During the recent 2023 Oceania DX Contest, I made an exciting contact on the 20m band. It was with Erik KL7DYS who was aeronautical mobile in a Boeing 737. He was flying across the USA from Atlanta Georgia to Seattle in Washington.

I stopped contesting to have a bit of a chat with Eric.

Eric was at 32,000 feet flying over Tennessee in N924AK.

Erik’s signal was excellent. Erik advised he was using 400 watts and an antenna on the vertical stabiliser of the aircraft.

I have worked a number of aeronautical mobile stations over the years, but this was the first time I had been called by an AM mobile station during a contest.

Thanks for the QSO Erik. It was great to have a chat with you.