a few qso since new year

[f5gsk]

HI all,
i'm not very active since the new year ...
contacts :  with 5 watts runing my fdm duo ant my fd3 antenna : G4CLD -UR4LQ
  and with 1 watt  : I4CGF - F5BJI (near Paris) ....
72
Pierre - F5GSK

[GM0LVI]

That's good Pierre considering that propagation has not been good.
I've managed to work - LZ1QI and NI3P on 17m and WA8REI on 20m, all with 5 Watts but it is hard going!

Update-
My 5W was being picked up by VE6WZ in Alberta on the RBN this afternoon. SNR at 4dB was not great though.