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sorry for not reading this thread. I CAN'T. i despise these discussions. why the fascination with 'exacting accuracy'? remember my 'enoughtogetoutwatts'? right now my raggedy jeep xj has my ic706mk2g in it, with either a predator for 10-11-12, or separate hamsticks for 20 & 40. i...

it's all in the stars.....or really the sun. & sometimes in the clouds in between :) i've talked to 6 continents on 10m, 11m, 12m, 20m & 40m....70 or 80 watts from an ic706mk2g on a magnet mount antenna-20 or 40m hamstick, or predator on 10, 11 & 12-on my mobile. at the risk of making this...

:) :) still available....

:) still available....

absolutely, beam to beam, but i'm not using a beam at the moment. also compare your em62 to my fn30. i've got tall buildings to my west :) very tall buildings, to my north & northwest, a lot of the bigger big guns are obstructed by some hills....the catskills, the berkshires & the adirondacks...

i use 2 ku4ab squalo's stacked at about 28' to the feed with a stock ic746pro. very rarely do i hear any 2m ssb stations NOT using some sort of directional antenna, so i am usually able to get into the 50 mile range fairly easily. larger beams on the other end have netted me closer to 120...

really? the AM sections of the grant & jackson are different. the best way to improve AM performance of a jackson was to buy a grant ;) the best way to improve AM performance of a grant was to add a dx500 ;)

hmmmm.....now getting 30 watts out of a radio that was doing 22.....that really woke up the whole neighborhood ;) you guys all saw the difference on your s-meters, right?

ummmm yea. i agree with that. on the other hand, this is income tax refund season.....e bay, high reserve! you never know......:)

would have, but didn't see this til 1856 :) what's the location there?

:) no no, not at all. taking into account the 'ports' portion of your post, you may very well be 50% correct. of course he wasn't asking about (marine/maritime) ports ;)

marine band IS vhf fm. i'm too far east of NYC to hear those ports, but know the local fuel ports use FM, & have been told some have SSB capabilities, though not sure if they use SSB locally, or only when in open waters.

thats not 2 way communications though. the pilot isn't communicating with a beacon. he's just listening, to make sure he's landing on a runway & not a highway. masterpatfx posted-'Today I went to the airport, but there was no difference (or maybe a VERY slight difference, which makes the...

Been a long time since i listened to my local ATC, but if i remember, airplanes USED to use AM, your radio is FM.....maybe?

Mobile again this morning. A couple 'blue water' big guns on 27.025, 20m & 12m totally DEAD. 1 heavy qsb contact to j67zf on 10m, otherwise dead there too.

I know, right! I can only imagine how much better it could be if my antenna was resonant, swr reasonable & my icom not cutting back 80% of its output!

Yup. Here in the northeast its been quiet everywhere, even as low as 40m has been dead much of the time. While i have heard absolutely nothing on 10 in days, did make a dozen mobile contacts this morning on 12m-italy, belgium, germany, azores & cape verde. What shows promise is that was on...

I would. Got a nice 502 looking for a home :)

Nice. I was never actually able to get 100 watts out of a 60 watt transistor with 22 volts. Always went up in flames long before the meter got anywhere near 100w. But that's just me i guess ;)

Really? 'Used to drive a REALLY big tube linear'?? wow. My really big tube linear needed a LOT more then a mod v to move it. Heck, the the driver used a driver....back in the day. A mod v aint even getting everything from a dx1600. & 120 watts peak from a single 2290? Nice, but i doubt...