The Wolverhampton RAYNET Team
Tom - G7CXB - Controller
Lee - 2E0LST - Deputy Controller - Response Car Driver
Andy - 2E0YDA - Treasurer- Response Car Driver
Richard - M3RZB - Radio Operator
Steve - M3UFJ - Radio Operator
Ivan - M6BIJ - Radio Operator
Peter - M6PDJ - Radio Operator
Pete - M1PET - Radio Operator
Fred - G8FM - Radio Operator
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RAYNET Wolverhampton Exercise 12/08/08
Our first exercise of 2008 was to locate missing persons by the means of map references.
Results for the Wolverhampton exercise are as follows:-
Location 1: Co-ordinates 917 938
Time Issued: 19:45
Arrival Time (minutes):
+ 4:58 - 2E0LST & 2E0YDA (WVRaynet Response Car)
+ 35:02 - M3UFJ
+ 35:34 - G8FM
Location 2: Co-ordinates 895 953
Time Issued: 20:00
Arrival Time (minutes)
+ 4:02 - 2E0LST & 2E0YDA (WVRaynet Response Car)
+ 9:04 - M4UFJ
+ 10:51 - G8FM
We will be conducting another exercise in about 8 weeks.
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Carver Wolverhampton Marathon 2008
Raynet Wolverhampton will be providing emergency radio support at this years Marathon with the assistance from Sandwell Raynet.
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RAYNET Wolverhampton - About us.
RAYNET was formed in 1953 following the severe East Coast flooding, to provide a way of organising the valuable resource that Amateur Radio is able to provide to the community.
Since then it has grown into a very active organisation with around 2000 members, providing communication assistance on many hundreds of events each year.
RAYNET has provided additional communications at major incidents involving aircraft, trains, flooding, evacuations, telephone exchange failure, missing persons searches, adverse weather, oil / chemical pollution, the list goes on. Examples of where RAYNET has provided support include:-
Lockerbie Air Crash
Severn Tunnel Incident
North Wales Flooding - Towyn
Portland WWII Bomb Evacuation
Sea Empress oil pollution disaster
RAYNET, under the terms of the Amateur Radio License, is permitted to pass messages on behalf of the following:-
Any UK Police Force
Fire & Rescue Service or Ambulance Trust
HM Coastguard
Local Authority Emergency Planning Officers
Any Health Authority
Any Government Office
British Red Cross
St. John Ambulance Service
St. Andrews Ambulance Service
WRVS
Salvation Army
Any Utility Company
The Wolverhampton Group consists of a number of amature radio operators who have been licensed for many years as well as several newcomers who have only recently taken an interest in radio as a hobby.
All our members at the Wolverhampton group meet once a month for an update of upcoming events as well as the current status of ongoing services within other groups and locations around the United Kingdom.
Please take a moment to read through our website and if you would like any further information on joining or using our service, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.