltford Carthaginian Coin - BBC Points West launch 13th April 2015
This Iron Age copper coin dated and authenticated by the British Museum at between 300 BC and 264 BC was struck in the Western Mediterranean (probably Sardinia or Carthage). It is possibly the oldest dateable evidence of human activity found in Saltford and, we understand, the West of England. It is one of the oldest coins found in Britain and suggests early links between the Mediterranean and the Bristol Channel and/or River Avon in the Iron Age. Full details can be found on Saltford Environment Group's website saltfordenvironmentgroup.org.uk. This news video was made by BBC Points West Bath reporter Ali Vowles and broadcast by BBC on 13th April 2015 as knowledge of the coin was launched to the general public by Phil Harding, Chairman of Saltford Environment Group.
Avon Lane, Saltford, BS31
This stunning property began life around four hundred years ago as a dairy farm, but in more recent years it has been greatly extended and modernised to create the most beautiful family home. (contd...)
80m MOTA GB0SBM 12 5 19 @ 0918 UTC
GB0SBM Saltford Brass Mill is situated on the banks of the River Avon in the village of Saltford, Bristol, England, received in Manchester England Loc IO83tl using Kenwood TS-590SG, with an SDRplay RSP1A, SDR Console & HRD for Rig Control, the Antenna 1 is a Wellbrook ALA1530PE Active Loop Antenna, Into a Heros Technology Galvanic Isolator, Antenna 2 is a Cross Country Wireless HF Active Loop Antenna (Indoors) Thanks For Watching 73 & 44 Jeff MA3112SWL
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'Swineford Lock' and 'Weir' on the River Avon
Swineford Lock:
Swineford Lock is a canal lock situated on the River Avon, at the village of Swineford, England.
The Bristol Avon Navigation, which runs the 15 miles (24 km) from the Kennet and Avon Canal at Hanham Lock to the Bristol Channel at Avonmouth, was constructed between 1724 and 1727,[1] following legislation passed by Queen Anne,[2][3] by a company of proprietors and the engineer John Hore of Newbury. The first cargo of 'Deal boards, Pig-Lead and Meal' arrived in Bath in December 1727.[4] The navigation is now administered by the Canal & River Trust.
In its heyday, between 1709 and 1859 Swineford had an active brass and copper industry which were served by the river which also provided water power for the cloth industry.[5] The mill was later converted into a flock mill.[6]
River:
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features,[1] although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are run in some parts of the United States, burn in Scotland and northeast England, and beck in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek,[2] but not always: the language is vague.[3]
Rivers are part of the hydrological cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, and the release of stored water in natural ice and snowpacks (e.g., from glaciers). Potamology is the scientific study of rivers, while limnology is the study of inland waters in general.
United States:
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America (/əˈmɛrɪkə/), is a federal republic[16][17] composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] Forty-eight states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19]
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2)[20] and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area,[fn 7] and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; twelve other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Riverside.