[Microwave] New world record set on 47 GHz!

[Chris Williams W6NOB]

FYI, from the ARRL Newsletter, Vol 23, No 41. Friday 15 October 2004

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New world record set on 47 GHz: On September 19 during the ARRL 10 GHz
and Up Cumulative Contest, Frank Bauregger, W6QI, and Gary Lauterbach,
AD6FP, claimed a new world distance record on 47 GHz after they completed
a contact over a distance of 290 km. W6QI operated from Shuteye Peak
(DM07gi) just south of Yosemite, while AD6FP operated from Frazier
Mountain (DM04ms) north of Los Angeles. Although it was officially still
summer, W6QI had to brave 30-degree temperatures and snow while modifying
the radio in order to complete the contact. Signal margins were 40 dB on
the W6QI end and about 8 dB on the AD6FP end. The contact was completed
using a combination of narrowband FM and CW. The two reported weather
conditions were quite unusual for September with scattered rain showers in
the central California Valley between Shuteye and Frazier.
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I thought the list readers might like to know.

73 de 
Chris W6NOB (ex - WB6HGW)
DM04uc