
実家から戻ってメールを見ると・・今朝方、28MhzのCWでQSOしたAE5KA/Pよりメールが届いていました。QSOの時にも弱々しい信号で、正直なところ最後は尻切れぎみでしたがメールと共にqrz.comも見てみれば、何と!あの昨年、未達で終わったエレクラフトKX1のQRP局ではありませんか!!(メールではK2の10Wと言っていますね・・米国は広いので10WでもQRP?)
さらにメールだと、どうやら彼にとって初の太平洋超えだったようです。なんだか自分の事のように嬉しくなりました。これこそがQRPの連帯感と達成感でしょうね・・・ということは天は我にQRPを示唆しているのか?と思う出来事でした。確かにリニアをガンガン焚いてQSOしてもこういう感覚はありませんね。。。
・・というわけで、早速つたない我流の英検4級英語で返事を返したわけです。(厳密にはQRPではないのでミニパワーとしました)
Yoshitomo -
Thanks for the QSO! You are my first transpacific cw qso too. Rig here was an Elecraft K2 on battery power with 10 watts going into a 25 ft wire raised vertically into a tree, with four 16ft ground mounted radials.
You were so strong into my temporary QTH (EM13os26) near Pottsboro, TX that it was hard to believe you were in Japan. Thanks for a grand way to close out the year.
73
Chip
AE5KA
Thanks for the QSO! You are my first transpacific cw qso too. Rig here was an Elecraft K2 on battery power with 10 watts going into a 25 ft wire raised vertically into a tree, with four 16ft ground mounted radials.
You were so strong into my temporary QTH (EM13os26) near Pottsboro, TX that it was hard to believe you were in Japan. Thanks for a grand way to close out the year.
73
Chip
AE5KA
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Hello
Congratulations to the mini-power communications.
I am pleased to be able to communicate with your mini-power.
I used a 6-element Yagi and FT2000D to communicate with you.
Sometimes, I also enjoy the mini-power communications on the IC703.
Yesterday, I completed an award at the radio to communicate with 7MHZ 0.5w in all areas of Japan.
I would like to QRP communicate with you .
Congratulations to the mini-power communications.
I am pleased to be able to communicate with your mini-power.
I used a 6-element Yagi and FT2000D to communicate with you.
Sometimes, I also enjoy the mini-power communications on the IC703.
Yesterday, I completed an award at the radio to communicate with 7MHZ 0.5w in all areas of Japan.
I would like to QRP communicate with you .
A Happy new year.
FB DX&73
de JF1LXO. TOMO