I traveled across country with a friend one year, and he had an 817 with a small attachable whip. We set in the observation car one night and talk to somebody about 400 miles away for half an hour on 40 m. He did have a big counterpoise which was coiled up on the floor underneath our table. It was a lot of fun and I'm thinking about trying it again in someway

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> On May 5, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Kind of off topic, but I thought someone here might have an 
> answer for this question.  Do any of you know if someone has used 
> an HF rig on a train? If so I would suppose it would have had to 
> be an employee, or someone very well connected.  But, having said 
> that, it seems very feasible to run a long wire on top of a train 
> which could work quite well on long Amtrak trips.  Where there 
> are hams, there's usually a way and a will to communicate.  73, 
> Jim WA6EKS