The participants in Net #61 on 2nd June were: Pete GM4BYF (controller), Briain GM8PKL, Mike GM8KCS, Peter GM4DTH, Colin GM4HWO, Malcolm GM3TAL (Dunfermline) & Brian GM8BJF (Peebles).

There was a subdued air to this net as several participants had attended Jack GM8GEC’s funeral earlier in the day. (See SK report on this site).


Pete reported that on Monday he had worked Denmark and Sweden on 70cm by tropospheric propagation. He then described his annual task of cutting a long boundary beech hedge. He also noted that, as health restrictions were still applicable, the barbecue would have to postponed. Briain was investigating significant spurious emissions from his Yaesu FT-736. Power supply noise was the cause and substitution provided a cure. He commented that Denmark was just audible on 2m with a vertical omni aerial. Mike was running 200W for Brian’s benefit. He commented on the excellent service of Icom’s service department both from a commercial user’s and an amateur’s viewpoint. Peter suggested that the DF hunt could be held at the end of the month. Colin was sorry that he was unable to attend the funeral. He reported that Danny GM6CMQ was available for VHF NFD. He was looking forward to VHF NFD and had started his preparations. Malcolm was running 1W QRP from some older equipment and could receive Brian from Peebles at 51. He then changed rig and ran 5W. He had carried out some work on his classic TR3 car and took it out during the good weather. Initially Brian was heard by some of the stations on net. However, the gremlins that had been plaguing Brian over the months attacked again and he almost disappeared completely. Brian’s signal level at GM4DTH’s location varies from week to week from unreadable to 52, this week he was unreadable. All other stations were at a good strength. GM4BYF will provide a recording of Brian’s over and that will be edited into the net recording making it a composite. Report & audio tnx Peter.