I dont know if anyone could hear me or not. If you could, please send me an
email. I would like to know how that setup sounds. Before i begin my diatribe
let me say that other than aprs, spread spectrum, ale, and ham over internet
link, i like most facits of ham radio. That includes the dx capabilities of
ssb, especially ssb qrp on the high bands. I just about like it all. I started
out this morning on 7180 calling on am after listening to see if it was clear,
and even asking if it was on ssb and am. 5 minutes into my calling a ssb op
comes on asks if the frequency was being used then almost immediately calls
several hams around the midwest including texas and canada I am sure that one
of them had to have heard me say on ssb that the frequency was being used. Now
i know that my setup is not the most efficient its a work in progress. I do
know that my efficiency is around 12 watts out for the meager 100 watts to the
antenna. I can usually work from NY state to Texas with it on
ssb. So i am sure someone heard me. I was just ignored. This isnt the first
time this has happened to me. It is irritating though! Someday i am going to
build an amp and a heavy duty antenna for my truck so that i can feed a 1500
watt carrier to the antenna. I would bet that they could hear some cw or the am
signal i could put out with that ( with my present effeciency that would be
about 150 to 200 watts erp). I could put my mobile rice rig in beacon mode.
That could be interesting. Thanks for trying to hear me. Maybe tomorrow on 7185
again if i am awake enough as i drive.
73, Todd
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