DXing L.A. to Ireland

[curlyjo]

About 9:40 a.m. WCT I was able to work Ireland from a big truck from the downtown Los Angeles area. Thought that was pretty cool being on the West Coast and making that kind of contact traveling at freeway speed. I was in a 2014 Mack day cab. The set up in my tractor is a Galaxy 99v2 with a Wilson 500 mounted to the back of the cab. I was useing about 12 watts. Conditions, Conditions, Conditions ! ! ! 73'

 

[undertaker]

That is cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[curlyjo]

That is cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Skips good today. Later cruzed Whittier Blvd. In East L.A. and worked Honolulu, HI

 

[undertaker]

Got to love them Wilsons!!!

 

[Sideways]

Nice!!! Cant beat workin the world while you're workin.

 

[222DBFL]

That's the way I have to do it a lot of the time. Talk while driving from job site to job site.

 

[Mustang 131]

Nice catch!

 

[Blackcat630]

Some of my best dx has been in my mobile to and from work. This does help to make the work day a little more bearable..

 

[M0GVZ]

Its nice to see someone reporting DX contacts like this without running amplifiers. Proves it can be done.

 

[Mustang 131]

Its nice to see someone reporting DX contacts like this without running amplifiers. Proves it can be done.

What exactly does it prove? DX contact with low power on 10/11 meters on ssb isn't exactly ground shaking.

 

[w9cll]

What exactly does it prove? DX contact with low power on 10/11 meters on ssb isn't exactly ground shaking.

The prevailing thought pattern on this site and many others is an amp IS required to make DX contacts.

 

[undertaker]

I do it all the time! No amp needed...