The Essex Ham Monday Night Net for 25 May 2015 started at just after 8:20pm local time on GB3DA, the 2m repeater located at Danbury, near Chelmsford. The repeater was busy with chat about sci-fi, hence the late start.
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Net Attendees
Here’s the attendance list for this week’s net:
- Pete M0PSX, Chelmsford (in the chair)
- Selim M0XTA, Chigwell
- Chris M6KDG, Witham
- James 2E1GUA, Chelmsford
- Aydin M6WYZ, Shoebury
- Brian M6UHN, Chelmsford
- Lee M6PXT, St Osyth
- Mitchell 2E0EMO, Loughton
- Keith M0KNG, Billericay
- Nick 2E0DVX, Westcliff
- Ian 2E0IMZ, Leigh-on-Sea
- Peter G4UJG, Rochester
- Francisco EA7IXM, 5 watts in Heybridge, visiting from Spain
- Paul G7BHE, South Woodham Ferrers
- Neil G0RNU, Tilbury
- Jon G3ZJZ, Hockley
- Mike G1KOT, Basildon (Happy Birthday, OM, and enjoy the twig)
- Terry G0TIW on the Chiltern Hills (94 miles away from DA)
We wrapped up just after 11:20pm – Thanks everyone!
Topics for the evening, as follows:
- Major network fault with o2
- The Waters & Stanton event yesterday in Hockley – W&S May 2015 Video
- The Principality of Sealand
- Pirate radio in the 60s – Radio Caroline, the rusty ships, and the forts
- Intermediate question 1 – Sine waves – Any easy way of explaining how many waveforms Frequency is 50Hz – what is the time for two cycles?
- Intermediate question 2 – A 12v battery is connected to a 2 ohm and 4 ohm resistor in series – what is the power dissipated on the 4 ohm resistor? 16 watts.
- Worked all Britain – Anyone take part?
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Looks like a full and good net as always, I couldn’t make it this week as were in or on our way back travelling from Birmingham , visiting Richards daughter and family , looooong day xx