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Easy answer to that. There has been a geomagnetic storm causing radio blackout to R2 level in the past 24hrs which would be so bad you'd wonder whether you actually had the antenna plugged in. A index as I type this is still over 20 and K is finally dropping below 3 so you may start to hear stuff however a R1 blackout is expected over the next 24hrs from another geomagnetic storm.

When you get bad propogation and can't hear much its always worth looking at the solar reports.

http://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/index.shtml

As to using a base antenna from the car, just to clarify technically you're a portable station. Mobile infers driving down the road or parked up using a mobile antenna attached to the vehicle with the radio powered by the vehicle.

<blockquote data-quote="M0GVZ" data-source="post: 502648" data-attributes="member: 22312">Easy answer to that. There has been a geomagnetic storm causing radio blackout to R2 level in the past 24hrs which would be so bad you&#039;d wonder whether you actually had the antenna plugged in. A index as I type this is still over 20 and K is finally dropping below 3 so you may start to hear stuff however a R1 blackout is expected over the next 24hrs from another geomagnetic storm.When you get bad propogation and can&#039;t hear much its always worth looking at the solar reports.<a href="http://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/index.shtml</a>As to using a base antenna from the car, just to clarify technically you&#039;re a portable station. Mobile infers driving down the road or parked up using a mobile antenna attached to the vehicle with the radio powered by the vehicle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="M0GVZ, post: 502648, member: 22312"] Easy answer to that. There has been a geomagnetic storm causing radio blackout to R2 level in the past 24hrs which would be so bad you'd wonder whether you actually had the antenna plugged in. A index as I type this is still over 20 and K is finally dropping below 3 so you may start to hear stuff however a R1 blackout is expected over the next 24hrs from another geomagnetic storm. When you get bad propogation and can't hear much its always worth looking at the solar reports. [url]http://www.wm7d.net/hamradio/solar/index.shtml[/url] As to using a base antenna from the car, just to clarify technically you're a portable station. Mobile infers driving down the road or parked up using a mobile antenna attached to the vehicle with the radio powered by the vehicle. [/QUOTE]

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