maandag 24 januari 2022

New distance record : 11.970 km with only 1 Watt

 A new distance record for my ON4CCP@1Watt FT8 project.  11.970 km 2 way QSO with only 1 Watt.


YF8TAC (Jakarta) came back on my CQ on 20m with a -19dB report.  

This is a valid QSO for the not-yet-existant 10.000 km/Watt award.  

Most QRP awards handle the 1000 Miles/Watt milestone.  This one is another dimension.

It's fantastic what you can do with only 1 Watt.  

Hereunder the PSKreporting map of stations that received my CQ.  I wasn't beamed to South-America, that's why there are no receptions.

The hardest issue is to find a free frequency where a CQ stays out of neighbour QRM.