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Author Topic: Yachting Marine Net 8.122MHz Pacific.  (Read 1089 times)

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Yachting Marine Net 8.122MHz Pacific.
« on: May 30, 2017, 2217 UTC »
Came across this one a few times part way through proceedings and despite it being minus three degrees here managed to get up early and track back on this net for actual commence time:

8.122MHz  USB  2030z "MagNet" calling for check ins, quite a few yachts from the Melanesia region with Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Solomon Islands most evident.

The checking in station seems to be from yachts and not land based.  One yacht runs the net with relays from others.

Format: vessel name, position report, speed, number of crew aboard, ETA at destination, current weather and concludes with "all safe on board."

Quite a well run net with no swearing, no nonsense and running to protocol, chit chat session at end of check ins.
Condobolin, NSW.

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Yaesu FT-1000D, Yaesu FT-2000D, ICOM IC-736 HF/50MHz, ICOM IC R75 & Tecsun S-2000 to 450 feet of wire, 27MHz 1/2 wave CB antenna converted to 21MHz & a multi band vertical of dubious reliability.