>> Been looking for some kinda activity around here on 2m
 >> ssb... might as well be with someone I know ;-)
 >   You might try the S.W.A.T. Net, Monday evenings. I
 > think it starts at 9 pm Central time. A fellow in
 > Hennryetta, Oklahoma, runs this net on 144.250 USB.
Thanks for that info - will start hunting for them on Mondays.
 >   You can't go wrong, as you know from the VHF QSO a
 > couple of months ago, SSB signals go a looooong way.
Longest I've had, to date, has been a 2m simplex qso with a mobil in central 
Florida.  I was running 10w, and he 5.  I had a vertical beam, and he was 
using a 5/8w antenna on top of his car.  "Excellent" ducting, that night!
 >   If not them, then just get on 144.200 and yell.
 > Someone's bound to hear you. :-)
Getting laryngitis from yelling on 144.200...  seems the people around here 
are only interested in working someone down there, if there's a contest, or 
their not a "local" station.
 >   Which reminds me, I had some QSO cards made up, and
 > I need to send a few off to my VHF contacts. :-)
I've been a ham now for 14 years and I've not done the QSL card thing, yet...
   73 = Best Regards
   -Jeff KA5THB
   ka5thb@bigfoot.com
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