
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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