Quote from: Michael on Sep 10, 2026, 08:17 AMCongratulations everyone and happy birthday net I remember the early days going up to woldingham ridge every Monday I salute everyone one of you that called into the net. Shame I couldn't even listen in from here and shame I missed a bit of cake 😅 all the best and 73s
(mountain Mike) 178ct009

Hi Mike

Thank you for the congratulations.

You have jogged my memory about, you being on Woldingham Ridge and, If I remember, didn't you also get a lot of interference form the London PMR stations as well?

We are only 12 or so weeks away from the SSB 10th anniversary net. Lets hope the skip is rolling. . . .🤞🙏

Quote from: 14FRS119 Jacky on Sep 14, 2026, 10:48 PMRay, you spoke with him 👍💪
Hé is vey happy

It was great to get Philippe 14UVR244 in the log and logged on Cluster446

Well done to him for sticking with it and making the contact 👍

I was very happy too! 😀

Quote from: 14FRS119 Jacky on Sep 14, 2026, 10:37 PMSome UK stations are speaking in direct with my friend Philippe 14UVR244 in Normandy but he don't speak English 🤣🤣🤣

Philippe is usually very strong to me, yesterday his signal was very low.  

Ray, you spoke with him 👍💪
Hé is vey happy

Some UK stations are speaking in direct with my friend Philippe 14UVR244 in Normandy but he don't speak English 🤣🤣🤣

Great propagation tonight between France and UK on 446 !!!!!

Greetings & welcome

This is my report for the Southern Area and South Coast SSB net held on Thursday 10th of September 2026.

Thank you all who called or checked in the net on a quiet night with no skip or ground wave and, stuck with it after I realised my "school boy" error of having the RF gain turned down for the first hour of the net

The net is held on channel 39 on the Mids or if you have a frequency display 27.395 MHz using LSB.
My working conditions were the slightly off frequency, old version 3 Anytone AT-6666 powered by a car battery 🔋, pushing about a maximum of 40 watts out from a Solarcon A-99 antenna.

The net is scheduled to start at 19:30 🕢 UTC and finish any time from 22:00 🕙 UTC onwards.
My location for the night was a dark, cloudy Radio Corner, Ashdown 🌴 Forest in the county of East Sussex.

This is my list of check in's and who heard and or worked who.

1. CT 9484 - Mark - Haslemere - Surrey 🥇
2. XR 41 - Jerry - Hailsham - East Sussex
3. Drummer Boy aka AMC 674 - Kev - Dorking - Surrey
4. 009 - Tom - East London
5. TE 292 - Chris - Canvey Island - Essex
6. CT 1829 - Dean - Edenbridge - Kent
7. CT 5159 - Neil - Maidstone - Kent
8. GE 167 - Murphy- Eastbourne - East Sussex
9. NB 101 - Dave - Edenbridge - Kent
10. Joker aka CT 4627 - Steve - Reigate Hill - Surrey
11. CR 3466 - "Radar" Ray - Crowhurst - Surrey
12. CT 5502 - Paul - Outwood - Surrey
13. CW 443 - Kris - Upper Beeding - West Sussex
14. DT 372 - John - Pinner - Northwest London
15. CT 4515 - John - New Romney - Kent
16. LT 01 - Jake - Highgate - North London
17. AM 008 - Matt - Tunbridge Wells - Kent - Welcome to the net 👍
18. LT 777 - Adam - Hendon - Northwest London
19. TC 614 - Tim - Hailsham - East Sussex
20. CT 4013 - Tony - Brighton - East Sussex
21. TE 310 - Kev - Leigh on Sea - Essex
22. GE 008 - Rob - Snodland - Kent
and me
23. CI 2290 - Ray - Ashdown 🌴 Forest - East Sussex - In the Chair 💺

Sorry if you tried calling in and wasn't heard, due to my error at the beginning of the net.

Now for the Numbers of the Night

4 Jaffa digestive biscuits eaten
1 New station on the net
4 London stations worked
2 Coffee's drunk
23 in the log
5 Counties worked
1 School boy error

That about wraps up my report of the net

Best 73

Ray 2290 with the pen and paper 📝

12 weeks and counting . . . . .

Well done ray keep up the good work

Congratulations everyone and happy birthday net I remember the early days going up to woldingham ridge every Monday I salute everyone one of you that called into the net. Shame I couldn't even listen in from here and shame I missed a bit of cake 😅 all the best and 73s
(mountain Mike) 178ct009