GI – Belfast, Northern Ireland

Dates: 17 to 19 July 2012

Callsign: MI/WJ2O/M

GI – Belfast, Northern Ireland 2025-01-20T00:12:49-05:00
Belfast_Jury_Inn
Jurys Inn in Belfast.

Derry (Londonderry)

Derry_MapOfCity
Derry Map. Derry is also known as “The Walled City”.
Derry_ModelOfCity
Derry Model
Derry_WalkwayOnTheWall
Walkway. I am on top of the wall and you could walk completely around the city up here.
Derry_SmallChurch
Small Church. There were many stops along the wall walkway like this small church.
Derry_LookingNorthFromTopOfWall

Looking north. As you can see the city has grown far outside the containment of the walls.

Derry_Cannons

Cannons. A little firepower never hurt anybody.

Derry_PaintedCurbs
Painted curbs.The markings on the sidewalks made it quite clear if you were in the correct neighborhoods or not during the troubles.
Derry_BusyStreet
Busy street.
Derry_PoundStore
A Pound store. Because it’s hard to say $1.67 store we will call it a pound store instead.
Derry_ShoppingMall
Shopping mall.Just outside the wall.
Derry_ShoppingMallInside

Shopping mall interior Looks like any other shopping mall I’ve ever been in.

Derry_Dog
Dog gonnit,. Heading out of the city and on my way to Belfast.

Belfast

Belfast_Dave
Jury’s Inn. Here I am in front of my hotel waiting for my tour bus.
Belfast_OurBus
Belfast Tour bus
Belfast_Church
Church
Belfast_GovernmentHouse
Government house
Belfast_PaintedWalls
Graffiti painted walls
Belfast_PaintedWalls2
Graffiti
Belfast_TitanicMuseum
Titanic museum
Belfast_TitanicQuarter
Titanic quarter. The Titanic was built on these docks in Belfast
Belfast_Violin
Street musician
GerryAndDave
Here with Gerry, GIØRTN ( left) Here with a great night talking for hours.
Belfast_Bar
Northern Ireland pub
Belfast_DaveLunch
Dave, WJ2O
Belfast_Europa
Europa Hotel
Belfast_Lunch
Lunch in Belfast
Belfast_OperaHouse
Opera House

Driving Back to Dublin

Belfast_Auto

Last full day in Ireland Working stations from MI/WJ2O/M.

Belfast_Windmills
Windmills. I can’t seem to drive past a windmill without stopping and taking a photo.
Belfast_Windmills2
Windmills and Farmland. I love the contract between old and new technologies.
GI_Burnout_Tarheel

Burnout. This is what happens when you run at the 200 watt rated limit using the high duty cycle that CW contesting gives. I sent it back to the factory and they made it as good as new for no charge . . . with a new 150 watt max. rating.

MI/WJ2O/M QSL Card

EI_QSL_F

QSL By W4MPY

CEPT_Logo-1
With the understanding of how the CEPT Licensing Agreement works, I assigned myself the callsign GI/WJ2O/M.
Belfast_Auto
Equipment:
Kenwood TS-480HS Transceiver
Navigator Computer to Radio Interface
Dell Vostro Laptop Computer
CW TouchKeyer.com Model P6 Keyer
Little Tarheel II (6 through 80 meters)
EI_Ticket-1
Boarding pass home from Dublin to New York in Aer Lingus