South Lancs Amateur Radio Club activated their local beacon, Ashurst Beacon, with a special event call sign of GB9ASH in a celebration of the start of communication over vast distances.
On a super sunny summer day the club was on air from 1000hrs to 1600hrs UTC on 2m VHF (FM and SSB), 40m SSB & QRP and 20m SSB and made a number of contacts around the UK, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
