I talked 45 miles today on SSB with strong signals in both directions, and then 30 miles the other direction but could barely copy. That was running mobile with a 200 watts, and a 3' base loaded antenna. Atmospheric conditions were near dead, made contact with a station in Cali but he wasnt putting enough on my receive to make copy on him.
I talked for about 10 minutes driving down the road before I started to loose the other station, the 45 mile away station had to sign off.
I was expecting maybe 15 miles base to mobile, is this sort of range what to expect or just luck?
I talked for about 10 minutes driving down the road before I started to loose the other station, the 45 mile away station had to sign off.
I was expecting maybe 15 miles base to mobile, is this sort of range what to expect or just luck?