It was on the 15m band in the morning local time. The operator was picking up some JA stations on the frequency. I started calling with 50 watts output, and got “OO?” with my first trial. Not bad. It seems that my last letter “D” is often miss copied or simply neglected. My next transmission was with 100 watts, my maximum power, and my callsign repeated twice was copied correctly.
It was OK, but my afterthought is that it could have been more fun if I had insisted on QRP operations.