When I was a newly upgraded ham in 1971, the only radio I had that would operate voice mode was a Heathkit “Sixer” — a small, 2 watt AM rig. I had a 6-m dipole antenna taped to the inside wall. Despite that, I recall chatting for hours with local friends, and outstanding DX that would pop up from time to time.
We are in the height of the Sporadic-E season, plus there is a VHF contest going on. I’ve worked about 8 new countries so far (a few have event confirmed – bet they needed RI). The waterfall is full of 6-m FT8 signals. I don’t even have a 6-m antenna; I’m just using my radio tuner to match my Inverted-L (resonant on 160-m).
