The Essex Ham Monday Night Net for the 10th of March 2014 started at 8:00pm on GB3DA, the 2m repeater located at Danbury, near Chelmsford.
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Here’s the attendance list for this week’s net:
- Pete M0PSX in Southend, in the chair
- Charlie M0PZT, in Chelmsford
- Nick M0NIB
- Chris M6EBW
- Ant M0ORF (first time on the net – welcome!)
- James 2E1GUA
- Gareth 2E0PSN (Thanks for the hospitality at the RAYNET session on Saturday)
- Mitchell 2E0EMO
- Zoe M6PIZ (first time on the net – welcome!)
- Wayne M6WTT
- Nev M6FNR, after some advice on a loft HF antenna
- Dave M0WDG
- Tony M6LLH
- Annie M6NHB
- Neil G0RNU
Topics for the evening as follows:
- Tonight, we were mostly talking HF Antennas
- Poles, tripods and speaker stands for portable work
- Headsets, and the joys of electret microphones
- Radials and counterpoises
- RAYNET, and the weekend’s data workshop (link below)
- Last week’s CARS meeting – another digital TV switchover is on the cards
| Reminder – No net next week, as we’ll all be at the CARS Skills Workshop in Danbury |
We wrapped up at around 22:45 – Thanks to all who took part.
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