The guy that I was hearing far out there was in a town called Tawas, Michigan which is approximately 130 mi to the north of me. I had to switch on some help and then I was able to get him. 😊
Radio working good. I almost never have my RF gain wide open. I adjust to my noise level. same with filters. Always changing. I got New Zealand just the outher day on mine. It takes a long time to heat that heatsink up . I normally run about half power or less but last time portable had it at 60 watts on 20 AH LiFePO4 battery. My 25 FT vertical with a fold back at end tuned 1.2 :1 with a 4:1 unun. works out about 5/8 wave. I had it tuned 1.1 :1 on 28.074 as well . just playing with the end of antenna . ran hours FT8 10 watt. heatsink stayed cool . getting Jamecia and proto rico at s9 at times. had a S3 noise floor. I found my XLR to 4 pin adapter. Will try my Heil headset on it soon. will be a few adapters inline to work. My SHURE XLR mic did work great ! Just changed mic type in menu. That long DX starting to come in 10/11/12 meters. Most of that for me in NY is gray line DX. 73
