3DX573 Oscar....Chihuahua, Mexico
I came in the house for a break from snowblowing the 15" of snow we got and turned on the radio to hear if anything was happening and to my shock I hear Ralph . I called him and no reply so I turned on my KL203 and then he heard me. His anytone 6666 was getting out good. Didn't talk long as there was a lot of noise, traffic and someone singing for some reason.Another good SSB DX day thus far. Talked to forum member r carl aka "200 Nebraska". His Washington radio & Penetrator 5/8 were sounding great
QSO's in Iowa, New York, Jamaica, Ontario, Nebraska, California, Kentucky
Wasn't that great today? I wantedto smash my radio a couple of times! JDBeats my having to listen to maroons on AM-19 a few hours this morning.
79 other places to go show off. But Great Lakes Jake and a few others ruin the trucker channel when Skip comes a’rollin’.
I didn’t have any hours without snowplows today. The major accident I missed hearing about was in the opposite direction of IH-44 MO.
Swirling in the bowl, the aptly-named “jakes”
Dead as the keystone pipeline so far today.
Haven't noticed many base station antennas, but in rural areas of Arkansas I've been seeing a lot more pickup trucks with mobile antennas lately.
I know in my neck of the woods, there seems to be a decent increase in mobile antennas. I've gotten 4 people into the hobby in the past 3 months myself. For some reason, keying up talking to NY impresses them to the point they wanna play, which I'm happy with. Yeah, I did explain that that's not an everyday thing and that I have some "help" under the rear seat.....which is their next investment.I can’t swear to it, but in the 31-states I run: I agree. There do seem to be some more vehicles with probable CB antennas than I was seeing two (2) years ago.
In some states or in some regions distinctly more scanner & two-way on private vehicles. (SoCal and the DC area among others).
Ohio is (as always) where one sees more of everything radio-related.
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There's a lot of folks knocking the dust off radios that haven't seen daylight in a long time and that's a good thing. True you can't reach London on demand like you can with a cell phone or internet. But you can reach quite a few people regionally when cell phones and internet don't work.