XPost: uk.radio.amateur
From: no.sp@m.com
AndyW wrote:
> On 28/03/2020 10:24, Jinky ... wrote:
>> On 28/03/2020 09:45, AndyW wrote:
>>> On 27/03/2020 14:48, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
>>>> On 27/03/2020 07:22, AndyW wrote:
>>>>> On 17/03/2020 07:44, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> woo hoo every cloud...no more hammy mens for a while...result....
>>>>>>
>>>>> I had a Foundation exam scheduled for the 21st with more to follow.
>>>>> All that is suspended but on the bright side the bands are
>>>>> positively glowing with QSOs and this lockdown means that I am
>>>>> getting antennas up and tested. I have a 40m dipole to get up and
>>>>> tested this weekend.
>>>>>
>>>> how tested?
>>>
>>> Tested initially with a NanoVNA for swr then with WSPR test for
>>> propagation. Then just testing by chatting. The CQ world wide WPC
>>> contest is this weekend so lots of chances for testing.
>>>
>>> I have just built and installed a 2m groundplane to keep in touch with
>>> the club on a nightly net. where I live I cannot hit repeaters so
>>> until the net 2m has been dead to me as a local band (except for
>>> satellite)
>>>
>>> Andy
>> thought you weren't licensed ? ....
>
> Nope.
> Full licence.
>
> I think I see the confusion ">>>> I had a Foundation exam scheduled for
> the 21st with more to follow."
>
> It's not my exam, I am a trainer so I had a class of novices ready to
> sit their Foundation on the 21st.
> I never got the dipole up, I had lent out my drill and may not get it
> back for a while but I have a 40m end fed that tunes up nicely on a
> bunch of bands so I spent the weekend dipping in and out of the WPC. .
> However now that the contest is over and the bands quieten down a bit I
> will be able to go back to my 10w uBitX again.
>
> Andy
>
You should have kept him on the hook. You could have kept it running as
long as the Mercedes wind up.
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