It was great this morning to receive a eQSL card from Alex (RW0LGR) this morning.
After scanning around on all the bands, I heard Alex calling out "CQ" on 10m, so I answered him and he came back. Turns out he was portable and being that propagation was pretty good that day, he was booming down here into Far North Queensland from Vladivostok (559). I was sure I would be doing the same on his end and sure enough, he gave me a 557, which as good to hear, since I was only 5 watts. In hind sight now, I reckon we both could have gone down to 1 watt and easily worked each other.
On another note, I tried to send him a EQSL card, but the system wouldn't allow it. Must be something to do with the war in Ukraine and hence all QSL cards are stopped. Shame really. Politics ruins everything. Hopefully later on I can re-send it.
Anyway, thanks for the contact Alex. 73's
