Eleven days on 18 MHz with QRP

What can you do with QRP on the 18 MHz band? I think this question is best answered with some practical radio experience from the schack.

In the following, I will describe what I worked using the equipment:

Wilderness Sierra with DL-QRP-PA
Output 5 watts CW
Wire antennas

I do not intend to work very long and hard each day. Since I'm a casual operator, some operating sessions will last only 15 minutes. Some days I will not be active at all.

Antenna	Date 2001	Station	Remark
Doublet	01 Jan	EA8AVN	1455 UTC. He called CQ. Toni in Lanzarote used 100 W to a vertical.
		YO2IS	1455 UTC. He called CQ. Szigy in Timisoara used homebrew equipment and a LW.
		GJ3YHU	1540 UTC. Small pile-up. New country on QRP! I received Ben's QSL in the mail 1 month later.
Doublet	06 Jan	OE5GRO	0853 UTC. He called CQ. Georg near Salzburg used 90 W to a magnetic loop.
Delta-loop	13 Jan	EA3BES	1542 UTC. He called CQ. Jose in Barcelona used 25 W to a dipole.
Delta-loop	14 Jan	UK8AXA	0822 UTC. Tail ending. Nice QSO with Shin in Tashkent.
Delta-loop	21 Jan	OH6MM	0931 UTC. He called CQ. Snappy QSO with Ole in Jakobstad (close to 64^o N).
		HB9HAB	0956 UTC. He called CQ. Lou used IC725 and a dipole.
		CO8LY	1336 UTC. He signed QRZ? New country on QRP! Eduardo's manager is EA7ADH - found via 425DXNews
Delta-loop	26 Jan	F6CTK	1517 UTC. He called CQ. Franc lives in Bordeaux, 1400 km from my QTH.
Delta-loop	27 Jan	UT9IF	1520 UTC. He called CQ. QSO with Vic in Donetsk.
Delta-loop	27 Jan	F8LDX/qrp	1527 UTC. He called CQ. 2 x QRP contact with Jean in Urville.
Delta-loop	28 Jan	5B4/YL2RR	0809 UTC. He called CQ. New country on QRP! QSL via homecall. I received Alex's card 7 weeks later.
Delta-loop	03 Feb	IK0LPN	0951 UTC. He called CQ. Guiseppe lives in Pescia near Florence.
Delta-loop	04 Feb	EW7EW	1014 UTC. He called CQ. Vlad in Bobruisk near Minsk.
Delta-loop	04 Feb	OH6RP	1052 UTC. He called CQ. Risto's rig: FT1000D, 3 el. yagi up 30 m.
Delta-loop	17 Feb	HA5AEK	0807 UTC. Tail ending. Bandi in Budapest.
Delta-loop	17 Feb	YU7DX	1515 UTC. He called CQ. Mico in Novisad.

Conclusion

Just 11 days of casual activity on 18 MHz CW using QRP to simple wire antennas brought me:

Contacts to 4 continents (Europe, North America, Asia and Africa)
3 new contries on QRP (GJ Jersey, CO Cuba and 5B4 Cyprus)

If I can achieve the above, so can you. In fact, I am sure you can do better than I did!

QSL from the 3 new countries worked on 18 MHz
GJ3YHU	5B4/YL2RR	CO8LY

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