The Club tried their first field event of 2023 on a Thursday at the end of February. An excellent sunny day was enjoyed by the 7 members who attended Highoredish.

25 contacts were made on 10 metres SSB using a 2-element home brew beam constructed by Lyn G0NNU. QSOs were with Puerto Rico, Kuwait, Madeira, Canary Islands, Malta, Italy, Germany and a pile-up from USA by aiming in the right general direction. The antenna was built using parts from a damaged beam of a different frequency. New cast joints with wing nuts/bolts enabled easy assembly for portable use.  With an SWR of 1:1 it was based on a design for 10dB gain by Mike G0JMI published in Radcom Feb 21 .