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   From: usenet@stephenthomascole.com   
      
   Brian Reay  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Gleeful admission of wilful trolling duly noted, OM.   
      
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