I believe I have a contact, I will just shout for him to turn his arial around my way.
It is a marginal signal but it Is working.
He is contacting the RAYNET The Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network is the UK's national voluntary communications service provided for the community by licensed radio amateurs.
There ded excited they've never had a real emergency in there history, he is giving them a rig on the mobile to turn on the equipment.
They have got the setup, liner amplifier heat up and net relay network down to three hours, gosh in the early years they would have to get steam up first so they are pushing the envelope a bit now.
A relay message will be sent on 80m as the most reliable ban for the rough terrain we are in, because of the odd behaviour of this frequency the nearest station we can contact will be in the hi land of Scotland.
He is going to relay the message to a chap in Glasgow via 70mhz this will be down linked through the Internet gateway via a server in Silicon Valley to a local 144mhz repeater bill has already phoned frank to nip around to kick on Ian's door* so rescue is imminent
Retribution will be swift and merciless on the perpetrators of my kid napping, I will eat all the hazelnut swirls out of the tin of roses for a start and may remove the battery's from the remote control, last time they wear watching the same Chanel for a week.
*he is on monitoring duty for the repeater but is getting on a bit and he can some times drift off, his mobility scooter is fully charged and he can be at the police station over the road from hear in a matter of hours with a telegram requesting help.