Thunderpole Forum Members on the Air

[porky.69]

nice one steve glad its worked out for you be around 10 am buy the time i get setup

[disgwylfa]

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Bit poor for skip today - just one to two pillocks whistling on the 555
(why, oh why can't they drop a few KHz to do their Mod Checks?)
and now someone's playing really depressing music on the 555

Makes a change to switch on and NOT hear a thousand Italians competing for air space.

Was hoping to do a bit of Wild Boar huntin' on the 555 today - and came loaded for Pork (y.69) ;)

[porky.69]

nice one steve pleasure to have a qso at long last !!!!! ( ranger was very good ...see the ranger thread )

[Offplanet]

Missed you Porky once again - I was on from about 12.30, but I had a few jobs to do, so not at the radio as much as I would have liked (my radio being an old Stalker 9, I can't work the zeros or Alpha channels which doesn't help)

I did manage a copy to Liechtenstein, but nothing much else.

I'll be on again on tomorrow (Sunday) from about 10:30 or so.

Cheers.

[porky.69]

hi mate sorry i missed you to but did have a nice chat to steve tm 555 ..but being that high up i could hear for miles away

[Offplanet]

I should be on 555, or nearby, this Sunday 21st June.

I will also be flicking around the other bands, as I've had some good contacts on FM on the EU block lately and some tidy Sporadic E skip contacts on UK FM last Sunday too.

Maybe catch some Forum members on-air.

Cheers
Gary
26-TM-2307

[hobgobblin]

Yeah, I'll be on-air this Sunday a.m. too....I'll try 555 again, although it was SOOO busy last Sunday, I wondered if any of you wanted to arrange to be on another channel at a certain time to try and make contact???

[Firetrap]

Im up for that! Got my new antenna up now! 8)

[Offplanet]

I see quite a lot of the Thunderpole members are becoming Tango Mike members, plus quite a few of us on here have been in the group for some time too.

The Tango Mike group seem to favour UK Channel 25, which would seem to be a good choice if any of us want to put a call out for each other or want to choose a channel for some DX calls - a good choice if SSB and the EU channels become too noisy, and perfect for those of us that have 40ch rigs (Ch 19 is too busy around here for it to be of use).

Either that, or the old Channel 14 calling channel?

Some good DX to be had on the UK block as there's some Sporadic E skip running - I just managed a contact into Scotland on UK Ch 25 from Somerset using just a 4ft Firestick on the patio (his name was Stuart, but the skip faded before I could get his exact location - if anyone else heard him, please let me know where he was situated (8pm Sat 20th June)).

There's another couple of TM members who run a net on Ch31 from the Hull area at about 6pm on a Sunday night - I managed to get to them last Sunday via the skip, and they're a couple of top blokes (I'll be giving it another go this Sunday too at 6pm or so).

Cheers
Gary
26-TM-2307

[porky.69]

anyone about

[killer cam]

no lol

[porky.69]

well it's very low on most bands at the minuite

[jonny66]

whats the 000s and alpha chanels?

[stampman]

alpha channels are the ones they use to control radio models on the mid band which is why the frequancies run out of sync

[porky.69]

usefull mind !!