Call data Continent: | EU | Views: | 985 | Latitude: | 51.4409550 | Longitude: | 0.0769040 | Locator: | IO91WM | DXCC Zone: | 223 | ITU Zone: | 27 | CQ Zone: | 14 | Website: | www.2o12l.com |
QSL data QSL information may be out of date or inaccurate! Direct Manager: | G4WNF | eQSL QSL: | no | Bureau QSL: | no | Direct QSL: | YES | LoTW QSL: | no |
| Biography The call sign of the London Flagship Amateur Radio Station celebrating the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. This unique amateur radio special event radio station is based at the Royal Greenwich District Scouts Activity Centre in New Eltham, south-east London. Eltham is in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, one of the six "host boroughs" for the Games.
We plan to make at least 60,000 contacts during the seven weeks of round the clock operation. The first contact was made on the afternoon of Wednesday 25th July, when the first Games football event took place in Cardiff. Operation will continue until the end of the Paralympics on Sunday 9th September.
The station is open to the public from 10am to 4pm each day. Visitors may view an exhibition about radio communications and electronics, and sit down at the radio and make contact with amateur radio operators right around the world. We are also offering ‘bite-sized’ talks giving an overview of radio and its importance in the modern world.
Local residents, Games visitors and radio hams from around the world who are in London at this very special time are encouraged to visit 2O12L. We are conveniently located on bus routes from Greenwich and very close to New Eltham station, which has a frequent service to London Bridge and Charing Cross rail stations. We are about three miles from Greenwich Park, the location of the equestrian events, and a similar distance from Woolwich where the shooting events take place. |