It was 17 Meters, they were transmitting on 18.072 MHz and listening up 1. Even with 10 Watts this was no mean feat. They were NOT 599 when we QSOed. If I were to be honest, I'd have to say more like 569 - so you can imagine what I must have (not) sounded like on their end.
I had to repeat my call several times as he had me as W2DJ - but after two more sendings of my call, the op came back and confirmed W2LJ. Superb ears out there in the Pacific!
At any rate, they will be out there for three more weeks; so maybe 10 Meters might be conducive to a true QRP QSO sometime this weekend.
The only other thing that was strange ..... I worked him using the 88' EDZ antenna. Usually, for DX, the Butternut HF9V is the weapon of choice. But when switching between the two, I was able to hear him much better using the EDZ and ended up using it for both transmit and receive.
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!
They're pretty good at being on the bands. Being on vacation this week I've managed to work them on 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m SSB, though I ran QRO power on my modest G5RV antenna. They have a neat webpage where the next day I could see the bands and modes I worked them on. If you examine the island in Google Earth there is a neat pic of Manta Rays.
ReplyDeleteJason - N6WBL