Ham radios
One or twice the subject has come up but the FRS and the other channels are not a great idea. When out on the road in the middle of nowhere and the cells don't work and the CBs, now rare, and you don...
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wa8yxm wrote:
I do not talk to overseas on HF I type to overseas on HF but talking given my gear is more or less limited to USA especially right now as band conditions are not that great. (I think I have had one overseas voice contact)
But when conditions are decent I talk from Mi to Ga on 40 or from SC to Ga and from both SC and MI to MI and several other states on 80
Propagation has been really bad the past month but there have been a few openings. I haven't had mine on much but in the past week I've worked Israel, Asiatic Russia, and Slovenia on 20M. Played with my antenna a bit to work some NVIS on 20M and worked IA from IL.
I'm not running anything special. 100W and a 80-10 Carolina Windom. In the last 3 years during the bottom of the cycle I've worked 163 countries, every state on 40M and 49 states on 20M. I don't work much 80 but have worked 45 states on 80M. All on phone SSB. CW is a bit easier to make some contacts during this low period. I don't work digital.
