Monday PMR Net

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Hello and good day to you, my favourite reader

Here is another episode of "Ray Reviews" the Monday Night South Coast PMR, held on the night of Monday 9th of March 2026.

Did you know that on this day in history, 1891 Britain was hit by a 3 day blizzard that killed 200 people and over 5000 animals die, and in 1974, the last Japanese solider surrenders, 29 years after World War 2 ends.

After that historical soundbite, now for more about the net.

My location for the net was Radio Corner, Ashdown 🌳 Forest in the county of East Sussex, which is about midway between London and the South coast.
The weather was mild most of the night with a gentle breeze, which did bring in the fog  that reduced visibility to metres. At one point, I could not see the antenna on top of the pole.

The net can be found on PMR analogue channel 14 with the radio's set on NFM. No CTCSS, CDS, ABC, XYZ codes or tones are used. This makes the net open to all, regardless of what radio you have.
If you have been a listening station and are thinking, "do I need a callsign?", the answer is no, your name or CB handle is fine.

My set up for the night was the popular CRT SPACE U powered by a car battery 🔋, and a "Dean" made Di-pole on a fibreglass pole.

Start time for the night is about 20:30 Hrs 🕣 and the finish time can be anytime from 23:00 Hrs 🕙 UK local time.

With the what time, where and when established, on with the list of check in's and who heard and or worked who.

Delta 31 - Adam - Hastings - East Sussex 🥇
Tango 187 - Toby - Firle Beacon - East Sussex
C V M - Nigel - Crowborough - East Sussex
CT 5159 - Neil - Detling Hill - Kent
Star Gazer - Tony - Turners Hill - West Sussex
Ryan - Ashdown 🌳 Forest - East Sussex
Luke - Reigate Hill - Surrey
Caz - Reigate Hill - Surrey - Shotgun with Luke
CT 4515 - John - Ditchling Beacon - East Sussex
TC 614 - Tim - Hailsham - East Sussex
CT 940 - Richard - Reigate Hill - Surrey
Dragon Slayer #1 - Prue - Reigate Hill - Surrey - Keeping a watchful eye on Richard
CT 3466 - "Radar" Ray - Ashdown 🌳 Forest - East Sussex
London Calling - Mark - East London
CT 5514 - Steve - Reigate Hill - Surrey
DDB 50 - Allan - Redhill - Surrey
GM 593 - Graeme - Rochester - Kent
Joker aka RHP 285 - Steve - Reigate Hill - Surrey
CT 5480 - Jonny 5 - Plumpton - East Sussex
XR 41 - Jerry - Hailsham - East Sussex
Bart Man aka RHP 342 - Andy - Reigate Hill - Surrey
CT 4013 - Tony - Brighton - East Sussex
CT 5464 - Matt in the Garage - Hailsham - East Sussex
CT 5502 - Paul - Reigate Hill - Surrey
Cam - Reigate Hill - Surrey - Shotgun with Paul
CT 5365 - Des - Pembury - Kent
Matt in the Bakery 🍞 - Forest Row - East Sussex
Speed Bird - Russell - Reigate Town - Surrey
and me
CT 2290 - Ray - Ashdown 🌳 Forest - East Sussex 💺

Thank you to the listening stations and to all who called or checked in. Without you, there would be no net.
Sorry if you tried and wasn't heard by the group. Give it a another try another night and maybe at a different time, it can be busy for the first hour.

Now for the Scores on the Doors

1 coffee drunk
1 London borough worked
4 counties worked
9 Operators on Reigate Hill
12 Mobile/Portable stations
29 In the log

That brings this "Ray Review" to an end

Best 73

Ray 2290 with the paper John Bull print set 📝