Well hello

Welcome to the 3rd episode of "Ray Reviews" the "STAY PREPPED RADIO NET 446 the biggest PMR net in the UK"

The net was held on Sunday evening, the 14/06/2026 and was on PMR analogue channel 8, it started at 19:30 and finished at 21:00.

My location for the net was Radio Corner, Ashdown Forest in the county of East Sussex and my set was the battery powered CRT SPACE U and a 8 element beam.

Here is my list of stations I made contact with

London Calling - Mark - East London
Matt - Strood - Kent
Chris - Bapchild - Kent
TG 25 - Keith - Canvey Island - Essex
TE 032 - Adam - Southend on Sea - Essex
John - Upchurch - Kent
CM 01 - Jason - Shooters Hill - Southeast London
KP 441 - Steve - Henfield - West Sussex
Harry - Ringmer - East Sussex

There were a few other stations on that I didn't hear, like Chairman Chev.

Best 73 till next time

Ray 2290

Hello and welcome

Yes I've done it again. I headed up to a hill in day light so I could join with the Southeast Sunday Morning SSB Net.

The net was on the 14/06/2026 and is chaired by James JS 7, it can be found on FCC/Mid-Block channel 28 (27.285 MHz) on USB. It starts from 10:00 and runs to 11:30 - 12:00 Midday.

I headed up to Maidenhead Grin location JO-01-BF-78 or York Hill in Kent, and set up the Alinco DX-70 powered by a car battery and Solarcon A-99.

I was a bit late calling in, so missed the Spanish station being passed round, but overall it was a great morning for chat local and DX.

Here is my list of stations I worked. There must have been 3 times or more stations on the net.

TWR 180 - Trevor - Rochester - Kent
TM 204 - John - ?
LR 77 - Bob - Polhill - Kent
ET 01 - Jeff - Chislehurst - Kent
CAM 17 - John - Bluebell Hill -Kent
GE 2020 - Matt - Butts Brow - East Sussex
RC 233 - Colin - Wickford - Essex
XR 41 - Jerry - Bo Peep - East Sussex
GE 67 - Richard - Paddock Wood - Kent
UK 175 - Wayne - Wadhurst - East Sussex
DDB 5- - Allan - Redhill - Surrey - Heard only
JS 7 - James - Bluebell Hill - Kent - In the Chair

Thank you to James for running the net on a day when the conditions were challenging.

Best 73 till next time

Ray 2290

Hello & welcome, one and all

Here is my report for the Southern Area & South Coast SSB Net, held on Thursday 11/06/2026

The net can be found on FCC channel 39 LSB or 39 LSB Mid-Block and is scheduled to start at 20:30 UK/19:30 🕢 UTC and finishes anytime from 23:00 UK/22:00 🕙 UTC

My location was a wet, windy, misty Radio Corner, Ashdown 🌳 Forest in the county of East Sussex and my working condition was the old Anytone AT-6666 (no amp, no power mic) powered by a car battery 🔋 and the Solarcon A-99 antenna.

Here is my list of check in's & who heard and or worked who.
All stations are 26 division unless otherwise stated

CT 940 - Richard - Reigate Town - Surrey 🥇
JR 6969 - Jim - Sutton - South London
009 - Tom - East London
CT 3466 - "Radar" Ray - Ashdown Forest - East Sussex - 1st location of the night
KP 441 - Steve - Steyning Bostal - West Sussex
TB 45 - Mark - Crawley - West Sussex - Welcome to the Net 👍
J S 7 - James - Bluebell Hill - Kent - Chair of the Southeast Sunday Morning Net
DT 372 - John - Pinner - Northwest London
CT 5505 - Steve - Bradwell on Sea - Essex - Welcome to the Net 👍
RU 08 - Rod - Hereford - Herefordshire
XR 41 - Jerry - Hailsham - East Sussex
CT 4515 - John - Camber Sands - East Sussex
CI 155 - Paul - Wrotham Hill - Kent
WT 148 - Tony - Hailsham - East Sussex
TC 614 - Tim - Hailsham - East Sussex
DDB 50 - Allan - Redhill - Surrey
CT 3466 - "Radar" Ray - Crowhurst - Surrey - 2nd location of the night
TC 01 from Biggin Hill - Southeast London/Kent - Heard you calling in and we did reply back
TM 848 - Dave - Brighton - East Sussex - Working a Quansheng handy
FB 228 - Martin H - Hellingly - East Sussex
CT 3678 - Dave - Petworth - West Sussex
CT 4013 - Tony - Brighton - East Sussex
and me
CI 2290 - Ray - Ashdown 🌳 Forest - East Sussex - In the Chair 💺

Welcome to Mark TB 45, who has been listening in for the past couple of weeks and has now decided to join and thank you for your kind words.

Sorry if you tried to call in and wasn't heard due to the noise from Europe, the (AM, FM, USB & off frequency) voices and the tones & beeps and thank you all who called or checked in.

Now for the Numbers of the Night

21 In the log
0 Coffee or biscuits consumed
3 London boroughs worked
2 New stations joining the Net
6 Counties worked
1 Station on a hand held

That brings my report to and end

Best 73 till next time

Ray 2290 with paper & pen 📝

Quote from: CT4013 on Jun 12, 2026, 11:30 AMRay was in a promotional role last night which resulted in 3 new members.
26JS07-James, CT3678-Dave & Simon1234-Jason, welcome to Radio Corner.

Right

I'm off to sell sand to the Middle East and snow to the Artic 🤣🤣

Posted by Ed on FB

Gateways On The Air (GOTA) is taking place from Saturday 13 June until the following Sunday. I will try to be active from various places locally on as many days as possible. I am planning to be at Ford Airfield Market carpark on Saturday between 1100 and 1200 BST approximately, working through MB7ITT at Tangmere on 2 meters FM. I hope to speak with some of you over the next few days. More information at https://gota.freestar.network/ 73 from Ed M0MNG/p.

Ray was in a promotional role last night which resulted in 3 new members.
26JS07-James, CT3678-Dave & Simon1234-Jason, welcome to Radio Corner.

Quote from: Jonny5's on Jun 11, 2026, 07:37 PMYeah it's been mad the last few days, just spoke with Colin 108db52 Aberdeen, funny thing is, last night I couldn't hear the person that the Scottish station was talking to near Gatwick but Scotland was 5/9 +. The SSB net will be an interesting one this eve!

It's often the case that you can hear distant stations but not those a few miles away. I wonder if it's partly due to you having a horizontal/'V' type antenna, verticals are generally better for local stations.

As for the SSB net last night, I had so much static (S7) that I only heard two stations the strongest was KP441 near Steyning & Ray at Radio Corner who was just making it over the noise!  

Yeah it's been mad the last few days, just spoke with Colin 108db52 Aberdeen, funny thing is, last night I couldn't hear the person that the Scottish station was talking to near Gatwick but Scotland was 5/9 +. The SSB net will be an interesting one this eve!

8:11pm - 108 Division has been blasting in for the last hour.

Yes please this day in history, thought you'd just run out of things happening on the day in history. Ha