Monday Night Net 23 Nov 2015

The Essex Ham Monday Night Net for 23 November 2015 started at 8pm local time on GB3DA, the 2m repeater located at Danbury, near Chelmsford.

Live Chat: During the Net, we run an Internet chatroom. Go to www.essexham.co.uk/chat to get chatting during our nets – You need to create a free Essex Ham account to access our chatroom.

Internet Feed: Not in range of GB3DA? Several Internet feeds are available, including: Monday Night Net uStream and Essex Ham’s Audio Feed

Net Attendees

Here’s the attendance list for this week’s net:

1. Pete M0PSX, Southend-on-Sea (in the chair)
2. Mitchell 2E0EMO, Loughton
3. Paul M6NFW, Westcliff
4. Steve G4GHO, Chelmsford
5. Brian M6UHN, Chelmsford
6. Steve 2E0UEH, Southend
7. David M1ECC, Basildon
8. Jim 2E0JTW, Hullbridge
9. Glynis 2E0CUQ, Hullbridge
10. Chris at SCARF MX5CDS, Chelmsford
11. Keith M0KNG, Billericay
12. Laura M6LHT, Westcliff
13. Kevin M6KKZ, Wickford (First time on the net)
14. Bill G7LAX, Rayleigh
15. Kristian 2E0SSX, Basildon
16. Kevan M6KDN, Ipswich (very scratchy)
17. Nick M0NFE, Westcliff
18. James 2E1GUA, Chelmsford

We closed the net just before 10:30pm.

SCARF Contact

Thanks to Chris G0IPU for the contact from the Chelmsford District Scouts – Here’s our recording of the contact

Extract from Monday Night Net 23 Nov 15 – SCARF Contact (4 mins, mp3 format)

Topics for the evening, as follows:

• Windows 10 – is it worth the update?
• Cloud computer storage and home security
• Studying for the upcoming Intermediate and Full exams
• The weekend’s 2m activity day
• Digital radio – what’s the one to go with: DMRT, D-Star or Fusion?
• Powering and charging a Baofeng with solar cells

Post-Net SSTV Experiment

After the net, Laura M6LHT, Nick M0NFE, David M1ECC and Pete M0PSX had a short 2m SSTV experiment.

 

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Thanks & Disclaimer

Essex Ham would like to thank the Essex Repeater Group for allowing us to use the GB3DA for our weekly net. This repeater, together with GB3ER, GB3DB and GB7ZP are managed by volunteers. ERG would appreciate your support which can be by membership or donation, online at http://www.essexrepeatergroup.org.uk.

Please note that the Monday Night Net is recorded for the protection of our participants. Audio from repeaters around the UK, including GB3DA, may be streamed online and via SDRs.

The views and opinions expressed by participants of the Monday Night Net do not necessarily reflect the views of Essex Ham.

Monday Night Net – Related links

• About the Monday Night Net
• Monday Night Net Reports
• Setting up GB3DA