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SiriusHardware · 15th Sep 2018, 1:03 am

Another bit of 2m activity today, I was sitting in the car in a car park near Edinburgh with my FT60 handheld on and heard a SOTA operator on one of the peaks above the Angus glens calling and went back to them. Only 5/1 both ways but I was just standing beside the car using the handeld with its standard flexy antenna. Amazing what a bit of height at one end does.

15th Sep 2018, 1:03 am	#164
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,586	Re: Users of 2 metre Amateur Band? Another bit of 2m activity today, I was sitting in the car in a car park near Edinburgh with my FT60 handheld on and heard a SOTA operator on one of the peaks above the Angus glens calling and went back to them. Only 5/1 both ways but I was just standing beside the car using the handeld with its standard flexy antenna. Amazing what a bit of height at one end does.