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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

Hello and good day to you, wherever you are around the world

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

The net was held on Monday 08/06/2036, and can be found on PMR analogue channel 14 with the radio's set to Narrow FM (NFM).
We don't use any kind of CTCSS, DCS, privacy or access tones, making it easy to join in with the net.

My set up for the net was the "Dean" made Di-pole up on a fibreglass pole and the battery 🔋 powered CRT Space.

Start time for the net is around 20:30 🕣 (19:30 UTC) and it is scheduled to finish at 23:00 🕚 (22:00 UTC). Although this net went on past midnight 🕛

My location was Radio Corner, Ashdown 🌲 Forest in the county of East Sussex (Jo-01-BB-1?), and the weather was bright and sunny, with wandering dark clouds threatening to unleash showers, which did clear to leave the stars on show.

DDB 50 - Allan - Redhill - Surrey 🥇
Lima 93 - Luke - Reigate Hill - Surrey - Using a handy when possible
Caz 95 - Caz - Reigate Hill - Surrey - Shotgun with Luke and keeper of Doggy
CT 3466 - "Radar" Ray - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex
London Calling - Mark - East London
CT 3678 - Dave - Bignor Hill - West Sussex
Dragon Slayer #1 - Prue - Reigate Hill - Surrey
CT 940 - Richard - Reigate Hill - Surrey - Squire to Prue
CT 1829 - Dean - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex
KP 441 - Steve - IO-90-VV-65 - West Sussex
Craig - Steve - IO-90-VV-65 - West Sussex - Shotgun with Steve
XR 41 - Jerry - Hailsham - East Sussex
RHP 285 aka CT 4627 - Steve - Reigate Hill - Surrey
CT 1809 - Mark - Chichester - West Sussex - Welcome to the net 👍
NB 101 - Dave - Edenbridge - Kent
Delta 31 - Adam - Hastings - East Sussex
CT 4610 - Andy - Horley - Surrey
Witchy Women - Vicky - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex
Ratty 248 - Chris - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex - Driver for Witchy Women
CT 5502 - Paul - Reigate Hill - Surrey
Cam - Reigate Hill - Surrey - Shotgun with Paul
TC 614 - Tim - Hailsham - East Sussex
CT 5159 - Neil - Maidstone - Kent
CT 4515 - John - Camber Sands - East Sussex - Worked by Neil CT 5159
C V M - Nigel - Dallington - East Sussex
Speed Bird - Russell - Reigate Hill - Surrey
CT 4013 - Tony - Brighton - East Sussex
CT 4362 - Chris - Reigate Town - Surrey
Matt in the Bakery 🥐🍞 - Forest Row - East Sussex
Marshal on the Bike - Reigate Hill - Surrey
and me
CT 2290 - Ray - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex - In the Chair 💺

A tip of the hat to all who called in and to those who stuck with it to after mid-night. Thank you to the listening stations, who know who they are 😉
Sorry to those who tried calling in and wasn't heard or was acknowledge but didn't wait and if you were 1 of the many stations that kept calling "Q". As was said on the night, try using your name, CB handle or even your 11m callsign (if you have one), stand out from the rest and be identified.

Now for the Scores on the Doors

1 New station called in
31 in the log
4 stations having a go with hand held's
0 Coffee's drunk
4 Counties worked
1 London borough worked
7 Stations on Reigate Hill
3 Lady operators on the net

That, I think, brings this episode of "Ray Review's" to and end.
Thank you for reading and have you spotted any mistakes? If so, keep it to yourselves.

Best 73

Ray 2290 with the felt tip pen and scraps of paper 📝

PS a quick question. Would you like to see the return of the "On this date in History"?

Always though my home setup for 27mhz was no good, but when the the conditions are right! Managed to get a 59 report on my loft inverted V in to north Italy with Luca 1RC102 on 27.6350 USB. When the condition are right, it just works!

I had a FT8 contact with Jason (VK2LAW) yesterday & looked up his QRZ page. See Here
Wow, if only I could have a few of his masts/antennas!  

Hello & welcome

Here is my report for the Southern Area & South Coast SSB Net, held on Thursday night 04/06/2026.

My set up was the older version 3 Anytone AT-6666 (no amp, no power mic), powered by a car battery 🔋 and pushing about 40 watts maximum out of a Solarcon A-99 antenna.

The net is held on channel 39 (27.395 MHz) on the CEPT/FCC part of the 11m band and uses LSB.

My location was Radio Corner, Ashdown 🌲 Forest in the county of East Sussex or Maidenhead Locator JO-01-BB.

The net is scheduled to start at 20:30 🕣 UK time (19:30 UTC) and finishes anytime after 23:00 🕙 UK time (22:00 UTC)

Now on with my list of check in's and who heard and or worked who.

DT 372 - John - Pinner - Northwest London 🥇
GE 167 - Murphy - Eastbourne - East Sussex
CT 4217 - Dominic - Haverhill - Suffork
RC 405 - Carl - Stanstead - Essex
163/26 RU 08 - Rod - Brecon Beacon - Wales
TM 848 - Dave - Patcham - East Sussex
CT 4013 - Tony - Brighton - East Sussex
JS 7 - James - Rochester - Kent - Chair of the Southeast Sunday Morning Net
CT 940 - Richard - Reigate Town - Surrey
CI 155 - Paul - Hartley  - Kent
AMC 674 - Kevin - Dorking - Surrey
C V M - Nigel - Crowborough - East Sussex
TC 614 - Tim - Hailsham - East Sussex
CM 01 - Jason - Shooters Hill - Southeast London - Portable
TE 008 - Bob - Basildon - Essex
31 AT 129 - Gilberto - Lisbon - Portugal
GB 23 - Paul - Gatwick - West Sussex
XR 41 - Jerry - Hailsham - East Sussex
LT 5555 - Steve - Cheshunt - Hertfordshire - Welcome to the net 👍
LT 555 - Jimmy - Chingford - East London
31 PAT 457 - Joáo - Lisbon - Portugal
LT 01 - Jake - Highgate - North London
009 - Tom - East London
RC 868 - Andy - Tonbridge - Kent
161 OS 545 - Lukasz - Warsaw - Poland
LT 141 - Lee - Wandsworth - Southwest London
NB 101 - Dave - Edenbridge - Kent
Rocket - Stockholm - Sweden - 21 division
and me
CI 2290 - Ray - Ashdown 🌲 Forest - East Sussex - In the Chair 💺

Thank you all who called in and stuck with it. The 1st hour was difficult due the noise and the fact that most stations couldn't hear anybody else but me.
Sorry to the QSK, break stations that called in, were acknowledged but didn't have the patience to wait. 

Now for the Numbers of the Night

1 Station using a hand held
7 Counties worked
3 Biscuits eaten
5 Countries worked (21, 26, 31, 161 & 163 Divisions)
6 London boroughs worked
1 Coke drunk
30 Stations in the log

That about brings my report to an end

If you do spot a mistake or worse I have left you off the log, let me know so I can correct it.

Best 73

Ray 2290, with the pen & paper 📝