With my M3 callsign, limited to 10 watts, my log book had a lot of my CQ calls with no reply but just occasionally I got a QSO (HI!).
My first international QSO was using AM on 20m when I came back to a French station, in French! I was soon well on my way to working all of Europe but on SSB. QSOs outside of Europe were not so frequent but I did work North America, South America, Africa and Asia – I suspected I was very reliant on them having a high enough antenna to fish my 10 watts out of the mush!
The log entries below are as M3EZP with red spots. I’m no longer logging M0EZP now although some exceptions are below with blue spots. See my 160m log.
10Jul2004 | 1847 | 21253 | LU4DX | SSB | 59 | 59 | IARU-HF contest: Argentina |
11Jul2004 | 1013 | 21270 | 4L6AM | SSB | 59 | 59 | IARU-HF contest: Georgia, Asia |
18Apr2004 | 1210 | 18157 | VE5QT | SSB | 57 | 50! | Dennis,30m West of Ottawa 400w curtain antenna |
11Apr2004 | 1932 | 18137 | KP3AH | SSB | 55 | 55 | Fernando, Puerto Rico |
11Apr2004 | 1910 | 21305 | PY2WC | SSB | 59 | 59 | Wal,Piraproa (near Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
26Mar2004 | 2030 | 7056 | UA9CUA | SSB | 57 | 55 | Fred, Krasnouralsk (in the Urals-Asiatic Russia). Furthest east and on 40m! |
07Mar2004 | 1240 | 18150 | 3V8SF | SSB | 58 | 57 | Mohammed, Sfax (Tunisia) |
22Feb2004 | 1112 | 24944 | ZP5MAL | SSB | 59 | 59 | Juan, Asuncion (Paraguay) – v.g sigs! |
08Feb2004 | 1820 | 7054 | ZA/Z35M | SSB | 59+10 | 53 | Vlad, Tirana (Albania) – A big pile-up on 40m for his DXperdition – it took some time to land this fish! |
08Feb2004 | 1142 | 21247 | PY2VA | SSB | 59 | 59 | Mori, Sao Paulo (Brazil) |
08Feb2004 | 1128 | 24970 | CT2IUA/P-AL07 | SSB | 59 | 59 | Miguel, sailed out to AL07 (Cabanas Island, Portugal) for the morning – had QSO earlier on 17m (other QSOs with Miguel, Sierra Island:11Jan04-17m Faro: 22Dec03-17m,28Dec03-12m) |
24Jan2004 | 1552 | 2m | G7DJH/M (via GB3MP repeater in North Wales) | FM | 57 | 47-low audio | Reg, betw.Liverpool & Ormskirk. I was /M, stationary at Hartshead Moor Top – 1km SE from my QTH – 80 miles away from repeater! |
02Jan2004 | 1410 | 17m | UA6UDV | SSB | 57 | 56 | Alex, Astrakhan (next to Caspian Sea) |
01Jan2004 | 1518 | 18160 | OH7OK | SSB | 57 | 57 | Esko, Nilsia (300km NE of Helsinki), 100w, 3el-Yagi, Cold at -26C! |
29Dec2003 | 1458 | 24958 | K2VV | SSB | 47 | 43 | John, Missouri (Central USA), 200w 3 elem Yagi @15m, Best yet with USA |
28Dec2003 | 1700 | 3726.5 | PE9DX | SSB | 58 | 55 | Johan – brief QSO, QRN v.high but proves I can work on 80m! |
24Dec2003 | 1205 | 18168 | OM2NW | SSB | 58 | 57 | Palo, Piestany (100km NE of Bratislava). Both of us on 10w! |
30Nov2003 | 0930 | 14137 | F5MLY | AM | 57 | 37 | Joel, Angouleme (25km from Cognac), difficult but exciting with 10w AM on 20m! |