[VHFcontesting] Farthest FM Contact

[mike Kana]

Hi all
 
Back in my college days (1986) in Houston, we had
some big tropo openings where it was essentially
pointless to key a local 2m repeater as you would also
key repeaters to the north and into Louisiana,
Arkansas,etc.  I would work stations in Mexico 
with my old Icom 10w mobile rig and a crummy 1/4 
wave on the roof of the truck.  I would regularly 
keep in touch with friends in College Station
120 miles away with my 2AT by keying into their
repeater.  I think it was all these experiences
that got me into VHF weak signal operating 
in the first place.

73 de AA9IL
Mike 
(formerly KA5WOT)