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hey all problably not a big deal for you guys but finally i made a contact to austrailia a few hours ago on 27.385 LSB very exiting i am relativly new to this hobby but its good to know all my hard work i put into my mobile setup finally paid off.

Permagrin time!

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Highlander, NA-821 on 11 Meters.
N9RZF, David on Ham Bands.

Yaesu FT-847, Galaxy DX-2517, President Lincoln, Cobra 150 GTL, Uniden Grant LT.

Always nice to make that first long distance contact, congrats, it will only get better in the next year or so.

butch,
Tip#1 - Listen out on ch 35, that is where there is also lots of guys from Australia and also turn that MODE selector to the upper side once and awhile.

Tip#2 - Ch 33 (usb) is the main talk channel for the 224 div. If you hear a lot of chatter and can't understand what they are saying, then you have found the Kiribati Islands.


I don't know what state you are in, but if the conditions are there for you, give the channels I mention a try.

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5 element Yagi since '76/I 10K since '09
208 DXCC - 11 mt. (183 DXCC with a 30 watt radio)

good contact butch..

Always nice to catch really good skip

WAS THIS PETE ON THE AUSTRAILIAN RADIO? I HEARD HIM BUT COULDN'T MAKE IT BACK TO HIM.

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I'm normally but mess with my family and I become ^can not stand it^

hey thanks for all the replies. I am from the great state of North Dakota

Great Contact!!..... those boys sure talk funny! they have an accent that makes my Texas drawn seem normal!! Thats more than a few mile contact for sure.
I also run a mobile station....Mobiles are not power houses due to antenna size and height but it works well from here in south Texas. if conditions are right a mobile will get any contact i can hear most of the time. during big pile ups sometimes the bases have a stonger signal into the DX but a with little waiting i can normally get the contacts. i listen sometimes for 5-10 minutes and as the piles clear out and the high wattage guys get the contacts i make a call and more than not get the hook up.