Message:18233 In: ALL.GBR
From: MM0UHRDate: Tue, 03 Mar 26 18:59:00 Z
Newsgroups: ALL.GBR
Subject: Brandmeister TG 235419 Packet Net - 2026-02-24
Message-ID: <14148_MM0UHR>
Path: GB7RJJ|GB7NDH|MM0UHR
R:260303/1900Z 9232@GB7RJJ.#79.GBR.EURO LinBPQ6.0.25
R:260303/1859Z 31537@GB7NDH.#74.GBR.EURO LinBPQ6.0.25
R:260303/1859Z 14148@MM0UHR.MM0UHR.#77.GBR.EURO LinBPQ6.0.25
The net ran from 2000UTC to 2100UTC
-- Attendees
MM0UHR/A - Chris - Net Control
GM7ATQ - John
GM0NRT - Bill
-- New and improved nodes
GM7AQ's j-pole in the garden is still doing better than the collinear
antenna. Investigation of the rooftop antenna will start when the
weather improves.
GB7CQV is reporting again but we don't know if that's pre or post move.
GB7RJJ has no links at the moment but that seems to have been a
temporary situation.
MM0UHR is in a /A location and has been working up better remote access
to his node than an app on an Android phone.
GM0NRT sent a test mail to MM0UHR but it didn't arrive. Investigations
are ongoing.
-- Other
GM0NRT has been practicing CW. MM0UHR shared a video about learning
morse code. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtv2DsTiC3Q
GM0NRT is mainly doing 'rubber stamp' QSOs and still gets thrown by
stations sending anything unexpected.
There was also talk about whether automatic decoders were helpful or
not.
MM0UHR suggested the Slow Speed Contest for practice
https://www.k1usn.com/sst, the friday night session is well scheduled
for UK time zones.
The supposed mental benefits of learning CW were considered to maybe
have some overlap with the demonstrated clinical benefits of learning a
second language (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3583091/) and
the group represented with a reasonable array of some additional
language knowledge.
MM0UHR was speaking to a mountain biker who was talking about how
obsolecnece was his concern with e-bike batteries going dud and
replacements not being available which led to the radio-adjacent topic
of battery building. I'm not sure he was convinced, though.
GM0NRT is still working up to 100 countries on QO-100 and EME compoents.
--
People are welcome to join the net next week. If you don't have DMR but
want to put in a topic for discussion, you can reply to this bulletin
or to me directly and we'll add it to next week.
You can also listen via the Brandmeister hoseline website
https://hose.brandmeister.network/ and join in via the chat network.
If you happen to know someone who is interested in packet but isn't
set up far enough to get this message, please pass it along and let them
know about the net.
73
Chris MM0UHR@MM0UHR.#77.GBR.EU
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