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WEEKLY NEWS Provided by John Thompson G3OKT (In memory of Bill Learmonth .. G4YZE .. SK) 
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Roar Nets December 14th - December 16th 2014 |
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ROAR
Nets
Report
for
14th
and
16th
December
2014
0645z-0730z
ANZO
Net
on
7118
From
Bill
VK4ZD
Phil
VK2MCB
was
initially
56-7
building
to
59
and
gave
me
58-9
Cam
VK3ADU
(visitor)
was
58
from
Coonabarabran
and
gave
me
59
from
his
portable
location
Noel
VK2IWT
was
59+20
Doug
ZL1BFS
was
57
and
gave
me
59.
He
was
suffering
a
130km/h
gale
From
Phil
VK2MCB
The
net
consisted
of
myself
-
Phil
VK2MCB,
Bill
VK4ZD,
Noel
VK2IWT,
Doug
ZL1BFS
and
a
visitor
Cam
VK3ADU
who
called
in
for
a
signal
report
from
a
camp
site
in
Coonabarabran
in
Northern
NSW.
Peter
VK3KCD
had
given
his
apologies
to
me
when
we
met
for
dinner
with
my
XYL
in
Melbourne
on
Friday
evening.
Conditions
were
good
for
me
with
the
Australians
but
not
so
good
over
the
Tasman.
VK4ZD
was
5/9
and
gave
me
5/9
VK2IWT
was
5/7
and
gave
me
5/9
VK3ADU
was
5/7
and
gave
me
5/3
ZL1BFS
was
3/1
and
I
did
not
receive
a
signal
report
The
later
start
was
well
worthwhile
as
conditions
for
Europe
on
20m
were
much
improved
over
the
previous
week.
0730z
-
0830z
Europe
-
Anzo
Net
on
14,295.2
Long
Path
From
QRZ
:
SFI
160 A 6 (down from A21 previous night!)
K 3
Sunspots
121
From
Bill
VK4ZD
Klaus
HB9CQS
was
initially
59+5
and
built
to
59+20
at
0812
- he
gave
me
59
Jean-Pierre
F1CFA
was
56
peaking
at
58
and
gave
me
59
Noel
VK2IWT
was
54
and
gave
me
56
Phil
VK2MCB
was
59
here
in
excellent
condx
and
gave
me
59+
Rob
ZL1RD
was
59+20
here
and
gave
me
59+,
consistently
being
heard
very
well
in
Europe
Doug
ZL1BFS
was
59+5
and
gave
me
59+10
John
ZL2JPM
was
58-9
and
gave
me
59+
Hermann
DL6LW
(visitor)
was
57
building
to
59
and
gave
me
59+
Pertti
EA7GSU
was
58
and
gave
me
59+.
Coco
YO9BC
was
59+5
John
G3OKT
was
initially
44
building
to
56
and
gave
me
59
Malcolm
PA3AHC
was
43
building
to
54
and
gave
me
42
then
56
Brian
G3LUW
was
55
and
gave
me
59
Henk
VK2GWK
was
59+10
and
gave
me
59+,
being
heard
well
in
Europe
Serge
UR8ES
(visitor)
was
58
and
gave
me
59+5
Nick
G4HCK
was
56
and
gave
me
58-9
I
closed
the
net
at
0837z
and
was
called
by
Slav
LZ1ZJ
(visitor)
who
was
57-8
and
gave
me
59
From
John
G3OKT
(running
70W
without
HPA)
Background
random
noise
at
S3,
band
lively
with
broadcast
music
(!)
and
other
activity.
VK/ZL
generally
not
strong;
many
reports
were
missed
in
QSB
and
noise.
Apologies
had
been
given
by
Peter
VK3KCD.
At
0728,
HB9CQS
was
2.2
–
3.4
here
getting
5.9+10dB
from
VK4ZD
and
ZL1RD.
(By
0830
Klaus
was
5.9+25dB
here!)
ZL1RD
was
5.9
here
at
0747,
reaching
5.9+10dB
at
0808,
and
was
5.9+20dB
with
VK4ZD.
Rob
said
later
that
F1CFA
was
very
strong,
and
heard
Brian
at
5.2/3.
ZL1BFS
Doug
was
peaking
4.6
in
QSB.
Doug
was
5.6
with
Klaus
who
also
heard
John
ZL2JPM
at
5.5/6
and
Phil
VK2MCB
at
5.7/8.
I
initially
had
no
copy
of
VK4ZD,
but
Bill
came
up
to
5.7
at
0734
and
5.9
by
0750.
F1CFA
was
5.5/9
with
ZL1RD
and
gave
G3LUW
and
G3OKT
4.2.
By
0750,
Jean
Pierre
was
5.9+10dB
here
and
5.8/9
with
YO9BC
VK2IWT
Noel
was
just
heard
here
at
0800
and
got
5.4/6
from
ZL1RD.
VK2MCB
Phil
was
not
heard
here
until
later
and
then
with
slow
QSB
to
3.5.
EA7GSU
was
5.9+10dB
here
at
0742,
got
5.8
from
Bill
and
gave
5.9
to
Bill
and
Klaus;
had
no
copy
of
F1CFA,
gave
ZL1RD
5.9+10dB
and
ZL1BFS
5.6;
gave
VK2IWT
and
VK2MCB
and
ZL2JPM
all
4.1.
Pertti
heard
Coco
at
5.9+20dB.
YO9BC
Coco
was
5.9+15dB
here
and
gave
EA7GSU
5.8/9,
and
was
5.9
with
VK4ZD
and
5.7
with
ZL1BFS.
Coco
gave
Doug
5.5.
PA3AHC
was
3.5
QSB
here
and
exchanged
4.3
b/w
with
VK4ZD,
gave
G3OKT
2.1
and
ZL1RD
5.5
G3LUW
was
“bursty”
here
at
1.2
at
0747.
Brian
gave
Bill
5.9
in
exchange
for
5.5.
VK2GWK
was
5.6
with
Pertti
and
gave
5.5.
Henk
peaked
5.9+10dB
here,
and
gave
me
5.5/6
UR8EC
a
visitor
Serge
was
5.9+15
here
DL6DW
a
visitor
Herman
at
0815
was
5.9+5
here
and
heard
ZL2JPM
at
5.6
G4HCQ
Nick
was
5.8
here
and
gave
ZL1RD
5.9,
ZL1BFS
5.3,
EA7GSU
5.9,
G3OKT
4.1
(later
5.5/6),
PA3AHC
3.1,
VK2GWK
5.9
and
UR8EC
5.9.
ZL2JPM
got
5.5
from
G3LUW,
5.3
b/w
with
F1CFA,
was
4.1
with
Pertti
and
peaked
4.5
here
in
QRM.
EA7GSU
at
0816
reported
5.9
for
PA3AHC,
G3LUW
and
DL6DW;
gave
5.5/6
for
ZL1BFS
and
got
5.5
from
Brian,
5.5
from
Herman
whom
Pertti
heard
at
5.6.
From
Doug
ZL1BFS
Just
as a
matter
of
interest,
the
130km/h
storm
brought
down
my
20m
Collinear
aerial
about
an
hour
before
the
net.
I
wasn't
expecting
much,
but
I
entered
the
net
on
my
"emergency"
aerial
- a
43
foot
monopole.
I
could
hardly
believe
how
well
it
worked!
0900z
-
1000z
UK
80-metre
Net
on
3,694
From
John
G3OKT
G3LUW
Brian
was
net
control
at
5.9+30dB,
G7OAI
John
was
5.9+25dB,
G3JJR
John,
G0PCF
Bruce,
G2FUU
Tommy
and
G0SQH
Derek
were
all
5.9+20dB
and
G3SZF
Bob
was
5.9+15dB.
All
stations
therefore
riding
over
my
S9+10dB
noise
level!
John
OAI
suggested
taking
a
portable
rx
on
walkabout
to
see
if
the
noise
was
locatable
due
to
my
new
faster
broadband.
Bruce
heard
G3LUW
and
G3OKT
at
5.9+20dB
but
said
that
G7OAI
was
unreadable
under
his
S9
noise.
G3OKT
will
be
available
for
net
control
next
week.
The
net
closed
at
0950.
1800z
–
1830z
RIBI
evening
80-metre
Net
on
3,694
Tommy
G2FUU
and
probably
G3LUW
had
said
they
would
check
this
frequency
for
any
callers.
2000z
-
2030z
N.AM
Transcontinental
Net
on
14,287
0700z
–
0730z
Tuesday
16th
December
2014
NZ
40-m
net
on
7117
0730z
–
0800z
Tuesday
16th
December
2014
EUR
net
on
14,2952
From
Bill
VK4ZD
Pertti
EA7GSU
was
56-7
-
and
gave
me
58-9
Malcolm
PA3AHC
was
eventually
53
and
gave
me
54
John
G3OKT
was
54
when
propagation
emerged
building
to
55
and
he
gave
me
57
building
to
59+10
at
0803.
Brian
G3LUW
was
initially
32
building
to
54
and
gave
me
55
From
John
G3OKT
Band
noise
only
S2
but
QRN
S7-9.
Storms
affecting
Queensland,
Spain
and
UK!
EAGSU
was
5.5
here
and
gave
me
5.7/8
(only
70W
“barefoot”).
Later
Pertti
came
up
to
5.9+10dB
with
slow
QSB
down.
VK4ZD
was
5.8/9
with
Pertti
but
hardly
heard
here
at
0737
PA3AHC
could
just
be
heard
but
no
copy
here;
Malcolm
was
5.3
with
Pertti
building
to
5.8
at
0745.
Malcolm
heard
Brian
at
5.4.
G3LUW
was
5.2
with
Pertti
and
gave
4.4.
Brian
was
3.2
here
under
QRM
and
QRN.
By
0748
Brian
and
Pertti
exchanged
5.9!
F1CFA
had
given
apologies
for
this
net.
We
had
a
discussion
on
how
shifting
between
40
and
20m
during
the
net
might
involve
more
of
Eu
and
ANZO
stations.
The
net
closed
at
0810.
That’s
all
for
now,
73’s
John
G3OKT
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