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WEEKLY NEWS Provided by John Thompson G3OKT (In memory of Bill Learmonth .. G4YZE .. SK) 
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Roar Nets October 19th - October 21st 2014 |
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ROAR Nets Report for 19th October and 21st October
2014
0545z-0630z ANZO Net on 7118
From Bill VK4ZD
Doug ZL1BFS called in but did not appear to copy me
0630z - 0730z Europe - ANZO
Net on 14,295.2 Long Path
From
John
(ZL2JPM)
I’ll not be on the net
tonight (Sunday). Trust
propagation serves you all
well.
From John G3OKT
From QRZ :
SFI 160 A 14
K 2 Sunspots 39
(low)
High absorption seemed to create
a quiet band – S1 background
noise, occasional S9 QRN.
Bill’s “beacon signal” did
not reach 5.9+10dB until
0704.
Good for ZL; poor here for much
of EU.
YO9BC was 5.9+10dB here giving
Bill a fine 5.9+15dB in
exchange for 5.9+5dB
VK4ZD only peaking S3 here giving
1.3 to S0 in QSB report to a
ZL
G3LUW was peaking 4.5 here and
heard me at 5.4.
Brian got 5.2 (?)
from Bill in exchange for
4.4
ZL1BFS was 5.6 here, 5.5 with
Brian and gave 5.5 for Alain
F4GHB was a faint voice at S0
here; Alain got 5.9+5dB from
ZL1BFS
PA0SDZ just heard, no copy here;
VK4ZD “copying Les all the
way”
PA3AHC just heard, no copy;
Malcolm was 5.5 with Bill
EA7GSU was up to 5.9+10dB here
with QSB by 0702. Pertti
gave me 4.1 coming up; also
gave YO9BC 5.9+20, YO9BGR
5.6, PA3AHC 5.9, PA0SDZ 5.8,
ZL1BFS 5.8, 4.1 for Noel and
no copy of F1CFA.
Noel was heard at 3.3 in QRM
here, gave YO9BC 5.8, Pertti
5.5, and G3LUW 5.5
VK4ZD peaking 5.7 at 0648, gave
me 5.3. By 0700 Bill was 5.9
Phil VK2MCB was just a faint
voice at 0653. Hoped to have
his cubical quad up in 2
weeks
HB9CQS was just a whisper at 0658
but was 5.9+10dB with Bill,
and gave ZL1BFS 5.7
YO9BGR was very clear here at
5.7. George gave F4GHB,
G3LUW, PA3AHC and G3OKT all
5.9
G3LUW gave Pertti 5.9, said he
copied G3OKT very well, just
copied F1CFA and F4GHB, had
no copy of PA3AHC and gave
Noel VK2IWT 3.3. Brian was
peaking 3.3 here and got 5.7
from Bill at 0708.
ZL1BFS had a strange hollow voice
and QSB but was S5/7 here.
Doug gave Noel 3.3, Klaus
5.7, Pertti 5.6, G3OKT 4.5,
PA3AHC not very strong, Coco
5.9, Les 4.5?, Brian very
good 5.6, Alain 5.7/9 QSB
and Jean Pierre 5.6. Doug
was 5.5/6 with Bill at 0710.
G3JJR called in at 0726. John was
just 4.3 here and gave VK4ZD
5.9
The net closed at 0737z.
From Bill VK4ZD Jean-Pierre F1CFA and I exchanged 59 reports George YO9BGR was 55 and gave me 59 Phil VK2MCB was only 11 here Alain F4GHB was 59 and gave me 59+ Brian G3LUW was initially 52 building to 57 and gave me 44 building to 59 Doug ZL1BFS was 53-6 and gave me 58 dropping to 55 Les PA0SDZ was 55 and gave me 59 Coco YO9BC was 59+5-10 and gave me 59+10 Malcolm PA3AHC was 55-6 and gave me 55 John G3OKT built from 53 to 57-8 and gave me 57 peaking at 59+10 Klaus HB9CQS was 59+10 and gave me 59 Noel VK2IWT was 32 to me and gave me 55-6 John G3JJR was 43 and gave me 56
0800z - 0900z UK 80-metre
Net on 3,693
From John G7OAI/P Net control
Net
opened by Brian, G3LUW, who
was already on frequency,
and handed over to me to run
it today at 0802z. My call
was answered by John, G3JJR
& Tommy, G2FUU, both good
signals. Malcolm, PA3AHC was
also heard and stayed with
us for a few minutes, but
didn't respond to further
calls. John, G3OKT joined us
around 0820, as usual a rock
crushing signal....
G3LUW -
5x9+10
G3JJR -
5x9+20
G2FUU -
5x9+10
G3OKT -
5x9+60
We
enjoyed just short of an
hour of Rotary fellowship,
and closed at 0856Z with a
revised, and apparently now
not uncommon, toast to
Rotary, "Rotary fellowship &
peace the world over'
From John G3OKT
I joined the net at 0813; John
G3JJR and G7OAI/P were both
5.9+25dB.
G2FUU Tommy was 5.9+30dB
PA3AHC had been 4.6 with Tommy
and 5.6/7 to 4.4 with G3LUW.
Malcolm was not heard here –
probably left before 0815?
Brian G3LUW was 5.9+20dB
here, and noted that he had
lost his TOMO 6m beam in
high winds.
Brian said he would be OK for net
control next week and might
be able to report on the
Memorial Service of John
G4HMG which he and Margaret
will attend on Saturday in
Somerset.
Tommy G2FUU said he would listen
at 1700z to see if anyone
attended.
John G7OAI/P reminded
members of the Net to
comment on the OFCOM
proposals for new licensing
rules in the light of new
services like smart
metering.
1700z – 1730z RIBI evening
80-metre Net on 3,694
2000z - 2030z N.AM
Transcontinental Net on
14,287
From Pertti EA7GSU
This Net
was slightly more active
than a week ago. I heard
Joe, AF1E some
minutes
before the net time 1954utc
with 55 and got the same
back.
Propagations were not as
good as they usually are.
Joe continued to
call
members but in vain. We
changed some news and at
2005utc Joe
suggested we fold the net as
there were no takers.
0700z – 0730z Tuesday 21st October 2014 NZ 80-m net
on 3693
0700z – 0730z Tuesday 21st
October 2014 EUR net on 14,295
From Pertti EA7GSU
Tuesday
morning net at 0700utc was
opened by Jean - Pierre,
F1CFA by
calling
all members. He was 59 and
gave me the same back. Bill
broke-in
and was 59 giving me 57 in
return. Band was quiet and
noiseless. John, G3JJR had
got reminder from Peter,
VK3KCD of the net
time and
joined us with 57 giving me
the same to start with. He
only
heard
Bill and me. Malcolm had PA
on and came with 58 but with
qsb dwn
to S4.
Jean - Pierre and Malcolm
did not have proper copy of
John.
After
half an hours chatting we
folded the net at 0736utc.
From
Jean Pierre F1CFA
Anyway,
during the last meeting of
Tuesday, we meet with Bill
VK4ZD and also Pertti G7GSU,
with a good 59+.
You,
Brian, Malcolm, were too
weak for me
From Bill VK4ZD Jean-Pierre F1CFA was 57-8 and gave me 58-9 Pertti EA7GSU was 57 with QSB and gave me 59 John G3JJR initially 42 but dropped to 21 Malcolm PA3AHC was 54-5 and gave me 55
From John G3OKT
Strong winds from Hurricane
Gonzalo put a twist in my
feeder so I couldn’t get on
this net. Also will miss
next Sunday net on 26th
October so good luck to Bill
and Dianne for their trip to
Japan on the 28th.
RIBI members will also be aware
that Summertime ends and UK
reverts to “z time” at 2am
on Sunday 26 October
That’s all for now,
73’s
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