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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.
I noticed a degradation in radio conditions and this afternoon the skies were clear and the Aurora danced overhead.
This is my first serious attempt at capturing the Aurora on camera. It is not so easy after all and there is obviously much to learn with regard to camera settings etc.
