The Essex Ham Monday Night Net for 21st December 2015 started at 8pm local time on GB3DA, the 2m repeater located at Danbury, near Chelmsford.
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Net Attendees
Here’s the attendance list for this week’s net:
- Pete M0PSX, Southend-on-Sea (in the chair)
- Keith M0KNG, Billericay
- Kevin M6KKZ, Wickford
- Steve 2E0UEH, Southend-on-Sea
- Paul G7BHE, South Woodham Ferrers
- Brian 2E0WHB, Chelmsford – First time on the new callsign!
- Nigel M6NBZ, North Ockendon
- Neil G0RNU, Tilbury
- Ozzie G1OFL, Medway
- Graham G7JYD – First time on the net, and very welcome you are too Graham!
- James 2E1GUA, Chelmsford
- Richard G7OED – Mobile, heading back from Suffolk
- Andy M0HLG, Gravesend
- Kristian M0SSK, Basildon – Congrats on the new callsign… result!
- Dorothy M0LMR – Mobile, heading back from Suffolk
- Dean 2E0DSX, Witham – First time on the new callsign!
- Lisa M6KIS, Witham
- Nev 2E0FSX, Chelmsford
- Sarah M6PSK, Leigh-on-Sea (just the one)
- Nick M0NFE, Westcliff-on-Sea
- Phil M0IMA, Kent
We closed the net just before 11pm. A rather crazy net, but hey, it’s Christmas!
Until next week… Happy Hamming, and season’s greetings!
Topics for the evening, as follows:
In a very busy net (and chatroom), lots was covered, including:
- The RSGB Survey – Open till the end of December 2015 (Interview with RSGB to follow)
- Mag Mounts – Are they chavvy?
- Should an X30 colinear be mounted directly above am 11-element Yagi? Advice is to leave at least a quarter wavelength (50cm) clearance
- From January 2016, Medway RAYNET will be using GB3DA for their net on a Wednesday (1st & 4th Wednesday in the month). TARG’s Net apparently will be moving to Friday, from January. Thanks to Ozzie in Medway for the update, and glad we could help.
- Great to see some new callsigns after recent exam successes – including three Essex Ham members 2E0DSX, 2E0WHB and M0SSK. Also, M6YAX in the chatroom for the first time
- Skills Night – Thanks to Keith for highlighting that Stockport is now running a Skills Night, as is Suffolk
- For the RAYNET members in Kent and Essex, an update on the weekend’s national Exercise Globalset
- Well done to three young amateurs, passed at Thurrock Acorns tonight (all three used Essex Ham’s Foundation Online course for revision)
- What is an IRLP Node?
- The joys of DMR
- AMPRNet (AMateur Packet Radio Network) in Essex
- Cats vs Dogs
Got a comment about this week’s Monday Night Net? Please add it below.
Essex Ham would like to thank the Essex Repeater Group for allowing us to use the GB3DA for our weekly net. This repeater, together with GB3ER, GB3DB and GB7ZP are managed by volunteers. ERG would appreciate your support which can be by membership or donation, online at 
IRLC should read IRLP which is just like echolink but minus the pc software side of things. It is big across North America.
Whoops. Now fixed – Ta! Pete
DOGS, I will love him, I will hug him, I will call him Wulfwod ;-)
I guess you had to be there !
Cats rule!