{"id":20,"date":"2015-04-21T04:14:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T04:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reasignals.net\/wordpress\/?p=20"},"modified":"2015-05-02T05:11:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T05:11:24","slug":"operating-schedules-amateur-radio-in-the-corps-21-may-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reasignals.net\/wordpress\/operating-schedules-amateur-radio-in-the-corps-21-may-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Operating Schedules & Amateur Radio in the Corps: 21 May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please see below for operating skeds next week and some thoughts about amateur radio and possible options for future operating and encouraging newcomers and listeners to our hobby.<\/p>\n

Your comments would be welcome.<\/p>\n

Net Operating Times and Schedules<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gordon has suggested we operate for an hour next week.<\/p>\n

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—–Original Message—–From: Gordon MacNaught [mailto:gmacnaughtwov@yahoo.co.uk<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Sent: 18 April 2015 09:08<\/p>\n

To: undisclosed-recipients:<\/p>\n

Subject: G3RE.net<\/p>\n

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Dear All,<\/p>\n

As promised, this email outlines frequencies and times for next week the 25th April.<\/p>\n

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0730 local,\u00a0 open on 3.722 Mhz<\/p>\n

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0800 local,\u00a0 open on 5.37150 and if busy, change to 5.39850.<\/p>\n

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Stu, I have sent this only to those on the net this morning.<\/p>\n

Please can you forward to others on your normal mailing list.<\/p>\n

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Thanks and see you all next week!<\/p>\n

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73 de Gordon G3WOV\/G3RE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

If we adopt this as a plan going forward, it will allow for those stations who are not licensed to operate on 60m to join in.<\/p>\n

New Licence Conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Has everyone read their new licence and does everyone agree that 5Mhz can be used to contact military stations?\u00a0 If so then we could encourage this as a feature of the net.\u00a0 This is quite an exciting possibility.\u00a0 It\u2019s worth doing a double take and setting something up if I read it right.<\/p>\n

Listeners<\/strong><\/p>\n

People can listen<\/strong> to the net via the Hackgreen Web SDR or shortwave radio.<\/p>\n

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Royal Engineers Club Stations G3RE and G3XRE<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the corps, two amateur radio stations serve to highlight the corps presence and interest in radio and electronics.\u00a0 ( as well as local radio and electronics clubs which have operated from time to time in units).\u00a0 Special events are mounted from time to time which highlight historical events involving the corps.<\/p>\n

Operators<\/strong><\/p>\n

Traditionally G3RE has been operated by the veterans of the corps, and using conventional kit it operates at the home of the operator on a rotational basis.\u00a0 G3XRE is usually operated by serving soldiers at its signals training wing (as far as we know \u2013 as veterans this is still the case).<\/p>\n

G3RE<\/strong><\/p>\n

In conversation with Spike, G4AKQ about operating G3RE as a club station, (after OFCOM waived the requirement to notify them<\/strong> in advance<\/em> what address we are operating from), we concluded there are advantages and disadvantages to operating as we do. While the current way G3RE operates has limitations it works very well for the club members.\u00a0 The disadvantages are:<\/p>\n