What have done towards your prep?

[Midnitemo]

So much for waiting until my nights next week to get to know my new transceiver , been fiddling all morning , I can operate it now after a fashion , still has loads of functions I fear I don't really understand and may never use , spent the morning monitoring a private fire and rescue service running a couple of exercises , thought it was the Airfield/Aviation factory about 4 miles away at first until they exited the site and name checked a road on air and I realised it was at the bnfl facility about 7 miles away , quite impressed with the range on the stock aerial , I'm wondering now if I've wasted my money on the upgrade(not arrived yet , suppose the proof will be in the tx ing)