Im_Listening wrote:You can barely get MK outside of Milton Keynes so unlikely to be that
If there is a lift on, it could travel 100's of miles with ease. I have worked a German amateur via a 2 meter (144mhz) repeater in France from Norwich using a handheld radio & the 70cm repeater in Boston Lincolnshire use to be on 433.000 too & that could not be worked from the other side of the Wash, but could sometimes be worked with a fully quietening signal from Norwich when a lift is on.
Here in Norwich we get European users on both the 2 meters & 70cm repeaters most summers during lifts as they know they open to them during lifts.