For the benefit of any hams outside the UK, my licence is the top grade, known as 'full'. The only thing I've never done is to pass a 12wpm CW test ... but that's now irrelevant for licence purposes.

My radio 'career' so far is far from average.

I was doing a degree in Communication Engineering at Plymouth (UK!) when I was pushed to take the Radio Amateur Exam in Spring of 1985. I didn't revise much (except for the license conditions). G1PJJ was issued a few months later, in July 1985.

Back in the 90s I was a radio club chair & county chair of Raynet (voluntary emergency comms)

By 1993 I was involved in the G-QRP club, attended their socials and flew with several of the committee to the Dayton Hamfest.

I'm still a Raynet member, but just a member.

I'm also newly involved in a broadcast AM station .....

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@stux Me, camped at Imbil for a horse endurance ride when the alarm on the phone rings at 1:30AM to get me up for a 2AM start… when I only went to bed at 10PM the previous night (and got up early _that_ day too).

(Anyone in #WICEN #AREC #RAYNET or does #EmergencyComms etc will understand…)