K9SWX – 10m DX QSO’s

I worked several 10m DX stations from the mobile this morning: ON7USB in Belgium, CT1AVR in Portugal, and OZ1KEF in Denmark. Great signals on both sides!
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  2. K6BBQsHamShack
    K6BBQsHamShack says:

    Amazing! Great audio quality. Denmark, I’m jealous, wow!
    I have an FT-857D that I operate HF tricycle mobile with (in my Field Day and NAQP videos) when I ride by the salt water. Not having great success at home though with my simple Buddipole set up. Great by the water though. Missing out on a lot of cool catches. Last weekend I used the ATAS-120A on my trike, a joy to not have to change an antenna manually to go to another band.
    Congratulations on your FB results. 73 Rem, K6BBQ

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  6. N2RRAny
    N2RRAny says:

    Next vid’s I’m gonna make for my channel will be running my IC-7000 via mobile. I just love mobile and mobile QRP as you can see on mine. Thanks for subscribing by the way. Gonna make more interesting ones with some outrageous mobile antenna’s. Stay tuned!

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  7. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    The 7000 looks like a great rig. I used to have a 706 and enjoyed that rig. I had an 817 for awhile, but sold it to help fund my 857. Hopefully someday I can get another 817 and go hiking with it. Great little rig.

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  8. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    How many volts should it be? I’m just using the car battery, maybe it needs replaced? It’s working for me though. 🙂

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  9. N2RRAny
    N2RRAny says:

    Stan, if the car was turned off then the voltage reading should not be less than than 12 volts for the first couple hours unless your really hitting the 100watts hard. With truck turned on even on transmit the voltage should read 14.3 or so volts and 13 volts on standby. Of course voltage will drop after truck is turned off for a while.

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  10. N2RRAny
    N2RRAny says:

    Stan, the IC-7000 blows away the 706mk2g and FT-857 except for transmit audio. With some help stock setting up or getting AB5N mod for IC-7K then it’s complete. As for the FT-817 either hiking, camping or what ever it’s a must for backup. It’s so diverse and it’s deffinitly the rig of choice for a “bush bag” setup. Just love this QRP rig!

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  12. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    I got it from Crutchfield. Do a search on their site for item #: 042U222BG. (YouTube won’t let me put the link in here) It’s called a Pro.Fit UltiMount S2. It attaches to the 857 cradle that came with the radio.

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  13. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    Yeah I don’t remember it going that low in the past. It’s wired directly to the battery. I’ll have to run some tests the next time I’m out there.

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  14. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    I hadn’t had the car off that long. Hope the battery isn’t going bad on me. I’ll tinker with it this week. Thanks for the info.

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  17. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    The antenna is the ATAS-120A. It’s the best mobile antenna I’ve ever used. The ease of being able to tune to the frequency you want all by hitting a button is incredibly awesome. Not having to change antennas each time you want to change bands makes operating fun. (ham sticks got to be a pain) I don’t use it on VHF/UHF. I have a 2m hamstick just for listening as the SWR on it is a bit off for transmitting. I have a Kenwood D700A for the VHF/UHF stuff.

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  19. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    I’m using iMovie on my Mac. On the PC side, I used to use Sony Vegas which was a good affordable editing solution.

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  20. k9swx
    k9swx says:

    I guess it’s called a 2m Firestik, not sure where I bought it. I think it just needs trimmed at the top, but I haven’t put it on an analyzer yet.

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