Supporting Amateur Radio in Essex
Summary of tonight’s net, courtesy of AI: Summary: We had a healthy turn-out: 2E0KDG (Chris), M7SDA (Aubrey), M0LMR (Dorothy) with G7OED (Richard), G1KOT (Mike), M7SJN (Sam), later joined by G6EFI (Rob, ex-M0KCP), M7KTT (Peter) and M0OTV (Andrew). Spirits were high and the chat flowed, with a strong handheld theme thanks to several shiny Baofeng UV5R…
On this page, we take a look at a new Baofeng that’s getting everyone talking, the Baofeng UV-5R Mini. The UV-5R has been around for a few years now, and is probably the most well-known radio out there – it’s a safe bet that quite a few hams have one. So what does the 2025…
We fed tonight’s net into an AI engine and asked for a friendly report. Here’s what AI thought of our outing: Who was about: Pete M0PSX (herding the cats), Aubrey M7SDA, Dorothy M0LMR, Bob G4MDB, and a late fly-by from Rory M0NFJ. Radio bits (aka the fun stuff) Aubrey’s shiny new Baofeng UV-5R Mini had…
As of October 2025, Ofcom’s updated its licence platform to release M8 and M9 callsigns. Here’s a summary: Existing Intermediates You can now apply for an M8 or M9 callsign, to replace your existing 2×0 or 2×1 callsign, but expect to have to revoke your Foundation licence too, as part of Ofcom’s plans for UK…
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Here’s an AI report of the net held at 8pm on Monday 13 Oct 2025: This week’s Monday Night Net on GB3DA (Danbury) was hosted by Dorothy (M0LMR), who did her usual great job of keeping things running smoothly. It was one of those nets where the conversation flowed naturally from one subject to…
One key session at the 2025 RSGB Convention was “How to encourage clubs to thrive” – a panel discussion aimed at clubs that may be struggling. The session was chaired by BBC Radio 4 ‘s Jim Lee G4AEH, and the panel consisted of the following clubs: Cray Valley Radio Society Bracknell Amateur Radio Club Mid…
At the RSGB Convention 2025, there was an interesting talk from Kjetil Vinorum LB4FH – He was licensed in 2016 at the age of 31 and currently serves as the country manager for both Parks on the Air (POTA) and Worldwide Bunkers on the Air (WWBOTA) in Norway. His talk was about elmering newer amateurs…
The following is an AI-generated report of tonight’s Monday Night Net. Why? Because we can. Chair: Aubrey M7SDARepeater: GB3DA (Danbury)Theme (emergent): Chestnuts, bikes, infotainment, and the usual radio mishaps AI-generated Limeric Summary: There once was a net on GB3DA,Where Aubrey kept calling, “All OK?”Pete checked in mid-dinner,Dorothy’s flatbreads—winner—As chestnuts were roasting away. Check-ins M7SDA (Aubrey)…
Many of you will remember when we used to produce weekly reports of our nets. We stopped a while back, due to the effort involved, but with a little help from AI, we asked an AI engine to produce a 500 word summary of tonight’s Monday Night Net. See how well you thought it did:…
In January 2025, we launched our UK Amateur Radio Survey for 2025. We believe this to the be the largest survey of the UK community this year, and the results are out. We had a total of 855 responses. Results Summary Video We’ve released a short video covering the key findings of the survey, including…
