Conditions are great today I'm on low ground in a town and getting to St Ives and the USA let's hope it stays for tonight if anyone is about I'm on frequency now

Roger all received many thanks

As you operate from Pooh's home forest Ray I thought I would add another Birthday Wish:

Happy 100th Birthday to the wonderful Winnie the Pooh!
On this day, 14 October 1926, A. A. Milne's beloved children's book Winnie-the-Pooh was first published, introducing readers to a little bear who would go on to become one of the most recognisable characters in children's literature.
Beautifully illustrated by E. H. Shepard, the stories were inspired by Milne's son, Christopher Robin, and his collection of stuffed animals.

Quote from: Mountain Mike on Oct 14, 2026, 03:01 PMNo particular frequency normally sit on 555 and just flick up and down when I'm out in the car I find day times are so much better I had 7 UK contacts Saturday it was booming in pretty much any day I'm free. I keep an eye on cluster dx if things look good I pop up my small mountain only takes 20 mins from home the bigger mountains take 45 to 60 mins to get up there is there anyway I can contact u next time conditions are u to make the contact 👍

Cheers Mike, I will listen around the band when I'm free.
I have sent you a PM.

Blimey we should have a birthday net tonight then lol😂 have a good one ray hopefully catch u soon 178ct009 mountain Mike

No particular frequency normally sit on 555 and just flick up and down when I'm out in the car I find day times are so much better I had 7 UK contacts Saturday it was booming in pretty much any day I'm free. I keep an eye on cluster dx if things look good I pop up my small mountain only takes 20 mins from home the bigger mountains take 45 to 60 mins to get up there is there anyway I can contact u next time conditions are u to make the contact 👍

Hello and welcome to another episode of "Ray Reviews" the Channel 14, South Coast Monday Night PMR Net.

The net was held on Monday 12th of October 2026 and could be found on PMR analogue channel 14 or 446.16875 MHz. You don't need any kind of DCS/CTCSS tones to join in, and ignore the advice of some people, set the radio to NFM.

If you have been listening in for a few weeks and have heard the use of callsigns/handles and think you need one to join, well you don't. We have a number of operators that just use their name.

My location for the net was Radio Corner, Ashdown 🌲 Forest in the county of East Sussex.
When I set up for the net it was wet, windy & foggy which meant I spent the next 3 hours in damp clothes. By the end of the net, the fog had been cleared by the wind.

The net is scheduled to start at 20:30 🕣 and can finish anytime from 23:00 🕚 onwards UK time.

My set up for the night was the CRT SPACE U, powered by a car battery 🔋, pumping out about 15 watts via the "Dean" made Di-pole up on a fibreglass pole.

Now for an ad break
(In the style of an American car salesman promising everything and delivering nothing)

Are you free on December 3rd 2026?

Got nothing better to do?

Well tune your CB, export, HF radios to FCC channel 39 or 27.395 MHz LSB and be part of the 10th anniversary of Southern Area & South Coast SSB Net.

Get your name in the log and be entered into a prize draw to win a bag of Radio Corner air (which will be collected on the night so to capture all the smells & excitement)

Now back to our normal program

With the when, where, what time and how sorted, on with the list of who heard and or worked who.
( H after a callsign means working a handy sometime during the night)

1. M3*** (H) - Martin - Bognor Regus - West Sussex 🥇
2. Craig - Southwater -  West Sussex
3. C V M - Nigel - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex - 1st location of the night
4. CT 5480 - Jonny 5 - Plumpton - East Sussex
5. Tango 187 - Toby - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex - With M1KA 🐶, K9 security 🚨 for Radio Corner
6. London Calling - Mark - East London
7. CT 1829 - Dean - Edenbridge - Kent
8. Lima 93 (H) - Luke - Southwater - West Sussex - With Puppy
9. Delta 31 - Adam - Hastings - East Sussex
10. CT 3466 - "Radar" Ray - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex
11. XR 41 - Jerry - Hailsham - East Sussex
12. C V M - Nigel - Crowborough - East Sussex - 2nd location of the night
13. KP 441 - Steve - Henfield - West Sussex - Worked by Craig
14. RHP 285 aka Joker (H) - Steve - Reigate Hill - Surrey
15. CT 4013 - Tony - Brighton - East Sussex
16. TK 8 - George - Tonbridge - Kent
17. DDB 66 - Tony - Brighton - East Sussex
18. Charlie (H) - Lewes - East Sussex
19. CT 5502 (H) - Paul - Reigate Hill - Surrey
20. TC 614 - Time - Hailsham - East Sussex
21. CT 4515 - John - Brighton - East Sussex
and me
22. CT 2290 - Ray - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex - In the Chair 💺

Now for the Scores on the Doors and rough locations of stations worked.
20 In the Log
0 Coffee drunk
4 Counties worked
1 Biscuit eaten
5 Trying handhelds
1 London borough worked



Here is what happened on this date in history

1823 Charlies Macintosh starts selling his raincoats in Glasgow Scotland
1879 British troops occupy Kabul, Afghanistan
1915 English nurse Edith Cavell is executed by the Germans for helping allied prisoners to escape
1977 Psychic Romark aka Ronald Markham attempts to drive blindfolded and crashes into a police van
1978 Sid Vicious is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Nancy
1984 IRA bomb the Grand hotel in Brighton
1994 DreamWorks is founded
2026 George TK 8 celebrates his 63 wedding anniversary

Thank you all who called/checked in, to the listening stations and to the "can you hear me" and other faint stations that called in and didn't hear us calling back.

That brings this "Ray reviews" to an end

Best 73

Ray 2290 with the pen and soggy note pan 📝

Quote from: Mountain Mike on Oct 12, 2026, 06:57 PMYes mate be good to get into the net I was booming into the UK and Scotland 9+ 30 one contact I was mobile on low land into another mobile in Cornwall 👏🤞

Do you go to a particular frequency Mike?
I only go to 11M mid band on Thursday evening for Ray's net normally but will try other days/times.