Final results from 13 Colonies for ol' JohnyMac.
I made QSO's with all 13 Colonies and two of the three special event stations. The only station I could not get a confirmed QSO from, was the Great Britain station - GB13COL. All on 5-watts! I use 5-watts rather than my radios maximum of 100-watts or adding a linear amp, to remind me that power isn't everything.
A good antenna and patience wins out every time.
I could hear clearly GB13COL and at times they could hear me however, they could not bring me out of the weeds long enough to get my call sign and signal report. Propagation and other hams using greater power drowned me out. If I was TXing via CW rather than phone, I would have gotten the QSO for sure. I guess I better get going on learning CW Code.
E= dot, T=dash, A=dot dash, N=dash dot, etc...............
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