VK heard whilst mobile

I did the HF contacts for a Foundation training course yesterday & whilst sitting at the side of the road with my 20 meter band whip on a mag mount & my FT817 I could hear the South Asia Net on 14.320??? I was getting no movement on the S meter but readability was a good 4 - 5.
Sadly only having 5 watts available & being busy with the Foundation Course I was unable to even try a call to them let alone make the contact But it just goes to show what is possible with cheap compromise equipment even at sunspot minimum.
The net controller was just over a 100km (I think he said 120 or a 150 km) from Perth.