Chairman Ray under arrest due to being unsupervised on 10m for a brief moment during a DX contact to Florida. Miami Beach Cop's don't mess about......Bond is set at two packets of biscuits, out of date snacks from Nigel's van and mug of English Tea.   

It looks as if there will be a lift on 6pm Wed to Noon Thurs. (10th/11th Dec).
Tropo Index
(click on map to scroll through times/dates).

Looks like you have made good use of that space. Thank you for all the links

Moxon For 20m (14mhz) aka "The Beast"

This is my current antenna setup inside the chimney, fibreglass chimney (looks real from the outside. Image from cctv camera so I can see which way it's pointing.

UHF Slim Jim from Superyagi on Ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/167957494614?itmmeta=01KBX1QDBYG8MG3N85SYXEBHZY&hash=item271b0bfb56:g:mAUAAOSwSulnMNzn

UHF 3 Element Beam homebrew aluminium 10mm tubing using this calculator https://3g-aerial.biz/en/online-calculations/antenna-calculations/dl6wu-yagi-uda-antenna-online-calculator

VHF homebrew copper pipe Slim Jim using this calculator https://m0ukd.com/calculators/slim-jim-and-j-pole-calculator/

Moxon Calculator https://ac6la.com/moxgen1.html

Mini Moxon on top of the world

Mini Moxon Antenna 446PMR

Hello all and welcome

Here is my report for the 9th anniversary of the Southern Area and South Coast SSB net, held on Thursday 4th of December 2025.

The net is held on channel 39 on the FCC allocation or 27.395 MHz using the LSB mode

At the beginning of the net there was some faint skip being heard, but this faded out as the evening progressed.

My location for the night was cold, moon 🌕 lit Radio (Anniversary) Corner, Ashdown 🌳 Forest in the county of East Sussex.

The anniversary net started 2 minutes later than the scheduled time of 20:30 🕣 and went on way past the scheduled finish time of 23:00 🕚.

My working conditions from the comfort of Toby's camper van, was the slightly off frequency 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, those who wished the net happy birthday, and who heard and or worked who.

CT 4514 -- John -- Ashdown 🌳 Forest -- East Sussex -- 1 half the the chair 🥇💺
CT 3969 -- Dave -- Isle of Wight
163/26 RU 08 -- Rod -- Brecon Beacon -- Wales
LT 01 -- Jake -- Highgate -- North London -- 1 of the Chairman 💺 of the Monday night Lima Tango SSB net held on 27.355 MHz
YF 52 aka Grumpy Farmer -- Neil -- Alton -- Hampshire
DT 372 -- John -- Pinner -- Northwest London
CW 443 -- Kris -- Upper Beeding -- West Sussex
TM 598 -- Carl -- Stanstead -- Essex
Joker aka CT 4627 -- Steve -- Reigate Hill -- Surrey
Ratty 248 -- Chris -- Reigate Hill -- Surrey
TE 310 (3 to the 1 to the 0) -- Kevin -- Leigh on Sea -- Essex
TE 421 -- Alan -- Leigh on Sea -- Essex -- Welcome to the net 👍
TE 203 -- Danny -- Southend -- Essex -- Welcome to the net 👍
CT 4952 -- Julian -- Brighton -- East Sussex -- Making good use of his radio and the Burgess Hill SDR
Speed Bird -- Russell -- Reigate Hill -- Surrey
CT 5363 -- Shaggy -- Crowborough -- East Sussex
CT 3466 -- "Radar" Ray -- Crowhurst -- Surrey
CT 700 -- Dave -- Crawley Down -- West Sussex
EY 132 -- Keith -- Rochester -- Kent
TC 156 -- Steve -- Gatwick -- West Sussex
GT 67 -- Danny -- Crawley -- West Sussex
XR 41 -- Jerry -- Hailsham -- East Sussex
GB 23 -- Paul -- Gatwick -- West Sussex
CT 4362 -- Chris -- Reigate Town -- Surrey
009 -- Tom -- East London
Tango 187 -- Toby -- Ashdown 🌳 Forest -- East Sussex -- The host with the warm camper van and hot drinks
CT 4610 -- Andy -- Reigate hill -- Surrey
CT 4013 -- Tony -- Brighton -- East Sussex
CT 5380 -- Ronnie -- New Addington -- South London
and me
CI 2290 -- Ray -- Ashdown 🌳 Forest -- East Sussex -- The other half of the chair 💺

Thank you all who called in and made the 9th anniversary net a success, with out you there would be no net and no anniversary to celebrate.
Thank you to John CT 4515, who came up to Radio Corner and took the mic, giving me chance to drink coffee ☕ and eat the odd biscuit 🍪 and mince pie 🥧.
Thank you to Toby Tango 187, for allowing John and I to take over his camper and make it Net HQ.
Thank you to Tim GE 2020 (I think, but I could be wrong) who came up to say "Happy Birthday" and a chat 👍

Sorry if you tried to call in and wasn't heard, please give it ago another night.

Net stats for the night.
2 people in the chair
31 stations in the log
2 New stations called in
4 London boroughs worked
6 Counties worked
2 Countries worked

That brings this anniversary net report to an end.
Thank you for reading and if you have spotted a mistake, let me know and I will happily correct it.

Best 73

Ray 2290 with the pen and paper 📝

Every Wednesday, chaired from Cowes IOW.