August 5th, 2011.
The Redoubt Fortress is getting ready to welcome back The Southdown Amateur Radio Club this Saturday following a successful event earlier this year for International Museums Weekend.
This weekend budding broadcasters will have another chance to take to the airwaves themselves and make contact with radio amateurs around the world with The Southdown Amateur Radio Club demonstrating how to work a radio station.
Visitors of all ages will be able to work the radio equipment themselves and have the chance to try a range of related hands-on activities with the Club hoping to make regular visits to the Redoubt throughout the year.
The Southdown Amateur Radio Club will set up their station inside the Redoubt Fortress on Saturday from 10am – 5pm and visitors will also be able to browse a small display of vintage radio equipment with artefacts dating back to wartime, as well as have a go at sending Morse code.
Eastbourne Borough Council Cabinet Member for Tourism, Cllr Neil Stanley said “We are very excited to welcome back the Southdown Amateur Radio Club to the Redoubt this weekend and hope that visitors will take the chance to take to the mic themselves. The Redoubt has a fantastic programme of activities taking place this year in addition to its major Stitch for Victory exhibition and I’d encourage visitors to come along this weekend to try out something different in a truly unique setting.”
The Southdown Amateur Radio Society was established in 1967 and stages special events in and around Eastbourne throughout the year.
Visitors to the radio event this weekend will also have the chance to browse the Redoubt’s major 2011 exhibition Stitch for Victory, which explores the contribution that needlework made to lives during the Second World War.
The radio event is free with admission to the museum. For more information on what’s on at the Redoubt, go to the web site or call 01323 410300.
