HAM'S What is your band of choice ?

Just intrested in what bands people hang out on.

 

I'm on 20, 17, 10, 6 and 2 most of the time 2 ssb

 

2 SSB is not a heavly used mode but has its rewards. If you have a radio with it built in try it durring contests ..... I run 2 meter FM also on simplex again you can work station all over this state and even the southeast on a good day ...

The Key is a good antenna I run a CAABC32 which is like a GP-9 and run our SSB net off of it we use vertical because most stations with multimode radios don't hace a horizontal antenna but SSB used HORIZONTAL.

You don't need a great station to work DX only a well thought out one ....
Many here are running FT-857 or IC-706s and have worked 20 or more states.

But .... I'm a bit nuts I also run 223 simplex too .....

 

223 is not active here I have been on 223 since 1974 ..... just a few over a wide area of central Fla.

Interesting contact on 18.150 at noon sunday was a station in mane on AM yes AM . I using a R-7 which works well from 40 - 10 meters and running just 15 watts AM ..... yep a amp would be nice.

Dipoles work well I have a DX-CC 90 foot long one that covers 80. 40, 20, 15 and 10 AVOID the G5RV if you realy want to work dx it is ok n 20 but drops off quickly on other bands I also have run a SPRIO dipole ( http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/2725 ) with good results but you got to get it up HIGH .....
The HYGAIN 12avq i had ws plaged with problems but the Hustler 4VTB ( http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/1285 ) worked like a champ with enough radials.

The only band i have not done much with is 12 meters ...