Ralph Mowery wrote:


That setup is a big differance than in your first posting. I mentioned I do
not do much FM work on 2 meters . I do work weak signal on 2 meter and 432
mhz ssb. It is not too unusual to work long distances that way. Ham radio
has many things that can be fun. I usually think of the repeaters and FM as
local contacts. I have worked from North Carolina to Canada about twice on
2 meter FM. Using a good antenna and ssb it is common to work out to 200 to
300 miles. The band "opens" a lot more if you have the advantage of about
10 to 20 more db of ssb.


Good luck following the weak signal VHF/UHF track here. 10 meters is
short for this bunch, except for very few. Less than half dozen appear
to know what EME is.

BTDT