Am having great fun with CB DX. Spend a very pleasant afternoon today and made 4 DX contacts on 36, 37, and 38 LSB in the course of a couple of hours. Finding it's quite challenging; rather like a noisy restaurant where there are a number of conversations going on at the same time, some people's voices are louder than others, and it's a bit chaotic and difficult to follow any one conversation. But you listen, and get the rhythm, and call out; it's quite a treat when you hear someone saying your number and "waving hello"!
My radio setup is a Sirio Performer 5000 on a magmount, with the coax coming in the rear passenger window and over to the the passenger seat, sunvisor, and rearview mirror, to a President McKinley radio perched on the dash behind the steering wheel. Power from a cig plug. I work "immobile mobile", i.e. I park the car in some parking lot at high point in town, fairly far away from power lines, and with a good view to the horizon. (Oh, and access to a bathroom nearby is a bonus!) I have a couple of these "sweet spots" that I like now.
I've been a ham for two years, doing all QRP, either POTA or just portable operating. Too cold and snowy here to that now. Was unsuccessful in getting an attic antenna to work, and a magmounted multiband ham antenna turned out to be a giant pain. But the Sirio is a great antenna, making CB (and 10m when I feel so inclined) very easy to do from a nice warm car. So CB is now my "winter radio hobby" and ham my "summer radio hobby".
My radio setup is a Sirio Performer 5000 on a magmount, with the coax coming in the rear passenger window and over to the the passenger seat, sunvisor, and rearview mirror, to a President McKinley radio perched on the dash behind the steering wheel. Power from a cig plug. I work "immobile mobile", i.e. I park the car in some parking lot at high point in town, fairly far away from power lines, and with a good view to the horizon. (Oh, and access to a bathroom nearby is a bonus!) I have a couple of these "sweet spots" that I like now.
I've been a ham for two years, doing all QRP, either POTA or just portable operating. Too cold and snowy here to that now. Was unsuccessful in getting an attic antenna to work, and a magmounted multiband ham antenna turned out to be a giant pain. But the Sirio is a great antenna, making CB (and 10m when I feel so inclined) very easy to do from a nice warm car. So CB is now my "winter radio hobby" and ham my "summer radio hobby".