Powered by qrz.com

Radio station GB2BP is a permanent special event station at Bletchley Park, maintained and operated by the Milton Keynes Amateur Radio Society. The GB2BP shack is an integral part of Bletchley Park museum - it is open for public viewing every day and fully operational at weekends.

The radio station is available for use by club members under their own call signs or (when permitted) GB2BP and our club call sign G3HIU and G8MKC.  

GB2BP is a special event call sign and is active on HF, VHF, UHF bands usuing voice, morse and occasionally other modes including ATV and PSK31. The callsign can be used during museum opening hours and is normally on the air every weekend and occasionally at other times..

GB2BP is a very popular station throughout the world and a QSL card is available for those who contact us.

GB2BP Skeds

If you would like to listen for GB2BP or make contact we aim to call on schedule as folows:

80m: Saturday AM at 10.15 UTC 3.615 MHz (after the vintage net has closed) SSB at 14.00 UTC, 3.700 MHz

(Additional bands and times are being updated).

All frequencies listed are +/- QRM and subject to being open and available. We do our very best to keep to these times and look forward to hearing from you.

Station Equipment

The main sation HF transceiver is a Yaesu FT-950, very kindly donated by Yaesu UK and their distributors, Martin Lynch & Sons.

The HF antennas consist of a G5RV wire and a KT34 beam.

The main VHF/UHF transceiver is an ICOM 910H, used with various antennas.

The vintage AM station consists of a KW Vanguard transmitter and a Racal RA17 receiver, both dating from around 1960, plus a Heathkit station comprising an RA1 receiver and DX40U transmitter.