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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