The Essex Ham Monday Night Net for 28th 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)
- Paul G7BHE, South Woodham Ferrers
- Steve G4GHO, Chelmsford
- Paul G4IJE, South Woodham Ferrers
- Brian 2E0WHB, Chelmsford
- Paul 2E0SET, Westcliff-on-Sea (first time on the new callsign!)
- Keith M0KNG, Billericay
- Dorothy M0LMR, Basildon
- James 2E1GUA, Chelmsford
- Steve 2E0UEH, Southend-on-Sea
- Colin G4KXN, Chelmsford
- David M1ECC, Basildon
- Andy M0HLG, Gravesend
- Rachel G6AMY, Ockendon (first time on the net!)
- Bob G4MDB, Chelmsford
- Nick M0NIB, Brentwood
- Nick M0NFE, Westcliff-on-Sea
- Richard G7OED, Basildon
Until next week (and next year!)… Happy Hamming, and season’s greetings!
Topics for the evening, as follows:
In tonight’s net, here’s what was discussed:
- The RSGB Survey – Open till the end of December 2015 (Interview with RSGB to follow)
- The Monday Night Net – Over 150 callsigns logged over 41 nets, with an average of 17 participants.Thanks to all who took part in 2015
- There’s a talk on DMR at BRATS in Kent on 21st January – all are welcome
- Who has a Mac? Almost no-one on our net, it seems
- Shack Cats (our trainee Shack Kitten vandalised the net part way through)
- Using the 2m NoV
- Banned words in the Essex Ham Chatroom. By default “bum” and “poop” were blocked. But no more.
- We all love Elmo from Sesame Street
- Essex Ham’s activities in 2015 – what a busy year!
We wrapped up just after 10:30pm after a great final net of the year. Thanks all!
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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 
Ah lovely kitten , and yes we love Elmo ..( .hehe well you all know what I meant ). Happy hamming everyone , p.s as in the net attendees , I’m not still travelling back from suffolk….that was so last week lol, 73 n 88
Perhaps it was a very long drive Dorothy!
This year shod be No Discclaimer,But this will not happen bcos Essexham is skeed of ERG!
Hello again James. You’re here as well as Twitter having the same discussion!!
I’ve discovered that the disclaimer came about due to a local club having a problem with the popularity of the Essex ham / ERG nets and that the problem stopped because of the disclaimer which they agreed together.
It does sound a bit pants and pointless, but if it does the job, then why not??
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To be clear, we fully support the ERG – Without a decent repeater such as GB3DA, the four groups who use GB3DA for their nets wouldn’t be able to cover such a wide area. It’s only fair to make repeater users aware that repeaters aren’t free and aren’t funded by Ofcom/RSGB. They need funds to cover running costs, and we feel it’s a courtesy to make that known.
The wording we use on the site and on-air on both the Monday and YL nets, was supplied to us by ERG, and used with their blessing.
The second part, the “disclaimer” may seem unnecessary, but it’s made a difference, so has its place. We used to receive comments (directly and indirectly) from ‘monitors’ that some of what happens on our nets was some form of breach of licence terms, and there have been issues with some of what’s been said by participants, or otherwise misinterpreted. Since the disclaimer, those comments have dried up – so it works.
Hope that clarifies.
So you’re a victim of the local amateur radio police, are you?? Let me guess – they don’t target or key the other local nets. Am I right??
Name and shame; and then the speculation can end once and for all!!
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Wooden spoon out today, Ham View? ;)
If you want the full story – ask around, look through older comments, or use our member-only’s forum – it’s all common knowledge , and it’s old news now.
Pete
You are messing the pont I’am not saying about repeaters you need member’s for ERG to keep them going I agree with that.