Re: Yes or no?

"Conor" <conor@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.24b7f5596563b71898970a@news.eternal-september.org...
> In article <ivOdnX6CRcyPQNDXnZ2dnUVZ8omdnZ2d@pipex.net>, Mr Benn
> says...
>>
>> "Conor" <conor@gmx.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.24b7e4104304fe98989703@news.eternal-september.org...
>> > Been on CBs for years and thinking of getting into Amateur but I've
>> > been informed that 2m/70cm is basically now filled with the mike
>> > keying, music playing brigade that've sodded off from CB especially in
>> > my area.
>> >
>> > As I'm only interested in DX'ing is this still viable?
>>
>> Yes, during tropospheric lifts.  You may also fancy your chances with
>> moonbounce on 70cm if you can fit a 5 metre dish in your garden!
>>
>> HF is better though.
>
> Thanks for that. It sounds like there's far more to get my teeth into
> than doing it with CB.

With amateur radio, it's so diverse in what you can do and it can be very
satisfying.  I started on on HF using just a few milliwats of power using a
homemade transmitter and was delighted when I managed to make contact with a
station in France 400 miles away on 3.5MHz.  A little later, I managed to
contact a Siberian station 4,500 miles away using just one watt of
transmitted power on 14MHz.
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