Great start of the NAQCC April Challenge

As a milliwatt and 1000 Miles per Watt enthousiast, the start of the April Challenge could not be better. I answered the CQ of Milan OK2HMS with 450 mW from my FT-817. Milan used 5 Watts, so this is a 2 way QRP QSO. hi
By using just 450 mW we "breached" the 1000 Miles per Watt boundary.
450 mW and 580 miles to Ostrava gives about 1300 miles per watt.
It is great to see that this sort of propagation is possible.

Later that day I made a second "1000 MPW" QSO with UR5LAM.

NAQCC March Challenge

Vandaag heb ik de opgave voor de NAQCC March Challenge opgestuurd.
Het is de bedoeling om de opgegeven woorden te vormen, uit de letters van de roepletters van de tegenstations, waar je contact mee maakt. Voor ik begon heb ik eerst een lijst van alle benodigde letters gemaakt, zodat ik deze per Call kon afstrepen. De laatste letters lieten het langst op zich wachten, maar dat is niet erg zolang maart nog niet afgelopen is, en er ook nog allerlei interessante stations met speciale roepletters te werken zijn.

Soapbox:
Before I started I made a list, showing the numbers of each letter needed.
I started on March 8 and on that day I made 10 QSO's and got already about 30 letters of the words to form.
At the end of the challenge when I still needed a few letters. Then I only made QSO's for the letters I needed and with special stations.
With the last letter, the Challenge could be over at any moment, but getting the "N" lasted for a few days, giving many special stations. hi
When signals are strong, I reduce my power. So I made two QSO with more than "1000 Miles per Watt", just by reducing to 500 mW.
With the  FT-817 on 500 mW, the Magic Distance is just 500 miles.
Curious? Then Google with  PA1B QRPp , to read how to make more than 1000 Miles per Watt QSO's.
I really enjoyed the March Challenge.

Klik hier voor de resultaten op de NAQCC site.
Click here for the results on the NAQCC site.

Bert PA1B