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I enjoyed messing around during the ARRL 10 meter contest this morning. I worked stations all over Europe. It's the most DX I've ever experienced on 10.

1waltherman wrote:hi,, i just joined last week, so i didn't get counted in the poll.. but, i am an active ham, keep my 2m on all the time.. I go to colorado on elk hunt every year, and put the radio on 146.52 simplex for the 1100 miles.. I never hear a contact in all that time, so i'm thinking that hardly anyone uses simplex any more, I guess they only use repeaters and cell phones :(
I had the General class when it existed, then upgraded to extra class.
Looking to getting the plastic from Austin soon.
73 Mike KM5UK

I know the feeling. I drove to Colorado last summer (Field Day weekend), and had the 2meter radio on. I never heard anything break the squelch. Of course, there were three others in the vehicle with me, so I wouldn't have made too may contacts anyway. That didn't stop me from trying to find someone every time we stopped for fuel.

I did manage one contact on 146.52 on a drive back from Dalhart, once. There was a ham from New Mexico driving toward Dallas. he was several miles behind me, and eventually stopped for gas, so we got too far apart to continue the QSO.