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29 October 2013 | by Larry W2LJ | Share | | Leave a Comment (1)

was quite packed today at lunchtime! Which was absolutely, positively fantastic! In fact, it was just a little difficult to find an empty frequency. So for a change, I listened for a CQ instead of calling, and I ended up having a nice QSO with F5LAW, Yann who lives near Lille, France. Yann was using his Kenwood TS-480SAT at the 5 Watt level. He was pushing those 5 Watts into a 4 element Yagi antenna. I gave Yann a 549 and he gave me a 559. There was some QSB, but the entire QSO was solid copy! And on his last exchange, Yann’s signal had peaked to a solid 589.

Yann had commented that he had survived Autumn storm Christian with no damage to his property, although some of the surrounding area was not as lucky. That reminded me that it was just one year ago today that Hurricane Sandy did her number on New Jersey and the rest of the Mid-Atlantic coast:

Fortunately, in this section of New Jersey, all the damage has been repaired. There are still areas close to the shoreline that bore the brunt of the storm much harder than we did and have still not fully recovered!

After working Yann, which ended up being a 16 minute QSO (nice!), I went to 10 Meters and worked OHØH in the Aland Islands. Then it was time to pack it in and head back into work. Another successful day with QRP.

72 de Larry W2LJ

QRP – When you care to send the very least!

Larry Makoski, W2LJ, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from New Jersey, USA. Contact him at [email protected].

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