The call sign GM6MD is held by Alex GM4NFC.

GM6MD/P is used as the club call of The Clyde Coast Contest Club.

This small group of enthusiastic amateur radio operators is based in South West Scotland, and can frequently be heard participating in VHF and UHF contests.

The Club's favoured operating QTH is Windy Standard hill, in Locator Square IO75VG. The hill, which is 697m (2300 feet) above sea level is in Dumfries and Galloway just a few kilometers south of the border with East Ayrshire.

It lies in Worked All Britain Square NS60.

Windy Standard

There has been a windfarm on Windy Standard for a number of years, and access to the site is strictly controlled, however the windfarm operators, and the forest and land management companies have kindy allowed the Clyde Coast Contest Club access to the site on specified dates to partipate in the ever popular VHF and UHF contest calendar.

It is a fantastic site for V/UHF contesting, having clear and unobstructed paths in almost all directions, and being 697m asl the views on a clear day are spectacular.

View to the North

The Club use a box van trailer for their shack, and power is provided by a large generator.

The transceiver is usually a Yaesu FT-897 which drives a Henry Radio PA.

Shack and 432MHz antennas

The club members Alex GM4NFC, Dave GM4SQM and Iain MM0TFU also have luxuries such as a fan heater for those cold, damp and misty days, a microwave oven for quick meals, and a bug-zapper for the (very rare) calm days when the midgies descend out of nowhere in their thousands.

Alex and Dave

Alex and Iain

2 x 9 element Tonna 144MHz antennas

Our Best Friend, Henry

GM6MD/P 432 MHz Trophy contest May 2012

A view of the 2 x 21 element yagi's looking West toward Ailsa Craig, Kintyre and Arran which are all just visible on the horizon.

The ProSisTel rotator.

Snow showers approaching GM6MD/P May 2012

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you require a sked with GM6MD/P, information will be posted here prior to our portable operations.