There was a small but distinguished participation of five in the 22nd LRS Viral Net on 2nd Sept 2020: Colin GM4HWO, Peter GM4DTH, Mike GM8KCS, Pete GM4BYF & Briain GM8PKL, with apologies from Alan GM3PSP. They discussed the preparations for the social weekend at Gatehouse of Fleet next weekend that coincides with several 144MHz contests. Colin had got fuel supplies and was collecting all the items for his field kitchen. On the Friday evening we will all be joining Colin in the Masonic Arms for dinner and lemonade. Peter GM4DTH reported on several equipment repairs and upgrades to his Elecraft K3. Mike GM8KCS reported that he had worked Melvyn GM4HYR/M on 2m over an obscured path of just over 64 miles at Inverkip last weekend. Pete GM4BYF had operated in the 2m contest the previous evening and found the band busy. He worked over 40 stations with the best DX being Beachy Head. Briain GM8PKL told us that his aerial steelwork had arrived from Radio Tower Engineering which had fabricated it for him. He has fitted the wall brackets and will be continuing to work on it. The epoxy resin needs 2 weeks to cure - so see you on Sept 9th!

Many thanks to Peter GM4DTH for this report and the following audio file:

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