[HoustonHam] VHF SSB Activity in the Area?

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 09:54 AM 9/13/2005, you wrote:

>I made my first 2m SSB contact Saturday during the VHF contest, with 
>K5ETX in Corpus Christi over 150 miles away with only 10 watts and a 
>minimal antenna!
>
>Finally got the urge to put the Folded Dipole that I bought at a 
>swapmeet 4 or 5 years ago up on a 30' pole to see what I could 
>hear.   Pulled the old Icom 706MkII (new in 1997) out of the truck 
>hooked it up and less than an hour later I felt like I did back in 
>'94 with the feeling of making that first QSO all over again!
>
>Anyone in the area active on 2m SSB ?   What about 6m SSB ?
>
>73 Ben - ne5B

I have the 706 MkIIG in my pickup truck. It's only used on HF as I 
don't go on VHF (or UHF) at all. Will I ever? Perhaps not as I'm a 
vacuum tube (boatanchor nut) & I'd have to build the tube type 
VHF/UHF gear myself. Don't have the time.....