The second meeting in the school annex and we set a target to make an HF contact, a VHF/UHF contact, operate through JJ’s remote FTdx101 and, er, something else. We predicted almost complete failure and we weren’t disappointed
The education service WiFi filtering defeated all our attempts to access JJ’s radio, even with VPNs, and 5G didn’t fare much better.
We were able to receive but not transmit on Cristian’s magic loop (I think that’s right).
We eventually managed to dangle Cristian’s ribbon feeder Slim Jim in a window and be received by a web monitor.
None of this really surprised us but based on the results we have an action plan to nail the last bits at the next meeting, with a plan of how to hang aerials and so forth.
Next online meeting will be Friday 8th March and we don’t have anything specific to talk about so please give us your suggestions.
And don’t forget the Discord server for ongoing chatter during the month – email for an invitation link if you don’t have it.