great mobile contact over he last few days

[mr_fx]

all of this has been on my drives to work in the morning on 14.238.50

Olathe, KS to south africa (long path) 07/03/13
Olathe, KS to (southern) Australia 07/05/13
Olathe, KS to Japan 07/05/13

all on 100 watts SSB and a Workman brand 8ft fiber glass 20m antenna (hamstick wanna be) that I bought used at the last hamfest for only $4

 

[w9cll]

Nice job, I just got Lu8hh in Argentina from the mobile on 18.155. I am using 70 watts into a High Sierra SideKick Screwdriver. I have been listening around 14.238 and its been quite active.

 

[mr_fx]

Nice, I have not worked Argentina yet, all of these were new places for my, I got really excited when I got Japan

 

[w9cll]

I have worked a few JA's but ironically from the mobile and never from the home shack. I have not worked Australia yet, I did hear a station from Sidney the other day but he was very weak and I couldn't work him.

I have had good luck with Hamsticks, ran a 17 meter one before I installed the screw driver. I used it on other bands via a LDG autotuner. I have along with the 17 meter one a 10 meter and 40 meter. The 40 meter one is useless but I got that one for free.

 

[Moleculo]

Nice mobile contacts!

 

[mr_fx]

Yesterday, 07/08/2013, I worked a station in Nicaragua in he mobile... not a bad way to start the morning... then I went into work and well... it was not so good anymore

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

all of this has been on my drives to work in the morning on 14.238.50

Olathe, KS to south africa (long path) 07/03/13
Olathe, KS to (southern) Australia 07/05/13
Olathe, KS to Japan 07/05/13

all on 100 watts SSB and a Workman brand 8ft fiber glass 20m antenna (hamstick wanna be) that I bought used at the last hamfest for only $4

Good contacts. I don't doubt them BTW but I have to ask you this simply because everyone asked me the same question when I worked 3B9C on Rodrigues Island via longpath from the mobile. How do you know it was longpath? What indicators were present? Spinning a beam around makes it easy to distinguish longpath but you can't do that while mobile.

 

[mr_fx]

Good contacts. I don't doubt them BTW but I have to ask you this simply because everyone asked me the same question when I worked 3B9C on Rodrigues Island via longpath from the mobile. How do you know it was longpath? What indicators were present? Spinning a beam around makes it easy to distinguish longpath but you can't do that while mobile.

simple, the other station was doing all the work and running a beam... lol he was pointed long path into the USA, I just got LUCKY... according to the other station he can not make short path (normally) during that time of day (around 7:00 am Central time

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

simple, the other station was doing all the work and running a beam... lol he was pointed long path into the USA, I just got LUCKY... according to the other station he can not make short path (normally) during that time of day (around 7:00 am Central time

BINGO!! Just the answer I was looking for. I was testing you. LOL In my case 3B9C was calling "CQ to the Pacific and North America via longpath". Also I was hearing Australia at the same time and some Europeans but NOTHING at all from Africa or the Indian Ocean area at 8:30am ADT.

 

[w9cll]

Awesome contact! I missed that it was long path.

 

[WA8ZYT]

Worked RY9C from the mobile on the 7th of July, 17 meters. 100 watts and a hamstick type antenna, cowl mounted. 6080 miles according to QRZ.

 

[mr_fx]

Also worked el savador as well during that time... interesting thing was one of my club members was about 60 miles away from my mobile location and he said he heard me at 10 over s9... HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?