Not a huge turnout but we welcomed a new visitor who’d come all the way from Wimbledon (good luck with your exam this Saturday Ollie). We made a few contacts on 2m including Godfrey and Dave at home which gave us a chance to compare rigs and aerials.
There was lots of discussion about aerial poles and how to support them, and Xian tried, but failed, to get a kite off the ground in the gusty breeze. The wind picked up as sunset approached but we needed to get down from the hill while it was still light – and even then we were attacked by midges as twilight fell.
Part way through a drone appeared and hung above us for about 20 minutes – could it have been police or parks tipped off that there were people on the hill doing strange things with radios?
There was general agreement that we should have a j-pole construction evening in September.
Weather permitting we’re going to do this again on the 18th but with a separate 2m station so we can spend more time on HF.