Finally, the first QRP DX contact on 80m band has been completed:
John, NA6L from San Diego was at the right place at the right time
with a monster signal [-10] right on his sunrise.
He got me -19 at the best which is just amazing considering my modest setup.
We have exchanged emails after the QSO and I was surprised to learn that he
is using just 30W into a low dipole.
This just shows that timing is everything and persistence is worth many dBs.
I was also decoded by N6OIL, KF1Z [?] and N7JI.
Actually, N6OIL decoded me 24 times.
Very happy :-)
I left the G11 on receive overnight for Europeans.
Number of Eu signals were decoded. The monster signal was IK3PQG who (right on my local sunrise) was hitting -3
and was loud in headphones.
I've called him number of times with no luck. Nwxt time for sure!
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