Day 2 - Three More - 92 to Go on QRP Challenge

DXCC #6 was with HP1IBF - and was a long drawn out 8 minute plus attempt at a QSO which finally succeeded at the end.  My fist or my brain finally broke down as I stuttered my way through.

DXCC #7 was with WP4L in Puerto Rico and this was more of a routine QSO

DXCC#8 was with PV8ADI in Brazil.  At first he did not want to do nything with me and just kept saying OK.  20 minutes later - he dug me out of the noise and worked me.

One of the things that one will realize when attempting to DX with QRP is that what is essential are several things that must happen simultaneously (1) Persistence and tenacity on the part of the QRPer (2) patience on the side of the DX to stop, try to dig you out and also be persistent on his end (3) Propagation and signal strength must be sufficient to support the copy of the signals.  If any of the above does not happen, the QSO does not take place.   It takes practice and judgement when the QRPer should give up on the QSO and cut his losses.

Some of these did not count - the one with VE3UTT was with the wrong call sign on my end.  The one with SP3DOF had the wick turned up to 10 watts.

My log as of Day 2

Youtube videos of each QSO is available on my YouTube Channel

Callsign	QSO date	QSO start time	Band	Mode	Country	RST sent	RST rcvd
WP4L	1/2/2016	22:49:42	30m	CW	Puerto Rico	599	599
PV8ADI	1/2/2016	22:25:43	20m	CW	Brazil	599	599
PV8ADI	1/2/2016	21:44:06	20m	CW	Brazil	599	599
VE3UTT	1/2/2016	21:36:13	20m	RTTY	Canada	599	599
HP1IBF	1/2/2016	21:06:32	20m	CW	Panama	579	529
SP3DOF	1/2/2016	15:09:58	17m	CW	Poland	599	339
EA8/DH2MS	1/1/2016	16:42:37	15m	CW	Canary Is.	599	539
V25LK	1/1/2016	16:41:27	17m	CW	Antigua & Barbuda	599	599
F5IN	1/1/2016	16:11:44	15m	CW	France	599	599
S58N	1/1/2016	1:30:15	17m	CW	Slovenia	599	599
K5NOF	1/1/2016	0:54:24	40m	CW	United States	599	599