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You can get the foundation with 2x 1hr visits to a local club. They absolutely don’t want you to do this, they really want you to join but it’s possible.

I got my foundation in 2015, 10watts even in a solar minimum Like just now is plenty.

I have a wire fan dipole strung up around inside my loft and i can do everything i want to on 40m band or above.

I’ve had untold hours of fun with gnu radio and a hackrf.

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> You can get the foundation with 2x 1hr visits to a local club. They absolutely don’t want you to do this, they really want you to join but it’s possible.

I know it's silly but it's exactly the prospect of this awkward situation which is stopping me doing it. I can't bring myself to be saying to some old timer: I'm interested in this hobby, you're clearly interested, very knowledgeable and keen to share, but actually I just want to do the test and do my own thing thanks.

Not to mention I suspect every single member of my nearest club is about to be subject to an over 70s isolation policy.

I joined a university club to do the test even though I'm not a student. It might be worth seeing if a local university has a club that would be happy to help you?

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