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Transatlantic Contact Completed on 2 Meters!

Thread starter ARRL
Start date Oct 5, 2016

ARRL

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Oct 5, 2016

Amateurs in South America and Africa successfully completed a transatlantic contact on 2 meters on October 4 and 5. Setting the new record were Marcos da Silva, PY1MHZ, in Rio de Janeiro (GG87jc), who copied the 2 meter WSJT signal of Pieter Jacobs, V51PJ, in Rosh Pinah, Namibia (JG82IE) via tropospheric ducting. The distance between the two stations is 5987 kilometers (approximately 3712 miles...

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Transatlantic Contact Completed on 2 Meters!

ARRL

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