Here are a selection of QSL’s for contacts made in the first few months after obtaining my G1SHM Licence in January 1986, as the rules at that time only allowed VHF and up operation it is no surprise that they are all for 2m Contacts – and all would have been using a FT290 Mk-1 with just 2.5W probably using a Mobile Whip or in some cases just the whip antenna.