VMARS1950'-1960's Classic equipment net Saturday 10th March 2018 between 07:30 & 08:30 GMT
Net Controller Tony Barron G3YYH Cheltenham Click on the DX100U below to hear the Classic Equipment Net

Net recorded in Brittany, North West France by F4VSC

VMARS Marine Equipment Special Net Saturday 10th February 2018 between 07:30 - 08:30
Net Controller Bronek Wedzicha M0DAF in York

Click on the RA17 pictured below to hear the Marine Equipment Net

Net recorded in Brittany, North West France by F4VSC

VMARS AM Net
08:30 - 10:30 Saturday 10th February 2018 0n 3615KHz AM

Net Controller Martin Smyth M0MGA located in Whitehill, East Hampshire

Net Controller Martin Smyth M0MGA located in Whitehill, East Hampshire

AM Net Part 1

AM Net Part 2

Net recorded in Brittany, North West France by F4VSC
The recording has been edited to remove overs from stations which could not be heard at the receiving location as conditions changed towards the end of the net

07:30 to 08:30 on Saturday 21st October 2017
Special net for wartime airborne equipment

Bendix TA12c used by the net control station.
Click on the picture to hear a recording of the net

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Bonaparte Beach Expedition
F/GB0OB joins the net on 2nd September 2017
to celebrate a fascinating wartime story of bravery and daring.

Click on the picture to link to a video of station F/GB0OB working into the VMARS Saturday morning net

07:30 to 08:30 on Saturday 13th May 2017
Special net for Heathkit equipment
Eight stations joined this special net; six were using DX100U sets; one station used a DX60 (with amplification); one (Pete, G7DXV) used the extremely rare combination of Comanche and Cheyenne. Here's a recording of the net and a picture of Pete's set-up. The recording was made by Ian F4VSC in Brittany; recording quality has been reduced to enable the file to be uploaded to the website.

Recording of the Heathkit special net

Below - G4GEN - Alan Morriss, regular VMARS AM Net Controller located near Nutley, East Sussex

When running the VMARS AM net, Alan uses a Wireless Set No 53 which reputedly arrived on the D-Day landing beaches on D+3, an RCA AR88 or his much loved WWII Telefunken E52 receiver

Below - Bronek Wedzicha, M0DAF, regular VMARS AM Net Controller located near York and seen here using his WWII Collins TCS12 transmitter/receiver at the 2014 National Hamfest held at Newark

Bronek enjoys operating the net with a home built transmitter using a pair of TT21's in the final and a National HRO for receiving

Below - Mike Duce, G4BQF, regular VMARS AM Net Controller located on Canvey Island, Essex

When Mike runs the Saturday net he uses his 1950's Minimitter transmitter and a Racal RA17 receiver, seen here in his fine collection of Racal equipment.

Below - Keith Yates , G3XGW, regular VMARS AM Net Controller located near Evesham, Worcestershire

Keith usually operates the VMARS net with a Labgear LG300 transmitter and a National HRO receiver but he has been known to come up on a Heathkit DX100U transmitter with an RCA AR88 receiver.Keith is pictured here in front of his 1940's Marconi T1145/R1155 RAF aircraft station famously used on board Lancaster Bombers.

View Keith's interesting radio website here

Below - Stuart McKinnon, G0TBI , regular VMARS AM Net Controller located in Kinver, Staffordshire

Stuart's main station for use on the net is an RCA ET4336 Tx and an AR88 D receiver. However, he will frequently be heard using some of his other sets, such as his Marconi T1509, a DX100U or KW Vanguard transmitters from his large collection of vintage and miltary equipment.

Below - Paul Craven, M1PVC , regular VMARS AM Net Controller located near to the village of Hartfield in the Ashdown Forest, East Sussex.

Paul operates the VMARS net with a Heathkit DX100U or Labgear LG300 transmitter in combination with a National HRO 500 receiver

Below - The impressive shack belonging to regular VMARS AM Net Controller Mervyn Terry, GW8TBG, at his QTH located near Swansea, West Glamorgan

Below - the shack of Tony Barron, G3YYH, located in the Cotswold Hills about 5 miles south east of Cheltenham.

Tony generally uses an HRO receiver from 1946 and a DX100U transmitter, with SDR on stand-by to resolve difficult signals.

-includeBelow - Ian Underwood, F4VSC , occasional VMARS Net Controller located near the town of Rostrenen in central Brittany, North West France.

Ian, who also holds the UK licence M0YMK, operates a Collins KWS-1 or a Heathkit DX100U for net control. Other transmitters regularly used by Ian on VMARS nets are Bendix TA12c, Wireless Set No.19, Larkspur C11/R210. Receivers include National HRO 5T, Racal RA17, RCA CR-91 and Collins 75A-4. .

Below - Martin Smyth, M0MGA, regular VMARS Net Controller located in Whitehill near Bordon in East Hampshire.

Below - The shack of John Sommerville, MW0XHO regular VMARS Net Controller located in Conwy, North Wales.

John's extensive collection of equipment includes some heavy metal transmitters and receivers which include a Collins KWS-1 tx and 75A-4 rx "Gold Dust Twins" station, a Diplomatic Wireless Service Mk210 transmitter and his 1948 Marconi T1509 RAF ground transmitter pictured below. Receivers at John's QTH include an RCA AR88D and a Collins 390A.