After setting up the radio, powered by a 90Ah leisure battery my first visitor was the local parks patrol. They have recently been kitted out with a look alike \u201cemergency\u201d response vehicle, complete with blue lights and checkerboard markings. We had the usual chat that started along the lines of \u201cHave you asked permission\u201d \u2026 (oh this isnt going so well.) I didn\u2019t quite work out why I need to ask permission to sit in the park with a fishing pole and Icom radio, it seemed like the local dog walkers with their poop machines or the kids throwing sticks into the conker tree was just fine but thats another story.\u00a0He was quite amicable once I told him I was a licensed amateur radio operator, either that or he was just confused by the term.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sitting on the park bench<\/strong><\/p>\n I managed to work.<\/p>\n M1COI \u2013 Henry- Belvedere<\/p>\n G3XFE \u2013 Chris \u2013 Eastbourne \/ Tunbridge wells<\/p>\n G8YNC \u2013 Peter \u2013 Alexandra Palace<\/p>\n G3VSJ \u2013 David \u2013 Hoddesdon<\/p>\n G4UAQ \u2013 Ian \u2013 Maidstone<\/p>\n The Slim Jim up 12m on the roach pole.<\/strong><\/p>\n M0KSJ \u2013 Kevin \u2013 Chislehurst\u00a0 G3VPS \u2013 Peter \u2013 East Grinstead<\/p>\n G3RQZ \u2013 Peter \u2013 J6 M25 Godstone<\/p>\n G8NDL \u2013 Ken \u2013 Swanley<\/p>\n G8KQA \u2013 Roger \u2013 East Sussex<\/p>\n G7CRQ \u2013 Adam Wallington.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A very enjoyable afternoon, thanks to everyone I worked 73 M0TAZ<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An afternoon in the sun looked like an ideal opportunity to work some station on 70 MHz. Bedsford park is the highest point around at the dizzy height of 100m ASL. I decided to take the 12m roach pole and … Continue reading ![\"21357384560_a979147db4_k\"](\"http:\/\/m0taz.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/21357384560_a979147db4_k.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Anyhow, after the passing of the parks\u00a0police<\/del>\u00a0enforcement team. I got down to some operating, calling CQ on 70.450. It was great to hear so much activity, and I quickly worked 12 stations.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n