SitePhone

Check actual reports from flying sites on your phone and via email.

Today's reports:

Sitephone Heroes

The following members are recognised for their diligence in phoning in sitephone reports over the last year. If you are not listed and have called in, please update your membership record with the mobile phone number you are using.
(Records began 14 March 2011)

Member Name	Message Count	%
Alastair Florence	108	12.6
Brian Metcalfe	81	9.4
Roger Edwards	72	8.4
Neil McCain	62	7.2
Gordon Crisp	48	5.6
Simon H Jones	45	5.2
Christopher Sparham	38	4.4
Shamus Pitts	38	4.4
John Blessing	28	3.3
Gary Puhl	27	3.1
Pete Chalmers	27	3.1
Grant Oseland	22	2.6
Marcus Webster	21	2.4
Philip Venn	17	2.0
Martin Butcher	16	1.9
Andy Brown	13	1.5
Andy Fenton	13	1.5
Harry Dike	12	1.4
Paul Hawkins	11	1.3
Ruth Kelly	11	1.3
Simon Henville	11	1.3
David Winn	9	1.0
Gary Mullins	9	1.0
Eric Pearcey	8	0.9
Everard Cunion	8	0.9
Sean Staines	8	0.9
Joe McCarthy	7	0.8
David Hadfield	6	0.7
Henry Hookings	6	0.7
Nigel Bourn	6	0.7
Andy Dawson	5	0.6
Charles Campion-smith	5	0.6
Jeremy Calderwood	5	0.6
Keith Wright	5	0.6
Steve Whitfield	5	0.6
Craig Byrne	4	0.5
Karl Buckett	4	0.5
Mark Tattersall	4	0.5
Richard Chambers	4	0.5
Russell Hesketh-roberts	4	0.5
Chris Barratt	3	0.3
David Jolliffe	3	0.3
Martin Woolley	3	0.3
Reuben May	3	0.3
Richard Davis	3	0.3
Alan Webb	2	0.2
Gary Pocock	2	0.2
Darren Swift	1	0.1
Neil Weymouth	1	0.1
Phil Shakespeare	1	0.1
Richard Thomason	1	0.1
Roy Menage	1	0.1
Sean Marchant	1	0.1
William Palmer	1	0.1
Total	859

Instructions

To report site conditions

Call 02380 988461, no-one will answer, after a few rings, the voicemail greeting will be heard.

Simply state:

• the name of the site
• date and time
• Current flying conditions

Then hang-up.

Please: Don't call in unless you are actually at the site. Don't just say "it's flyable" - you might be able to launch in 18mph with gusts, but not everyone would want to.

To find out current conditions

Call 0207 043 7777 you will be prompted for an Id, enter 1988461, you will be prompted for a password, enter 1013

You can automate the above by programming your phone to include spaces e.g:

02070437777PP1988461PP1013

Where P represents a pause. You can program a pause by pressing and holding the * key on most phones (on some you have to press and hold the # key instead, on others use a comma, on most nokias press the * button 3 times in quick succession - read the manual)

Now you are into the voicemail options, here are the main commands:

Press the key ...

• [ 1 ] for new messages
  • [ 4 ] for previous messages
  • [ 5 ] to repeat the message
  • [ 6 ] for the next message
  • [ 2 ] to change folders
  • [ 0 ] New messages
  • [ 1 ] Old messages
  • [ # ] Cancel
• [ * ] Main Menu

You can skip the "message from XYZ left at blahdyblah" by pressing 1.

Important - it might say there are no new messages. Either there aren't any at all that day or someone else has rung in and those messages are now in the Old Messages folder. Just use the [2] key at the main menu to switch to the Old messages folder. I will try to make sure that the voicemail is cleared at the end of each day.

Email notification

If you would like to be notified by email when a new report is received, please send the web administrator your email address. You will need a broadband internet connection (the files are usually quite large) and some way of listening to the messages (most computers have some sort of soundcard & speakers/headphone socket these days). Email notification is not instantaneous, sometimes there are delays before my computer receives it and can then send it on.

Warning

You are dialling into the voicemail for the 02380 988461 number. So, you could (if you press the wrong buttons) delete any existing messages or even change the voicemail message (so, please don't be juvenile). If this facility becomes more trouble than it is worth, I will remove it.

How much does all this cost?

Both the above numbers are standard landline number and will come out of any inclusive minutes if calling by mobile phone.

The service itself is free. There is no cost to the Club.

Acknowledgements

This idea was inspired by the Condor's Flyphone, which works on a similar system but I understand involves the cost of a PAYG mobile and requires more management.