[60-Meters] Band is waking up

[Lefczik, Larry D]

I run a 706 Orig with a Texas Bug Catcher on the back bumper and MFJ
Antenna tuner at the radio end.  The band seems surprisingly good for
mobile operations considering the reduced antenna size.


>- Larry,
>- 
>- What are you running in your mobile installation? Rig, 
>- antenna, etc...
>- 
>- I'm looking forward to operating mobile on 60 and I'm 
>- currently looking for 
>- ideas. I currently have an un-modified Icom 706MKIIG and I'm 
>- considering a 
>- Lakeview Hamstick with their Inducti-Match impedance 
>- matching coil on a quad 
>- magnet 3/8 -24 mount on the roof of my mini-van.
>- 
>- What sort of results have you had with your set up?
>- 
>- 73 de Chris Williams - W6NOB
>- 
>- 
>- ----- Original Message ----- 
>- From: "Lefczik, Larry D" <larry.d.lefczik at lmco.com>
>- To: "A new concept in channelized SSB" <60-meters at mailman.qth.net>
>- Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:35 AM
>- Subject: [60-Meters] Band is waking up
>- 
>- 
>- >I had some great contacts from the mobile on the commute to 
>- work this
>- > morning.  Worked a QRP 2.5 Watt station on an FT-817 and a 
>- "Golf Cart
>- > Mobile" both with good signals.
>- >
>- > Things should get better again as the sun comes up later.  Need
>- > something in the Winter to look forward to. :-)
>- >
>- > The ride home is getting more active too - around 1730 
>- East Coast.  I am
>- > hearing activity in the Va/Ga/Fl area, but they don't seem 
>- to hear me -
>- > yet.