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  1. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I heard a few hollers cold calling but the conditions were just nuts and I must not have made the trip back! Thanks for anyone that keyed up!
  2. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    A few of you keyed up, but it’s just too noisy here! I’ve got coast to Coast and border the border in the United States coming in here!
  3. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Hanging out on 27.375 lower side band have made contact with 1732 San Diego and 302 Virginia. 213 Washington mobile give me a holler!
  4. TheRATT

    My Mobile 10/11m Icom 7100

    Head unit on the dash, radio and tuner are under the passenger seat.
  5. TheRATT

    not in touch with reality

    For radio, only here and Reddit. I get too many laughs off reddit. I swore off eBay and Facebook and Twitter but they USED to be good.
  6. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I'm pretty sure if you reach out to Sirio they'll send you a new whip part for pretty cheap. I keep a spare!!
  7. TheRATT

    Icom 7100 issues

    I'm going to go over the whole antenna system again. I found that I can reset the antenna tuner by just unplugging power for five seconds. Easy enough!
  8. TheRATT

    Icom 7100 issues

    Ah, I have a LDG-Z-100A-DXE. I checked the manual and there is no explicit reset - is this just an unplug it from power to reset thing?
  9. TheRATT

    Icom 7100 issues

    I do have an antenna tuner - and the Sirio 5000 like you said is "close" and I think it'd be close enough with the tuner. I have had some comments around the net that the 10/11m bands are so close that maybe the tuner isn't happy. When trying to tune for 10m it takes way longer than tuning for...
  10. TheRATT

    Icom 7100 issues

    I bought a used Icom 7100 last month. I installed it in my car. Up until last week it worked great. I have a Sirio 5000 11/10m antenna (and have an antenna tuner). On 11m it transmits full power. On 10m it seems to be about 10 to 15% power. What did I do?? Thanks!
  11. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I believe!! Thanks BC! Have a good weekend! Are we too close to get a hop in from you to Seattle?
  12. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    After work I drove to my favorite HF quiet spot and worked: 63 27.365LSB Mississippi 000 & 020 27.395LSB San Antonio TX Soldier Boy 27.385LSB Houston TX Hello everyone, I bid you 73 from the Great Pacific Northwest!
  13. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I couldn't get outta work long enough to try you from Seattle. I only have 100W with a 5/8-wave in my mobile and you'd have to do the heavy lifting but maybe someday!!
  14. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    So when does LSB switch to USB above 27.xxx? Generally.
  15. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Just worked 57 Buffalo, NY on 27.395 Lower. Armchair copy and nice QSO.
  16. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    On the way home from work had a QSO with WR0507 Tennessee on 27.365 lower from Seattle. Armchair copy! My run back out to the radio in an hour and see what's goin' on.
  17. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Sporadic in the PNW, I did work 150 in Illinois on Sunday afternoon, .375LSB.
  18. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I heard the 909 booming in - but I think he had a pile up and my 100 watts into my Sirio 5000 just couldn't break though!
  19. TheRATT

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I'm 213 Washington Mobile!