Got my first response on SSB today. I went and parked on this hill that overlooks a pond in town while i was eating lunch, big wide open area that put me above most of the trees.
I called out CQ with my numbers 20-30 times on LSB 38, the band kind of opened up for a minute and it got quiet, chatter started to drop off so I called out again... Suddenly a guy repeated my numbers, he said "918, I hear you but you are very off frequency". I lost him in a cacophony of callsigns after that. I couldn't get his numbers or location, So i can't officially call it a contact, but someone heard me!!!
Since my 959 is a stock radio that's never been worked on, I am assuming that I am off frequency due to my locked clarifier. I've gotta get this thing tuned up. I bet i'd get a lot more contacts if i was transmitting on frequency.