Return to RAYNET?

I was a member of RAYNET for about 5 years as a teenaged operator. I have many happy memories, from my first event somewhere down a dirt-track manning a checkpoint for a fun run - to being sat underneath Hailsham Leisure Centre on Christmas morning, logging for the group controller while we helped to evacuate the residents of the flooded Pevensey Bay.

What made me think about this, is that the Southdown Amateur Radio Society committee meeting has been postponed due to roads being closed around a large part of Eastboune, and RAYNET are assisting with the transport of patients between hospitals in 4x4s due to the conditions. When I heard this, my mind instantly brought back all of those memories of events and callouts past - and I looked into what I would need to do to rejoin.

According to the RAYNET website (http://raynet-uk.net/), Dick Jeffries G4KAR is still the Controller for my local unit, and he's an ace bloke with a great team I was proud to be a part of. Now, as an adult (and hopefully soon to be driving) I can start to repay some of the support they all gave me as a young'un - and get out there doing something to help. It's only £7.20 a year and they do so much good as an organisation - so why not :-)