Belgium radio hams land on Rockall

[GJ0KYZ]

In October a group of Belgium radio hams landed on Rockall and operated a radio station for 24hrs. These guys didn't mess about; they hired what looked like a naval vessel with several ribs. There are more pictures here:
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[whisper]

Lovin the SR4..... but not the safety helmet

[GJ0KYZ]

That was for the descent I think. It looks as though some of them jumped in and swam to the ribs.

[whisper]

Ahhh, I get it now.... It reminded me of old 60/70's skateboard helmets.

[captnjack]

Why use the RIBs at all when you've got a helicopter?!?

[kawasaki]

Yer gorra love the Belgians
The Irish of Europe

[Poly]

Originally Posted by kawasaki

Yer gorra love the Belgians
The Irish of Europe

Surely that's the Irish?

[willk]

Originally Posted by Polwart

Surely that's the Irish?

You'd think so, but then we're not all Irish - there's a village not far from here named after a bunch of inbred sheep sha@@ing blow-ins.

It's such a dump, no-one could be @rsed to give it a write up: Linky

[kawasaki]

Originally Posted by willk

You'd think so, but then we're not all Irish - there's a village not far from here named after a bunch of inbred sheep sha@@ing blow-ins.

It's such a dump, no-one could be @rsed to give it a write up: Linky

[Erin]

That boat called Forcault has been in Alderney before. Think it was a few years back when they were bringing bits of the Elizabethan wreck up to the surface. It was carrying one of these on board... which was a bit more interesting than the rusty canon they'd found.