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First DX on LSB
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Man, skip was rollin last night. I talked to:
352 Florida
777 Daytona Beach
318 Tampa Bay
289 Jacksonville, FL
148 Mobile, AL
1504 KY
231 KY
1079 MN
0004 IN
1947 IN
727 OH
823 Nashville TN - Big Bob
864 PA
456 Chicago
105 NY
352 Florida
777 Daytona Beach
318 Tampa Bay
289 Jacksonville, FL
148 Mobile, AL
1504 KY
231 KY
1079 MN
0004 IN
1947 IN
727 OH
823 Nashville TN - Big Bob
864 PA
456 Chicago
105 NY
Keep hearing lots of stations out of CA, but haven't talked near that far. Tonight made contact with 1707 Seattle WA.
BTW I'm "Fat John" Raleigh, NC.
BTW I'm "Fat John" Raleigh, NC.
I am not preaching but guys give some thought to getting your ticket. So far this week I have worked Italy, Portugal, Mexico City, Austria, France and Hawaii. All of this on less than 100 watts mobile. My current mobile setup is an ICOM 706MKIIg and a High Sierra SideKick screwdriver antenna.
When I was active on 11 meters I really enjoyed working "skip" but it's nothing compared to what you can do on 10 meters when its open.
Think about it.....
Sorry again.
73's
PS. If you have your ticket please disregard this post...
When I was active on 11 meters I really enjoyed working "skip" but it's nothing compared to what you can do on 10 meters when its open.
Think about it.....
Sorry again.
73's
PS. If you have your ticket please disregard this post...
Pistolero, Washington is a lot further from you than California is. When I first hooked up my mobile as a base, I was getting California and Baja Mexico all the time, but conditions have changed in the last few months and now I never hear them at all. I hear other guys in North and South Carolina and Tennessee talking to California and Hawaii all the time though, just not here.
W9cll, with the socialist we have now in the whitehouse, I would NEVER think about getting my ticket and having to register on anything to do it. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but the reason I bought my CB was because I believe this moron is going to try and take all our freedoms away, not just guns or the ability to move around freely, which he is already trying to do, but to communicate too. When this nest of rats has been cleaned out, I might think about it. But that still does not make me any more interested in the other bands than I am in 11 meters. I just have no interest in anything but 11 meters for some reason.
When I first hooked up my mobile as a base, I was getting California and Baja Mexico all the time, but conditions have changed in the last few months and now I never hear them at all. I hear other guys in North and South Carolina and Tennessee talking to California and Hawaii all the time though, just not here.W9cll, with the socialist we have now in the whitehouse, I would NEVER think about getting my ticket and having to register on anything to do it. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but the reason I bought my CB was because I believe this moron is going to try and take all our freedoms away, not just guns or the ability to move around freely, which he is already trying to do, but to communicate too. When this nest of rats has been cleaned out, I might think about it. But that still does not make me any more interested in the other bands than I am in 11 meters. I just have no interest in anything but 11 meters for some reason.
Yep. I meant I had been hearing a lot of CA stations, but never got an answer from close to that distance, UNTIL the contact with Seattle.Pistolero, Washington is a lot further from you than California is.
And how are you supposed to know how far you are talking? What if a guy just uses a number? Are you supposed to know where he is without any more information? What if he is lying and says he is in China?
And, let's get real for a moment, shall we? When you're signal goes out, you can't put a string on it and limit to however many miles. It literally goes on for thousands of miles. So technically, you are breaking the law every time you key up your CB radio.
It would probably be better if the Hams just paid attention to their own bands and forgot the CB'ers are here.
And, let's get real for a moment, shall we? When you're signal goes out, you can't put a string on it and limit to however many miles. It literally goes on for thousands of miles. So technically, you are breaking the law every time you key up your CB radio.
It would probably be better if the Hams just paid attention to their own bands and forgot the CB'ers are here.
John,
As a ham I have no issues with CB's talking long distance. The 11 meter band is prime for that and I did it when I was on 11. The only thing I ever said is give some thoughts to getting a ham ticket and truely open up the world instead of just 400khz plus or minus a bit
As a ham I have no issues with CB's talking long distance. The 11 meter band is prime for that and I did it when I was on 11. The only thing I ever said is give some thoughts to getting a ham ticket and truely open up the world instead of just 400khz plus or minus a bit
CB is a poor and busy man's hobby. I do not have the time or the inclination to get any kind of ticket or add myself to any government hit list by being a registered user of a radio. And I certainly do not have the money to ever buy the high priced equipment or antenna masts and tops it would take to make Ham bands a useful part of the hobby. Take it as a given, that if people really wanted to be Hams, that as easy as they make it to get a ticket, more people would do it without all the nattering on about it.
All the evangelizing in the world will never change that. I, for one, am just not interested in anything beyond 11 meters.
All the evangelizing in the world will never change that. I, for one, am just not interested in anything beyond 11 meters.
CB is a poor and busy man's hobby. I do not have the time or the inclination to get any kind of ticket or add myself to any government hit list by being a registered user of a radio. And I certainly do not have the money to ever buy the high priced equipment or antenna masts and tops it would take to make Ham bands a useful part of the hobby. Take it as a given, that if people really wanted to be Hams, that as easy as they make it to get a ticket, more people would do it without all the nattering on about it.
All the evangelizing in the world will never change that. I, for one, am just not interested in anything beyond 11 meters.
Thats great.. Enjoy 11 meters it can be a blast