It was great this morning to receive a eQSL card from Zenji (JR1JWR) this morning. This month the noise levels are pretty high at times up here in Far North Queensland (Aust), so working DX can be a struggle some days.
After calling out CQ a few times on 15m, eventually Zenji came back. Even though he was putting out 100 watts, on my end he was just above the noise floor (not sure where the noise floor was on his end). Anyway, after a few repeats we finally managed to do it. Typically I prefer to work 3 watts or less to Japan, but I had to go up to 5 watts just to break thru the noise floor. Antenna used was a 30ft EFHW tuned for 20m thru an ATU.
All in all, it was great.
Hope we catch again Zenji, only next time on 3 watts or less
Hope we catch again Zenji, only next time on 3 watts or less