Given the advantageous ionospheric conditions that prevailed during the trip, the excellent ground conductivity of seawater, and my average altitude (and thus, antenna height) of over a mile, I found that signals in the 14 MHz/20 meter ham band propagated extremely well. I made a large number of terrific contacts, all on that band.

The Mooney was equipped with an ICOM IC-706MKII HF transceiver (its control head is shown at near left in the picture) that fed through an ICOM automatic antenna tuner to an aviation grade long wire antenna. The antenna was strung from a feed-through port on the left rear fuselage out to the left forward tip of the horizontal stabilizer and then forward to a flexible mount at the left wing tip. The total antenna length was approximately 25 ft. Transmitter output power was 100 watts peak envelope power on upper side band.

The following is a complete list of all the QSO's (i.e., contacts) made while on the trip. They are grouped according to trip leg. As you can see, there were only a few legs where I had sufficient free time as well as good HF operating conditions (usually late nights) to do this.

Each QSO is listed with the station's call sign first, followed by the operator's name (if available), followed by the station's geographic location (if available). If I have missed anybody, please let me know and I'll update or correct this listing.

To all the wonderful hams around the globe who kept me company on my long trek, thanks a bunch!

Contacts made on leg from Oakland, CA, USA to Hilo, HI, USA; 7 Sept 98
VK4SJ	Jean	Queensland, Australia
ZL1QG		New Zealand
VK3CEW		Australia
VK3CB		Australia
Contacts made on leg from Kona, HI, USA to Apia, Western Samoa; 11 Sept 98
K7LSF	Charlie	Wilcox, AZ
W7AFF/7		(mobile in western USA)
W6AOK		San Diego, CA
Contacts made on leg from Nadi, Fiji Islands to Brisbane, Australia; 17 Sept 98
OZ6TW	Torben	Middelfart, Denmark
VK3XN	Ian	Melbourne, Australia
KH6CDO	Frank
KB5IQD	Norvel
Contacts made on leg from Johor Bahru, Malaysia to Madras, India; 1 Oct 98
VU2AU	Paran	India
S21J	Mantaz	Dhaka, Bangladesh
RW9FM		Moscow, Russia
VU2ABE	Abie	Shillong, India
W3PID/DU9		Philippines (portable)
VK6NU	John	Perth, Australia
Contacts made on leg from Trivandrum, India to Seychelles Islands; 3 Oct 98
OE3HPU	Hans	Vienna, Austria
VU2UKT	Unni	Madras, India
S7RR
HA5JI	Gyuri
A61AJ	Ali	Dubai, UAE
VU3NAX	Abdul	Southern India
DJ8QQ	Horst	near Hamburg, Germany
S21YE	Andrew	Dhaka, Bangladesh
DL2KWE	Uwe	Northeastern Germany
VE3JV	Wayne	near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
WB4NXS	Chris	North Carolina
W9DY/9		(mobile near Chicago, IL)
VK2DON	Don	Sydney, Australia
4X6KA	Yair	Tel Aviv, Israel
K9WR	Bill	Chicago, IL
G4DST	Rob	United Kingdom
Contacts made on leg from Abidjan, Ivory Coast to Sal, Cape Verde; 20 Oct 98
ZD7WRG	Johny	St. Helena Is.
EW200M	Kaz	Belarus
ZS2ABC	Pierre	Pt. Elizabeth, So. Africa
DM2DXA	Uwe	Germany
ZS1HL	Artie	Capetown, So. Africa
ZS6AQS	Don	Pretoria, So. Africa
Contacts made on leg from Sal, Cape Verde to Bridgetown, Barbados; 22/23 Oct 98
WP4A	Allan
W8IIP	Joe	Dayton, OH
W2HTT	Bob
8P6NY	Ivan
WA2HLV		San Juan, PR
VP2EJR	Joe
N3BBT	Chavez
W1EK
VK2ZE	Larry	Australia
NV0P	Greg	Mobile in NC
K9YAX	Bob	Chicago
KC2DCD	Art
EA1XF	Jess	Spain
NR8O	Ron	Cincinnati, OH
VE1ACJ	Howie	St. Stephen, NB, Canada
KC6SFI	Bill	Mojave, CA
W2QGA	Bill
W1GY	Bill	Burlington, CT
W6DMJ/0	Jerry	Minnesota
KG8ET	Jackie
W8ZNH	Bill	Big Rapids, MI
WB6LZD	Bill
9Z4CT	Nigel	Trinidad
HP1/DL1RBR	Ramaer	Near Panama
PS7SAS	Sergio	Brazil (NE corner)
W0JMZ	Don	St. Paul, MN
W0LBK	Arlo	Cedar Rapids, IA
WA3JVE	Mike	Annapolis, MD