Here’s a summary of the activity on the Essex Ham Monday Night Net this evening, Monday 25th February 2013:
The net started at 8:05pm on GB3DA, the local 2 metre repeater for Essex. For details of the net, see www.EssexHam.net
Here’s the attendance list for this week’s net:
- Pete M0PSX in Southend, in the chair
- Norman M0FZW on Canvey (briefly)
- James 2E1GUA in Chelmsford
- Ian M6HPR in Buntingford
- Chris M6EDF in Danbury
- Belinda M6JNX in on Canvey Island
- John M6WRO in Grays
- Sonia M0TUL in Braintree
- Michael M6EIO in Colchester
- Adam M0GWS in Braintree
- Dean M6BYF in Chatham
- Rob M6KDP in Maldon
- Melvin M6BSX in East Hanningfield
- Ian M6IDG in Hockley
- Barry M6MEO in Southend-on-Sea
- Lucy M6UCY, first time (mobile)
- Ken M6BZS in Eastwood
- Lucy M6ECG in Brightlingsea
- Tom 2E0TNC mobile in South Essex
- Mark M0IEO in Canvey
- Mitchell M6GYN in Loughton
- Mike M6KEB, mobile in South Essex
- Laura M3LIQ in Canvey
- Clive M3SSB in Danbury
- Peter G1FOA, Chelmsford (Briefly)
- Frank G8ORV in Southend-on-Sea
- Martyn G1EFL in Chelmsford
- Andrew M6CKX
- Gary G0BDY in Brentwood
Topics for the evening as follows:
- Sideband on UHF (Consider an SDR to receive?)
- Power supplies – Both M0PSX and M6EIO are using EP925
- Working the International Space Station (do-able on 10 watts)
- Listen to the ISS schools contact at 09:42am this Thursday the 28th 145.800MHz
- Direction finding – anyone got any experience on this? Topic for another night?
Thanks to everyone for attending tonight’s net. A record number of attendees, and we carried on long past 11pm. Here’s the messy sheet of paper I was using…
Handy Links
- Sensor data from helium balloons (Thanks to Chris M6EDF for these links: habhub.org and ukhas.org.uk)
The Essex Ham Monday Night Net is on GB3DA, the repeater based on Danbury. Please show your support by joining the Essex Repeater Group, or making a donation.
Got a comment about this week’s Monday Night Net? Please add it below.
Hi Pete
Here is a link to a video I uploaded with one of my better reception attempts from the ISS 2m downlink.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0_heqqJfYc
I can’t believe its a year old.
Thanks
Dean
Messy Pete! That poor starving cat! ;) Great net tonight, keep up the good work! Im off to watch your video now Dean!
73,
Lucy
hi pete,i enjoyed tonights net finally got on. will have to try and sort my modulation out any tip let me know at mercbenz@blueyonder.co.uk. you do a good job running the monday night net. there was bad interference on gb3da. hope to be on next week. 73 jon grays essex