Coming into the shack, I heard LA3XI call CQ on 1821.5 and since the amplifier was off, I decided to give him a call with the K3 cranked down to 0.1W (100mW !) and he came right back with a 559 signal report.
I don´t know how accurate the built-in power meter of the K3 transceiver is, but it is clear that the Arctic King works well.
I looked outside and there is a full moon and light visible Aurora to the North.
I am not generally interested in QRP and even less in milli-watt power levels, but I am amazed by this.
A minute later, I tried this with an OZ station calling CQ, he got my call as TF3M and gave me a 579, but refused to acknowledge a correction of my call even when I called him with a KW. Sorry OM, this QSO was not logged.
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Hi Thor, Indeed there was a very bright moonlight yesterday, I guess this was the reason of your strong QRP signal on top-band.
I like very much your photo’s from the Aurora light and ofcourse your nice place.(qth)
Always a pleasure to visit your website.
73,
Filip, ON6SAS – PA9O