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Recently CARA launched a Fun Activity Challenge, with the intent of getting members old and new on the air.

I got myself a TYT TH-9800 when I passed my intermediate exam, and although I like the radio, it's been a rocky ride for the two of us!

A couple of weeks ago I went to Yorkshire to visit family, and I took some wires with me.

With the RSGB Convention taking place last weekend, I was aware that is is "about" a year since I took my final amateur radio exam, at last year's convention.

After much weeping and gnashing of teeth, lost tennis balls, and probably very confused and suspicious neighbours, I had all but given up on my plan to get the half sized G5RV up in the air.

After my vertical fell over a bit, I've been experimenting with horizontal aerials.

I'm familiar with the concept that every aerial is a compromise, especially at HF.

Update: SimpleLog is no longer online (as of September 2019), it might come back one day.

It's some time since I wrote a blog post on the Internet, but a year after I got my foundation license I think it's time to start documenting my experiences, experiments, successes and failures in Amateur Radio.