Supporting Amateur Radio in Essex
I’m always keen to pay with new, cheap, portable tech from China, and following some very positive reviews online, I picked up a AMNVOLT Mini SI4732 DSP Radio Receiver from AliExpress for just over £26 (shop link) This page is a placeholder at the moment, as the unit’s just arrived. Hugely impessed so far, and…
An AI summary of tonight’s net, plus the following image: This week’s Essex Ham Monday Night Net on GB3DA was hosted by Dorothy, M0LMR, with a warm, chatty evening that wandered happily between Christmas prep, radio shacks, military vehicles, gas leaks, pets and a bit of AI wizardry for good measure. Dorothy and Rob, M7HBZ,…
The Monday Night Net ran on the 2m repeater GB3DA (Danbury, Essex) on FM, using the standard output 145.725 MHz / input 145.125 MHz with 110.9 Hz CTCSS. The net was chaired by Aubrey M7SDA and was joined by Dorothy M0LMR, Neil M0NMT, Mick M7TRU, Graham M6GRH, John M7GMI and Rory M0NFJ, with assorted background…
Here’s what AI makes of this week’s net… Monday Night Net on GB3DA – hosted by M0PSX Pete M0PSX was in the chair for this week’s Monday Night Net via GB3DA. Stations taking part during the evening included G7HCD/M (Simon), M7SDA (Aubrey), M5IJH (Ian), M0NMT (Neil), M0LMR (Dorothy) and M7HBZ (Rob), with a good mix…
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…
