Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

Someone in a deed-restricted neighborhood said they worked VP6DX (on 80
meters!) with a Hamstick mobile antenna. Come to think of it, I worked
them from the mobile on 17m last week as well. If you can come up with a
radio and a few feet of wire, I'd bet you can work them.

Doug, I came to Kentucky for what I thought might just be a few months,
and chose not to bring much stuff. And it's routine for me to put down
one hobby and pick up a different one for anywhere from 3 to 18 months;
most of the time I've been here I've been playing with cameras (and
learning linux on my laptop) instead of playing with the radios.

Lately I've thought a few times that a small power supply and my 706, plus
a hamstick out the window, might give me some fun on PSK31 ... next time
I'm back in NC I may grab a bit of radio gear.

Back about 5 years ago I did a bunch of mobiling, when I first got that
706. Did some on 20 meters, had a lot of fun, bought a Hamstick for 15
meters. I put it on the car, and my first contact was French Polynesia
(FO) for a new country. :-) Man, THAT was a thrill!

Now that i think about it, I bagged a handful of new countries from the
car that summer--Swaziland, Austral Is., and Chagos, that I remember, plus
Fr Poly. :-) Maybe I *do* need to bring some radio gear next trip.
:-)

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