In mid-September, the second UKuG 24GHz took place. For this one I decided to stay local and revisit Remenham Hill (IO91NM78VW) which is just 10-15 minutes’ drive from home. After setting up in the Autumn sunshine I worked Noel G8GTZ/P and G4SJH/P both at Walbury Hill (IO91GI44, 47km).
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| 24GHz Fun from Remnham Hill |
I’m always on the look-out for new locations that have a good take-off to the South West towards Walbury Hill. I’d found a site to the East at Bisham Hill (IO91ON71AF) which was a small farm gate off the A308 Marlow Road. After driving for about 10 minutes I arrived and luckily there was space to park although it was a bit tight. From this site I worked Barry on Walbury Hill again and he was much stronger for my ODX at 53km.
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| 24GHz at Bisham Hill looking South West |
This was the first outing with the Leo Bodnar Mini-GPS, and whilst I was frequency accurate for the first time ever on any band (which was great!) there was a strange warble on the RX and TX audio. Dave G1EHF/P has offered to resolve that for the next session, which is much appreciated.