Our long distance single side band (SSB) has been unused for years as there is little call for it as n Europe. Last summer, with Iceland receding in our wake, I tried to crank it up but drew a blank as the microphone had failed. The dealer told me the microphone was obsolete but, as usual, eBay had the answer and a shiny replacement arrived a week later from Hong Kong.
We plugged in the new microphone and to our amazement the set burst into life. We were able to talk to Dick on Alchemy 1200 miles to our south and also to Andy on Destiny the other side of a mountain range.
The OCC Northern SSB Net is thus duly born which runs as follows:
2182 J3E
2065 J3E
4125 J3E
8146 J3E
12359 J3E
OCC Northern SSB schedule at 2330 UTC. Call on:
2182 at 2330 and change to 2065
Then try 4125 at 2335
Then try 8146 at 2340
Then try 12359 at 2345
It's open to all OCC boats particularly those in the Canadian Maritimes, Davis Strait, Greenland and Baffin Bay.