This week I was pretty busy. I went from Wisconsin all the way down to Florida and back over to Louisiana. As I write this I am sitting in the parking lot of a Lowe's Home Improvement in Monroe, LA. I had some great rag chewing conversations with several guys and gals when I was down in Florida and had quite a few good contacts as I made my way through Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. My little 2 meter is sure pulling its weight. I think I am heading to South Carolina over the weekend so I'll program in some repeaters and go to town on the rag chewing.
I am doing some research on upgrading the rig in my truck. I am thinking giving up my nimble little 2 meter for a dual band ARPS or DSTAR in addition to an FT-857D with an ATAS-120 antenna system. Another truck driver who is also a ham got me interested in DSTAR, something I frankly knew very little about before he demonstrated for me. If I do upgrade, I hope to do so before Christmas. We'll see what happens.
Contacts this week:
KB9KRT, W1ABT, KA5USN, KK4QDP, WB4UHW, KF5WTU, N5SPL, W5DXZ, W5PRL and KC5LK.
Until next time DE WW1F. 73's!
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