ROARS Net Awards 2023: Details from ROARS Chairman Peter Gavin: 31st March 2023
“It is with pleasure that I am able to announce the members who have attended the Thursday Net for 20 or more times this year from April 2022 to March 2023.
Mike M6MPC is obviously top of the list as our net controller. Many thanks for your efforts during the year Mike it is very much appreciated by all of us.
Top of the participants this year and the winner is Tim Strickland G4EOA with 42
Tim G4EOA 42
Robin G3OGP 38
Ken Lax GW3VVL 34
Peter M0URL 30
Tiel PA3KGR 29
Ian G4JKD 21
Mike G0CHV 21
Well done to you all,” a sterling effort”.
Thanks to everyone who joined the Nets during the year.
Very 73
Peter
Main ROARS Net on Thursdays
This takes place every Thursday night at 19.00 local on 3507kHz or 7017 Khz and is run by our Web Meister Mike Carter M6MPC. Each person that calls in will be given a QRY number. The net starts with Tintwhistle weather followed by a passage from the Maritime Union Magazine in Dutch and English plus a block of mixed 5-digit code groups. Then Mike sets the members three questions appertaining to our time at sea. Each member is then called in turn to give their weather, answers to the questions and any other pertinent information. If conditions on 3507kHz/7017Khz for the weekly Thursday 19.00 net are very poor such as long skip where no UK stations are readable then Mike M6MPC will revert to Top Band 1827kHz and call there. Check on WhatsApp Group before sked for QRG changes
ROARS Rag Chew Sked on Tuesdays
The following sked is to encourage more members to go on the air for a leisurely CW chat as we used to do during a slack watch at sea. This will provide an on-air meeting place and time to connect with colleagues/friends. Please note that this is not really a Net as there will be no Net Controller. As a matter of courtesy, QSOs should proceed at the speed of the slower operator. Once a QSO is established please QSY Up or down to make room for others to make a call.
SKED DETAIL Tuesdays 1000 – 1100 Local time. Call Freqs: 3538/3565 kHz or 7017 kHz. Call format: CQ ROA DE MYCALL. Exchange: RST + Op Name + QSY +/- kHz. Call Speed: What you are comfortable with. (Speed of slower Operator) Topics: Your choice of Topic. So, Lads roll up your sleeves, dust down those keys and light up the airwaves with your CW QSOs!
Peter/M0URL
Mike/M6MPC
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Net report for Thursday 14 March from Mike Carter
Tonight, 2 weeks in a row, very good signals all round using 7017 kc/s again.
On tonight’s Net were the following :-
GW3VVL Ken fm Crew Green Wales
G4EOA Tim fm Hastings
G3OGP Robin fm Billingshurst Sussex
M0URL Peter fm Yateley Hants
G4KJD Ian fm Ashill Somerset
G0CHV Mike fm Morecambe
EI3ER Tom fm Galway
EI3KO Mike fm Limerick
G3GMS Mike fm Whitley Bay/GCC
Sent Tintwistle WX
Sent QTC fm Union Mag “Telegraph”
Sent Navigational Warning
Sent some mixed code
Sent Joke out of over 70’s Joke Book
3 Questions :-
Q1 – You are QTO XVS bnd XSG where from where to? (Saigon to Shanghai)
Q2 – What part of your ship is susceptible to flooding? ( in my experience, it’s the Fcsle – Anchor/Paint lockers)
Q3 – What group of islands in South Caribbean, have Barbados to the east? (Windward Islands)
Some good answers tonight, memories intact!
Net report for Thursday 7 March from Mike Carter
Signals very good all round tonight as we used 7017 kc/s for a change.
On tonight’s Net were the following :-
G4KJD Ian fm Ashill Somerset
G4EOA Tim fm Hastings
GW3VVL Ken fm Crew Green Wales
M0URL Peter fm Yateley Hants
PA3KGR Tiel fm Pijnacker
EI3ER Tom fm Galway
EI3KO Mike fm Limerick
Sent Tintwistle
Sent QTC in Dutch and another diff subject fm Union Mag “Telegraph”
Sent Navigational Warning
Sent some mixed code
Sent Joke fm Over 70’s Joke Book
3 Questions :-
Q1 – You are QTO OXZ bnd DHS where from where to? (Copenhagen to Ruegen Germany)
Q2 – Tankers coming up English Channel have to what? before going to Europort? (Report their Draught or if VLCC
be lightened by smaller tanker in Lyme Bay Devon first.
Q3 – Going East to West across Capetown Bay, what small island is on your starboard side? (Robben Island)
Some good answers tonight. Memories intact!
Net report for Thursday 29 February from Mike Carter
Good conditions tonight except for some rapid QSB.
On tonight’s Net were the following :-
G4KJD Ian fm Ashill Somerset
G0CHV Mike fm Morecambe
G4EOA Tim fm Hastings
M0URL Peter fm Yateley Hants
G3GMS Mike fm Whitley Bay/GCC
MW0JWW John fm Fishguard
EI3KO Mike fm Limerick
EI3ER Tom fm Galway
GW3VVL Ken fm Crew Green Wales
Sent tintwistle WX
Sent QTC fm Union Mag “Telegraph”
Sent Navigational Warning
Sent some mixed code
Sent Joke out of over 70’s Joke Book
3 Questions :-
Q1 – You are QTO PPR bnd VP8 where fm where to? (Rio to Port Stanley Falklands) Correct callsign for Stanley
is ZHF, which I had forgotten. I gave the Amateur callsign, but everybody knew it.
Q2 – Name a port 1000 miles up the Amazon, and what language is spoken? (Manaus/Portuguese)
Q3 – You are passing up Malacca Straits northwesterly. What island is on your port side? (Sumatra)
Some very good answers to night, but I will have to try and remember more old callsigns from now on!
Net report for Thursday 22 February from Mike Carter
Conditions tonight were a lot better than has been for ages. Most signals 599 or +
On tonight’s Net were the following :-
G4KJD Ian fm Ashill Somerset
G4EOA Tim fm Hastings
G3OGP Robin fm Billingshurst Sussex
GW3VVL Ken fm Crew Green Wales
M0URL Peter fm Yateley Hants
MW0UTT Colin fm Llanfair
MW0JWW John fm Fishguard
EI3ER Tom fm Galway
Sent Tintwistle WX
Sent Navigational Warning
Sent some mixed code
Sent a Joke fm over 70’s Joke Book
£ Questions :-
Q1 – You are QTO ELC bnd 8PO where fm where to? (Monrovia, Liberia to Barbados)
Q2 – The Panama Canal gets its water for locks from what? (Gatun Lake – Fresh Water)
Q3 – What country is Cape Horn in? (Chile)
Some good answers tonight. Memories coming back.
Net report for Thursday 15 February from Mike Carter
Conditions tonight not too bad, but struggling to get Mike in Whitley Bay.
On tonight’s Net were the following :-
G4EOA Tim fm Hastings
M0URL Peter fm Yateley
G3OGP Robin fm Billingshurst
G0CHV Mike fm Morecambe
EI3ER Tom fm Galway
G3GMS Mike fm Whitley Bay
MW0UTT Colin fm Llanfair
GW3VVL Ken fm crew Green Wales
Sent tintwistle WX
Sent QTC fm Union Mag “Telegraph”
Sent Navigational Warning
Sent some mixed code
Sent Joke out of over 70’s Joke book
3 Questions :-
Q1 – You are QTO ODR bnd JYO where from, where to? (Beirut to Aqabah)
Q2 – What colours were the strips in your MN tie and scarf?( red/white/green)
Q3 – Belize in the Caribbean, is bordered by Mexico and what banana Republic (Guatemala)
Some good answers, but question 2 difficult!
Net report for Thursday 08 February from Mike Carter
Conditions fair again tonight but a couple of the lads were quite weak and my reception was terrible due
to the HV pylon buzzing away only 70 yards round the back of me. I have HV cables across the back garden (hill)
having 440,000 volts running through them. Great in dry weather, but just now, terrible reception.
On tonight’s Net were the following :-
G4KJD Ian fm Ashill Somerset
G3OGP Robin fm Billingshurst Sussex
G0CHV Mike fm Morecambe
M0URL Peter fm Yateley Hants
MW0UTT Colin fm Llanfair
G4EOA Tim fm Hastings
EI5KO Mike fm Limerick
EI3ER Tom fm Galway
GW3VVL Ken fm Crew green Wales
Sent Tintwistle WX
Sent QTC fm Union Mag “Telegraph”
Sent Navigational Warning
Sent some mixed code
Sent Joke out of over 70’s Joke Book
3 questions :-
Q1 – You are QTO EJK bnd HZY where from, where to? (Bantry Bay to Ras Tanurah)
Q2 – What Marine Radio station, sat on the southern most point on the Isle of Wight? (Nitonradio/GNI)
Q3 – What Strait is between Iceland and Greenland East Coast? (Denmark Strait)
Some good answers tonight. Pity about my horrible reception, otherwise could have got every word sent!
Net report for Thursday 01 February from Mike Carter
Conditions very up and down tonight, but did ok.
On tonight’s Net, were the following:-
G4JKD Ian fm Ashill Somerset
G4EOA Tim fm Hastings
GW3VVL Ken fm Crew green Wales
G3OGP Robin fm Billingshurst Sussex
G0CHV Mike fm Morecambe
M0URL Peter fm Yateley Hants
MW0JWW John fm Fishguard
EI3KO Mike fm Limerick (Not heard when called)
Sent Tintwistle WX
Sent QTC fm Union Mag “Telegraph”
Sent Navigational Warning
Sent some mixed code
Sent a joke out of Over 70’s Joke Book
3 Questions:-
Q1 – you are QTO VID bnd 9MG where from, where to? (Darwin to Penang)
Q2 – Where are the warning bells from ships auto alarm fitted? (Bridge/Radio Room/RO’s Cabin)
Q3 – Going east through Bass Strait, what Island, unseen, is on your starboard side? (Tasmania)