Well I was supposed to go out and play radio for a few hours today but when it rained it just did not seem worth the effort… I decided to sit in the shack and just spin the dial….
The dial ended up on 14.300 and I checked in with NF5B who was the NCS for the Maritime Mobile Service Net for the hour… After checking in with the NCS I heard a station asking for a relay and was saying that he was low power and portable…
I asked the NCS if I could relay and after getting permission I was able to relay KG4LMW who was in Knoxwille TN into the net. He mentioned he was operating 5w…
Now thats something different for me… Usually I am the person who is sitting in the park getting checked in while I am operating QRP and today I got to check someone in who was the QRP station instead…
It was kinda neat…
73bob
According to the QRZ website the distance between us was 775 miles which would make his contact 155 miles per watt or my contact with him at 7.5 miles per watt as I was using 100w at home with the FT 450.
