Sometimes you’re the windshield . . . and sometimes you’re the bug. Today was a bug day. I had set up at a high point in preparation for doing some 6 M operating and ran into all kinds of trouble. I couldn’t contact anyone, no one could hear my transmissions, and SWR on the antenna was high. I definitely have some troubleshooting to do tomorrow.
That’s how it goes though. If you don’t try at things then you will be safe in never having to deal with failures. But then again, the days when you do a faceplant end up being good stories later on . . . .