I'm glad that nearly 600 people subscribe to this. It's one of my favourite semiregular personal amateur radio updates.
It's cruelly comforting to read that you struggled calling CQ - I've only got a cheap HT and - bar my actual first ever QSO after getting licensed - I have never once had a response from calling CQ on 2m or 70cm. I guess most folks just sit on repeaters and don't bother to monitor the calling channels. But I'll keep trying!
Thanks for the comment and kind words Paul :-) yes it might be that call CQ on 2 m more often than most as I find myself out and about mobile in the car regularly. Perhaps I have a higher hit rate because of that. When in the shack, I’m often listening to the 4m calling frequency and can go days without hearing anybody on it.
I'm glad that nearly 600 people subscribe to this. It's one of my favourite semiregular personal amateur radio updates.
It's cruelly comforting to read that you struggled calling CQ - I've only got a cheap HT and - bar my actual first ever QSO after getting licensed - I have never once had a response from calling CQ on 2m or 70cm. I guess most folks just sit on repeaters and don't bother to monitor the calling channels. But I'll keep trying!
Thanks for the comment and kind words Paul :-) yes it might be that call CQ on 2 m more often than most as I find myself out and about mobile in the car regularly. Perhaps I have a higher hit rate because of that. When in the shack, I’m often listening to the 4m calling frequency and can go days without hearing anybody on it.