[SixClub] 706

[GatrGrad68 at aol.com]

Hello Ben...
 
I've been using an Icom 706 MKIIg as a home station for the past  couple of 
years on 6 and 2 meters.  I'm working on passing General so I can  work HF but 
that's another story.  Anyway...just playing around and using a  halo-type 
antenna on 6 meters (a Par Omniangle) and a Cushcraft beam  on 2 meters I've been 
able to work 23 states and multiple  Canadian and Caribbean stations...and 
neither antenna is more than 25 ft above  ground level. And remember, we are 
very close to a sunspot minimum. I've  got a wall full of qsl cards and I've had 
a ball on both 6 and 2.  Just my  experience...as they say...your mileage may v
ary.
 
Please feel free to e-mail me direct or in the group.
 
Dwight W4OFG 
Jacksonville, FL