[GCARC] This guy 15 watts from his car in Italy making contacts across USA

[Tony Starr]

Jim,

Building a mobile HF station is neither easy nor cheap, but it is well
worth the effort and expense.  Modern vehicles are massive RFI generators,
so don't expect to be working weak signal DX like 3Y0J while rolling down
the interstate. But with some bead chokes and suppressors you can have a
workable station. Now for the good part:  If you live in a noisy, dense
neighborhood, or near a commercial / industrial district, or have an attic
antenna, the first time you drive your mobile station out to a quiet,
remote area, and shut the engine off, you will be amazed by what you will
hear and what you can work!

Even though I have a halfway decent home station, I get a huge kick out of
working DX from the truck with a loaded whip and (relatively) low power.
If  anyone in the club is interested in putting together a mobile HF
station, I will be glad to offer some free advice based on my own recent
experience of building my mobile station just a year or two ago.  73, and
see you on the road.

Tony K3TS

On Fri, Mar 10, 2023, 8:34 AM Jim n2gxj <jim.n2gxj at gmail.com> wrote:

> There was a radio contest last weekend where people all over the world were
> encouraged to try and make contacts to stations in North America on HF.
> This guy in Italy had great success on 10 meters and 15 meters, operating
> from his parked car, using just 15 watts, and a car roof mounted antenna.
> He made a short video of his experience.
> Man, if he can do this, so can you!  This kind of stuff is freekin'
> amazing!
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnph3Cn9fK0
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