Came back from holidays on the weekend. Always have a uhf in the car when going away with the van. In fact I have recently started carrying a second hand held. Big sticker on the back of the van “Ch 40”.
Heard virtually nothing on the radio the whole trip. In the past I have forgotten to turn it on & one trip I could receive but somehow managed to change the transmit frequency so I could not be heard on the channel I was listening.
On this trip I knew the radio was working because I used it a few times to talk to wifie when I was backing the van.
Anyway washing the car yesterday, I looked up proudly at my big “Ch 40” sticker & it dawned on me that while I had religiously turned the radio on when travelling, I had been deliberately putting it on channel 18. Bugger I reckon I had done the same thing on a trip last year.
My unreserved apology to anyone who might read this & who might have tried to contact me & abuse me for being too slow or whatever. I was a not being ignorant, I am just stupid.