At 2207UTC I had my ever 10m phone contact. (VE7TT in Vancouver BC fm Olney, IL - approx 3000km / 1860mi on 28.412MHz.) This was also my first QSO outside the US. Him: Omni VII / 300watts / Ant: 550ft loop @ 50ft fed w/ 400 ohm window line direct to shack / Ten Tec 238a Tuner. Me: Yaesu 857d at 100W / Ant: G5RV Jr. hung from tree @ 12ft as inverted v / YT-100 tuner. I was down in the noise a bit; we muddled through. His signal was excellent for the duration.
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