Images of some of the QSL cards I have received.
Jump to: IC8FAX JA7EYL DU1UGZ ZL4WA D2BB 9V1YC VK9XK 8J1RF
IC8FAX, on the island of Capri in Italy. 2111 Km, my best DX on 144MHz. I still held only a technichian licence back then, hence the LC4PAT callsign. My 2m rig was on in the background when I suddenly heard someone shouting in a foreign language. Pirates, I thought. But then he came again: CQ sporadic this is IC8FAX. I grabbed the mike and shouted LC4PAT LC4PAT. He said LC4PAT this is IC8FAX, you are 59 59 in JN70CN JN70CN. I felt my heart thumping and replied IC8FAX this is LC4PAT, you are also 59 in JO59FJ JO59FJ, QSL ? He said QSL 73 and good luck. Then he was gone and the band was dead again, as if it never happened. I could hardly believe it. I was running 40 watts from a Kenwood TM255E to a 6 element Vargarda Yagi, up about 15 meters and fed through 30 (!) meters of RG213.
JA7EYL, a fine QRP contact. I was running 5 watts out of my FT817 to a 26.5m long random wire up 7m. I gave him a 599, his signal was booming. I received 559 in return however, which is good, considering my 5 watts and random wire, compared to his 800 watts to a 3element yagi up 20 meters. The difference between 559 and 599 is 24db, the difference between 5 watts and 800 watts is 22db. It all adds nicely up don't you think ?
DU1UGZ, another excellent QRP contact. This is one of the very few SSB contacts I have made. I was running 5 watts from my FT817 to a old center loaded yaesu mobile whip, mounted on my old rusty VW Golf. He had quite a pileup, but I obviously managed to get through quite well with my mobile setup ...:)
ZL4WA. This must be the most amazing contact I ever had. I was home from work for lunch, and was casually listening around on 17 meters, when I suddely heard a faint station with fast QSB calling CQ. It sounded to me at first as QL4 something. A G3 station answered him, and when he returned to him I got his call, ZL4WA ! He had a rather long chat with the Brit, and I decided to give it a try when they were done, and hoped the EU gang hadn't been listening in. I sendt my call first once, then twice. I got a "?", sent my call three times "de LA5EKA/QRP LA5EKA/QRP LA5EKA/QRP". And then he answered LA5EKA/QRP de ZL4WA. I think he must have been just as surprised as I was. He gave me 419 and, and asked about my antennas etc... I gave hime 519 and I told him: PWR hr is 5W 5W 5W es ant is dipole dipole. What I didn't say was that the dipole was in my attic, and part of a multiband dipole (6 parallel dipoles). ZL4 is on almost the exact opposite side of the globe seen from Norway, and is over 18000 kilometres away. That is 3600 Kilometres (2236 Miles) pr. Watt.
Tnx fer UFB dx he said, and so did I ...
With this fellow I managed to get in my call before the pileup grew huge and he went split.
This qso was during the Russian DX contest. I often praticipate in contests, because they are a fine opportunity to work some real DX. The pileups are not to large, and people are more impatient, thus moving on quickly.
VK9XK, part of a DXpedition to Christmas Islands in April 2003. I got him in my log just as the operations were starting up. Perhaps I was one of the first 50 in his log. Imagine the size of the pileups when the spots hit the clusters worldwide. If I hadn't been so forunate to work him before the big gun's woke up, I might never gotten him in my log. Operator JA1KJW was an excellent operator.
Operator was Abi and the pileup was moderate to wild. This was my first contact with the Antarctic continent, and also the last one I needed for WAC. Power was 5watts as usual, and the antenna was my attic dipole performing as well as ever.
More to come later ...
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