HF Net Anyone??

[Lightspeed]

This morning we ran an un-planned emergency coms simulation.

Objective was to determine if our comms preps would support nationwide communication by voice using low powered, low profile, simple equipment, run from a rechargable power source*.

The test was a success. Completely unscheduled contacts were made with random stations across the country, including South coast, Channel islands, Scottish West Coast, Wales, East Anglia and Midlands.

We're going to keep the antenna deployed and will be testing it most days over the next 3 months to see how long the set-up will stay functional without maintenance. During this time, if any other SUK hams wish to arrange an individual Sked, or even a group Sked, please PM me to show your interest? (For Opsec, I don't want to set up Skeds on open forum to protect Callsign details)

*Equipment used was : HF transceiver running 10w, 12v solar charged power pack, 20ish foot long end-fed random wire deployed from a downstairs fanlight window into a nearby tree, and homebrew ATU