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WEEKLY NEWS Provided by John Thompson G3OKT (In memory of Bill Learmonth .. G4YZE .. SK) 
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Roar Nets August 17th - 19th 2014 |
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ROAR Nets Report for
17th August
and 19th
August
2014
0515z-0600z ANZO Net
on 7118
From Bill VK4ZD
Peter VK3KCD was 57 later peaking to 59 and also gave me
57-9
Peter advised he will be absent from the next net
Phil VK2MCB and I exchanged 59 reports
From John G3OKT
40m seemed good at 0535 when I heard a “lighthouse
station” EG1LWI giving a ZL 5.8 on 7120 (the ZL was 5.6
here). No sign of ROAR. I had already received from John
ZL2JPM “Alas,
I’ll not be on air tonight – the family call.
Hopefully the flux readings of 112, 3 & 1 will
be enough for many of us.”
0600z - 0700z Europe - ANZO Net on 14,295.2 Long Path
From QRZ : SFI 112
A 3 K 2 Sunspots 99 (low but
rising)
From Bill VK4ZD
Doug ZL1BFS was 58-9 and gave me 59+10
Jean Pierre F1CFA was 57 and gave me 58-9
Coco YO9BC and I exchange 59 reports
John G3OKT was 53 initially then 55-7 and gave me 47 at
the start building to 59+
Brian G3LUW was 54-5 and gave me 57-7
John EA/G4HMG was 43 with QSB building to 55 and gave me
57
Malcolm PA3AHC was 32 to me
Peter VK3KCD was 57-9 and gave me 58-9
Phil VK2MCB was 31
Miika OH2BAD was 55-7 and gave me 54-7
Pertti EA7GSU and I exchanged 59 reports
Greg VK8GM (visitor) called in to enthuse over the
cooperation between the Ham Radio community and the 3
Rotary Clubs in Alice Springs where the Henley on Todd
Regatta took place with the (Non) Lighthouse on Todd as
a community fund raiser. Well done.
Alain F4GHB was 55 and gave me 57
I went QRT at 0653z
From John G3OKT
I called Brian G3LUW, he was 5.6/7 (unusually strong)
and gave me 5.5. Brian gave
EA/G4HMG 5.5 but John was 5.9+10dB here.
YO9BC was 5.9+10dB here. Coco gave G3LUW and G3OKT 5.8;
gave EA/G4HMG 5.7/8, F1CFA 5.8, PA3AHC 5.9 and VK4ZD
5.9.
I could not hear John Pierre but he was 5.8 with OH2BAD
and 5.9 with PA3AHC.
VK4ZD was 4/5.7 here and gave me 5.3; gave G3LUW 5.4 and
got 5.6; gave F1CFA 5.7. Bill later gave me 5.5 when he
was 5.8. Bill came up to 5.9 at 0650 and gave 3.2 for
PA3AHC and G3OKT 5.7. By then Pertti gave VK2MCB 5.4 and
got 5.7/8 from VK4ZD.
Miika OH2BAD was 5.9+20dB here; was VK4ZD 5.7 b/w with
Bill; gave both G3LUW and G3OKT 5.9 and gave Peter
VK3KCD 5.5
PA3AHC Malcolm was just a voice here, not touching the S
meter; was 3.2 with VK4ZD
Peter VK3KCD was 3.4 QSB here, gave OH2BAD 5.7, VK4ZD
5.8, gave 4.3/4 for G3OKT(?) and gave Pertti 5.4. Peter
was 5.5 with EA7GSU.
EA7GSU was 5.7 b/w with
Phil VK2MCB; Pertti was 5.9 here and exchanged
5.9 b/w with VK4ZD; Pertti gave ZL1BFS 5.7; gave G3LUW
and G3OKT 5.9; gave F1CFA 5.8,
up from only 1.1 earlier!, gave Coco 5.8/9; gave
EA/G4HMG 1.1 and gave PA3AHC 5.8 QSB.
VK2MCB was 5.1 with OH2BAD and 3.1 with VK4ZD. Phil was
not heard here; neither was ZL1BFS, though Doug was 5.5
b/w with EA7GSU.
EA/G4HMG gave VK4ZD 5.7 and got 4.3 from Bill; John gave
F1CFA 3.3 and said Coco was peaking 5.9.
At 0702, Greg VK8GM a visitor, called in from the Todd
River Lighthouse, Alice Springs. Greg was 4.8 here (in
QRM), gave G3OKT 5.9, and ZL1BFS 5.6. F4GHB gave Greg
5.8 and received 5.5 from Bill. Alain was 5.6 QSB here.
G3LUW gave VK3KCD and VK4ZD 5.6; could not hear F1CFA
but was getting EA/G4HMG and EA7GSU at 5.9+
I left the net at 0708
0800z - 0900z UK 80-metre Net on 3,694
From John G3OKT
who was net control.
G3LUW, G7OAI/P, G3JJR and G2FUU were all 5.9+20dB here.
G0PCF Bruce and G3SZF Bob were close behind at 5.9+15dB
John G3JJR was 5.9+5dB with Bruce; Bruce gave me
5.9+20dB.
G0PCF was 5.7 with G7OAI/P who was a little lower than
usual sheltering from the weather under a dam wall!
John agreed to be Net control next week and Bob expected
to miss the net because of visiting family (a Bank
Holiday w/e in the UK).
Brian and John asked to be kept informed of the visit of
Peter VK3KCD to London during the week of October 5 –
10th
Some Rotary activity was discussed and the net ended at
0855.
From Malcolm PA3AHC
I've still got the Dutch at 692 and the Belgians at 700,
so remain sandwiched ! There's also now a dreadful local
(?) noise in the top half of the band which doesn't make
things easier. Maybe when the times change around again
I'll have better access.
1700z – 1730z RIBI evening 80-metre Net on 3,694
From John G3OKT
I believe Tommy G2FUU and Brian G3LUW kept the sked.
2000z - 2030z N.AM Transcontinental Net on 14,287
From Pertti EA7GSU
I was there and thought (again) that I heard Bob's
voice. I stayed on
QRG until at 2013 Joe, AF1E called Bob. We changed 58/57
reports and
now I heard Bob 44. Joe told the net was cancelled and
QRM was
Prop's shifting Westwards, Bob was 33 a week ago!
0700z – 0730z Tuesday 19th August 2014 NZ 80-m net on 3693
0700z – 0730z Tuesday 12th August 2014
EUR net on 14,295.2
From Bill VK4ZD
Brian G3LUW was 55 and gave me 57
Jean-Pierre F1CFA was 58 and gave me 59
John EA/G4HMG was 55-6 and gave me 56
John G3OKT was 55 and gave me 57
Malcolm PA3AHC was 53-4 and gave me 55-6
John G3JJR was 11 to me
Pertti EA7GSU was 57-8 and gave me 58
The net closed at 0741z
From John G3OKT
From QRZ : SFI 111 A 5
K 1
Sunspots 92 (down)
In agreement with the QRZ figures, 20m seemed rather
“soggy” this morning, though I now discover that the
white noise that was limiting on all signals up to S6
was due to a hard drive left running on my shack
computer! Even so, VK4ZD who was 5.9 at this time on
Sunday never rose above 5.7 and was gone into my “noise”
by 0725.
EA7GSU was the best signal at 5.9+10dB though EA/G4HMG
was also strong here at 5.9+.
Pertti gave me 5.8/9, G3LUW 5.9+, PA3AHC 5.9,
and G3JJR 5.6.
I had no copy of John G3JJR here.
G3LUW got 5.5 from VK4ZD and 5.9+20dB from EA/G4HMG.
Brian was 4.5 here and gave me 5.5
F1CFA was 5.8 with VK4ZD who was 5.9 with Jean Pierre;
Jean Pierre was not heard by G3LUW or G3OKT, and got
only 1.1 from Pertti.
EA/G4HMG got 5.5 from G3LUW and was 5.5/6 with VK4ZD
VK4ZD was 5.8 with G4HMG and gave John 5.6; got 5.5 from
PA3AHC and gave Malcolm 5.3/4.
G3JJR (though line of sight here, was under my noise)
was 5.8 with EA/G4HMG.
PA3AHC was under my noise but was touching the S meter
1.5?
From Pertti EA7GSU
Net started with Brian, G3LUW who was 59+10db and spoke
with John,
EA/G4HMG whom I did not hear. Bill, VK4ZD came 58 and
spoke with Jean
Pierre. J - P's new antenna is so selective that his
signal past my
house by about 200m! He was 11. Bill gave me 57/8 which
I found good
using only ground plane antenna 4m up. John, G3OKT with
strong 58
giving 59 to me and John, G3JJR was 56 giving 58.
Malcolm was good
59/59 but he neither heard J - P.
A good net with 8 members!
From Jean Pierre F1CFA
This morning I was just playing in a different room...Or
like as a schoolboy put in a corner to punish him !
A special thanks to Bill VK4ZD which was giving me five,
instead of Pertti, John, Brian, Malcolm, Spanish John
who ignore me, sending the ball to each other, even if
sometimes, with the QSB, I heard someone dealing with a
new recipe for the kitchen !!! ( HIRS ).
I'll report this to my club !
That’s all for now,
73’s
John G3OKT
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