I'll be logging everything so hopefully I get a few people in my logs, so I can upload them to World Radio League, QRZ, ClubLog and POTA. It's all simplex FM, so I'll be grabbing grid squares as well. I'm gonna go scout the park on Wednesday to decide where exactly I'm going to work.

After an hour and a half or so, I'll move onto 70cm, announcing on the VK4RMC repeater (439.975 MHz) and go to the simplex frequency (439.000 MHz) and spend about another hour or so on 70cm and hopefully I get the activation. Later this week it'll just be 2m testing, still announced via repeater.

It'll be cool to have the difference between the rubber duck antenna and the Signal Stick manifest itself. On the big day, I'll be calling out on the VK4RMC repeater (146.650 MHz) on 2m before I go to the simplex call frequency (146.500 MHz).

That's the plan! Going to my local radio shop to pick myself up an Icom ID-52A in about an hour, so excited for that.

Thanks, I'm really happy about finally getting it, been studying for 5 years or so as well as listening via KiwiSDR.

Thanks, I got 96% on the theory and passed the practical with flying colours too.

Thanks, I intend to!

Thanks, intend on it!

Thanks, appreciate it.