After a couple of days of no activity, i thought that i would take advantage of my day off and have a play this morning. I finally made my first actual contacts of the year - Asiatic Russia on 15m JT65 and Austria on 20m JT65.
Listening on 20m on JT65 i also HEARD Switzerland and Australia (a distance of 10,790 miles), and was HEARD IN Germany.
Then i had to go out, but later in the afternoon, despite a headache, i put the station back on, this time in the WSPR mode on 10m. No one heard me, but i HEARD Bulgaria and Reunion Island. (the latter being an all-time new one for me)
After i had a little doze and the painkillers had kicked in, i switched to 20m WSPR and left it running, to HEAR a new one in the shape of Sebia, and BE HEARD in Norway, Lithuania and Reunion Island. (strangely a different station.....there can't be that many stations on the island surely?)
I only run the WSPR station at 5 watts, so was very pleased/surprised with being picked up in Reunion.
Tally for the year now stands at:-
HEARD 28 countries / 20 Large grid squares.
HEARD IN 26 countries/ 14 Large grid squares.
Only 4 days in to the year, and i have to say that i'm pretty pleased with those totals so far. It will keep getting harder and harder i know, but even so, i'm happy with that.
Have fun on the bands......
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