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“Museum Quality” - a Visit to the Orkney Wireless Museum, GB2OWM

he Orkney Islands are a remote and fabled archipelago of more than 70 islands and fewer than 25,000 people situated off the northern coast of Scotland. In addition to breathtaking scenery and deep history – and a 2-meter repeater - among the islands’ amazing attractions is an extensive, well-curated, and compact radio museum (Photo A), with station GB2OWM – for Orkney Wireless Museum (Photo B). The museum, located in a small and picturesque stone

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