I turned on the CB last night to see if conditions were still holding up. I swapped my 20m dipole for the 11 meter dipole earlier on. I heard one station, but figured id give it a try to see if he could hear me. I only had the antenna straight to the ol' Grant XL radio, so I was making a whopping 8-10ish watts. (My meter may not be accurate, but give or take.) . To my surprise, he came right back to me. We talked for a good 10 minutes. He did have his 4 element beam aiming towards Australia, but surely I was in the path which his antenna was facing. Its nice to be able to use just the radio by itself and make a few contacts. Hope everyone else here has been doing well. Enjoy those radios!
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Nice talk with 754 Indiana @ 8PM CST 11/11/2026
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605 out of Massachusetts.