Correction: I mention the IC-7200 was sold with the HM-198 mic, I meant to say the HM-36 (chinese version). My IC-7100 came with the terrible HM-198 hand mic.
Today on HamRadioComms - A short video of my contact to Bulgaria. The radio propagation conditions weren't too good and with my small backyard antenna I wasn't sure I would make a contact to Bulgaria today, about 4520 miles from me. His signal was S5 or 6 and he wasn't hearing me, after 20 min or so it creeped up to S7 and I made this contact. I was using my ICOM IC-7200 with an LDG IT-100 auto tuner, ICOM HM-219 hand mic, to a home made 9:1 balun and very short 41 ft end-fed antenna 20 ft high.
