Eastbourne weekly FM net

Razz229 wrote:

My report for the Eastbourne FM net held on the 12-12-19 is.............

...nothing to report.

I set up on Ashdown Forest, called out from 8.15 to 9.00 o'clock and heard nothing   .

73
Ray
CI 2290 & CT 2290

I called in a few times Ray, between 8.00 and 8.30, must of just missed each other

morris wrote:

Razz229 wrote:

My report for the Eastbourne FM net held on the 12-12-19 is.............

...nothing to report.

I set up on Ashdown Forest, called out from 8.15 to 9.00 o'clock and heard nothing   .

73
Ray
CI 2290 & CT 2290

I called in a few times Ray, between 8.00 and 8.30, must of just missed each other

Where others would give up and go home i will be back on Thursday calling out, so maybe will contact each other then .

Hi all and welcome to my report for the Eastbourne area net held on the 19/12/19.

I had my fingers crossed it wasn't going to be a quiet net like the previous week.

I put a call out to kick things off and that's when things went wrong!

John (CT11111) in Tunbridge Wells, Kent answered and reported both audio and power problems. After a process of elimination it seems my old Bremi BRG-201 SWR/Power meter was to blame and removing it put things right
We where then joined by Michael (TM3006) in Crawley, West Sussex and carried on with the chat.

At about 9ish we said our goodbyes and closed the net down.
I moved over to the SSB net on channel 39 (27.395).

10-10 & 73
Ray
26ci2290 & 26ct2290

This will be the trailer of the CB related film mentioned Ray

morris wrote:

This will be the trailer of the CB related film mentioned Ray

Cheers John

I've got an urge to watch it. I wonder if it's avalible on Netfix or the like?

Maybe you should move this to the "general chat" part of the forum so others can can add CB/HAM films and there trailers to the list.

73
Ray
26ci2290 & 26ct2290

The film is also known as "Joyride" for some reason,not on netflix but Amazon and youtube i believe.

Hi all

Welcome to my report for the first Eastbourne Weekly FM Net of 2020 held on the evening of the 02/01/2020.
My set up for the night was a CRE 8900, standard mic and a Sirio 4000 on a mag mount.

My location was Ashdown Forest (JO-01-bb).

Here is a list of breakers that called into the net.

1.  CT 2018--Fred--Burgess Hill--East Sussex
2.  FB 131--Drew--Beachy Head--East Sussex
3.  CT 11111--John--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
4.  ??????--Steve--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
5.  CT 1135--Alf--Bexleyheath--South East London
6.  GB 23--Paul--Croydon--South London
7.  And myself CT 2290--Ray--Ashdown Forest--East Sussex (keeper of the bit of paper)

After the chat on FM finished, some joined the SSB net on 27.395 USB.

Cheers to those who called in  and apologies to those who we missed
The net is open to all so why not call in and introduce yourself.
Feel free to comment, correct my mistakes or why not added your own report.

10-10
Ray CT 2290 & CI 2290

Is this a new net Eastbourne not heard of it before or is it the Southern net same one or two separate nets?

spurs dazza47 wrote:

Is this a new net Eastbourne not heard of it before or is it the Southern net same one or two separate nets?

Hi spurs dazza47.

This is not a new net, the Eastbourne FM net and Southern FM net are one and the same.
The Eastbourne part got dropped when the net grew and it had stations join from Hampshire, Berkshire, Kent, West Sussex, London, Surrey, Essex and Cambridgeshire.
With the decline of the use of FM and that most of the stations that call in now are local to the Eastbourne area I decide to go back to the original name.

73
Ray
26ci2290 & 26ct2290

OK thanks for clarification Ray and it still uses the ch3 fm correct on Thursdays?

spurs dazza47 wrote:

OK thanks for clarification Ray and it still uses the ch3 fm correct on Thursdays?

We are on channel 3. Sometimes we move due to the freebanders on USB/LSB so we move up to one of channels bewteen 30 and 40.

Ray
26ci2290 & 26ct2290

spurs dazza47 wrote:

OK thanks for clarification Ray and it still uses the ch3 fm correct on Thursdays?

Take to the higher ground if you can and have a shout out,someone is bound to hear you call in!

Hi all

Welcome to my report for the Eastbourne Weekly FM Net, held on the evening of the 09/01/2020.
My set up for the night was a CRE 8900, the return of my Turner JM+2/U power mic, a KL203P all transmitting through a Moonraker half wave
My location was Ashdown Forest (JO-01-bb).

Here is a list of breakers that called into the net.

1. CT 3296--Rob--Hadlow--Kent (welcome to the net )
2. CT 11111--John--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
3. OM 001--Graham--Burgess Hill--West Sussex
4. CT 941--Simon--Firle Beacon--East Sussex
5. FB 131--Drew--Beachy Head--East Sussex
6. ??????--Dean--Epsom Downs--Surrey
7. WR 37--Rick--Eastbourne--East sussex
8. PR 1966--Boris--Brightling Beacon--East Sussex
9. CT 1552--Darren--Polegate--East Sussex
10. And myself CT 2290--Ray--Ashdown Forest--East Sussex (keeper of the bit of paper)

Cheers to those who called in and apologies to those who we missed
The net is open to all so why not call in and introduce yourself.
Feel free to comment, correct my mistakes or why not added your own report.

10-10
Ray
CT 2290 & CI 2290

Hi all and welcome

Here is my report for the Eastbourne Weekly FM Net, held on the evening of the 16/01/2020.
My set up for the night was a CRE 8900, the return of my Turner JM+2/U power mic, a KL203P and a Sirio 4000.
My location was a windy and rainy Ashdown Forest (JO-01-bb).

Here is a list of breakers that called in.

1. CT 11111--John--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
2. OM 001--Graham--Burgess Hill--West Sussex
3. FB 228--Martin H--Hellingly--East Sussex
4. WR 037--Rick--Near Eastbourne--East Sussex (co-chair)
5. CT 941--Simon--Firle Beacon--East Sussex
6. FB 131--Drew--Beachy Head--East Sussex
7. CT 331--Jon--Rye Harbour--East Sussex (maritine mobile (worked by Rick WR 037 & Simon CT 941))
8. CT 3434--Rob--Tenterden--Kent (worked by Rick WR 037 & Jon CT 331)
9. HL 21--Frank--Hailsham--East Sussex
10. And myself CT 2290--Ray--Ashdown Forest--East Sussex (chair)

Thank you to Rick WR 037 for his help in bring in the far East stations.

Cheers to those who called in and apologies to those who we missed
The net is open to all so why not call in and introduce yourself.
Feel free to comment, correct my mistakes or why not added your own report.

10-10
Ray
CT 2290 & CI 2290

Hi all

Welcome to my report for the Eastbourne Weekly FM net. held on the 23/01/2020.
The set was the a CRE 8900, K-PO NM-532 power mic, a KL203P and a Moonraker 1/2 wave GPA antenna.
The weather was wet and foggy on Ashdown Forest.

Here is the list of breakers that called in.

1. TK08--George--Tonbridge--Kent
2. OM 001--Graham--Burgess Hill--West Sussex
3. PR 1966--Boris--Bexhill--East Sussex
4. FB 228--Martin H--Hellingly--East Sussex
5. WR 037--Rick--Near Eastbourne--East Sussex (high ground)
6. CT 1350--Lee--Wrotham Hill--Kent
7. GB 23--Paul--Croydon--South London
8. CT 3296--Rob--Hadlow--Kent
9. AMC 2537--Doug E Fresh--Near Guildford--Surrey
10. CT 3287--Steve--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
11. and myself CT 2290--Ray--Ashdown Forest--East Sussex

Cheers to those who called in and apologies to those who we missed
The net is open to all so why not call in and introduce yourself.
Feel free to comment, correct my mistakes or why not added your own report.

10-10
Ray
CT 2290, FB 2290, CI 2290

PS
For those interested.
The net on the 06-02-2020 will be the 5th anniversary of the Eastbourne Weekly FM Net aka The Original Thursday Night Net

Hello all

Welcome to my report for the Eastbourne Weekly FM net, held on the 30/01/2020.
The set up was a CRE 8900, K-PO NM-532 power mic (which failed) so the Turner mic replaced it, a KL203P and a Moonraker 1/2 wave GPA antenna.
The weather on Ashdown Forest was foggy, rainy, windy and cold.

Here is the list of breakers that called in.

1. TK 08--George--Tonbridge--Kent
2. OM 001--Graham--Burgess Hill--West Sussex
3. CT 2018--Fred--Burgess Hill--West Sussex
4. ??????--Steve--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
5. CT 11111--John--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
6. TM 3006--Michael--Crawley--West Sussex
7. and myself CT 2290--Ray--Ashdown Forest (JO-01-bb)--East Sussex

Cheers to those who called in and apologies to those who we missed
The net is open to all so why not call in and introduce yourself.
Feel free to comment, correct my mistakes or why not added your own report.

10-10
Ray
CT 2290, CI 2290

PS Your all invited to the 5th anniversary of the net on 06-02-20

                    Happy Birthday to the Eastbourne weekly FM net

Yes it's true, the net is 5 years old!

Hello and welcome.

Here is my report of the birthday net, held on the evening of the 06/02/2020.

My set was a CRE 8900, a Turner JM+2/U mic, a KL203P amp all transmitting through a Moonraker 1/2 wave GPA antenna.
My location was Ashdown Forest (JO-01-bb), the backyard of Winne the Pooh and friends.
The weather was cold with clear skies and a temperature at the beginning of the net of about 4 degrees C, which dropped down to 2 degrees or less by the end of the night

Here is the list of stations heard and or worked by the net.

1.  CT 941--Simon--Firle Beacon--East Sussex
2.  TK 08--George--Tonbridge--Kent
3.  OM 001--Graham--Burgess Hill--West Sussex
4.  CT 11111--John--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
5.  CT 2018--Fred--Burgess Hill--West Sussex
6.  CT 1837--Stuart--Winchester--Hampshire
7.  FB 131--Drew--Beachy Head--East Sussex
8.  CT 3328--Rob--Hadlow--Kent
9.  CT 3287--Steve--Tunbridge Wells--Kent
10.  CT 2290--Ray--Ashdown Forest--East Sussex (with parchment, ink and quill).

That concludes the list of birthday stations who called in.

At the end of the FM net, I flicked on to the USB net on channel 39 mid-block or 27.395.

Sorry to those who we didn't hear or missed off the list.
The net is open to all, so why not join in or leave a report here.

10-10 & 73
Ray
26ci2290 & 26ct2290

The Eastbourne weekly FM net is being kept alive by a few home based operators in and around the Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge areas in Ray`s absence. Thursdays 8PM on channel 3 uk Band.

Hi mate any idea when the FM net will resume again now we got more freedom to go up on hills etc..

Daren CT3135

spurs dazza47 wrote:

Hi mate any idea when the FM net will resume again now we got more freedom to go up on hills etc..

Daren CT3135

The chairman Ray 2290 is yet to return to his perch at Ashdown Forest, there are few still working channel 3 uk on Thursday evening,but not many out static as yet.

Fantastic radios. Especially when used with a teardrop.  I have a mk 1. I'd never part with her. I think this went to the wrong place.  Was meant for the cobra 148 GTL DX page