[Microwave] New world record set on 47 GHz!

[Dick]

WOW!!!  Well done!!!

TNX & 73,

Dick W1NMZ/6
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Williams W6NOB" <w6nob at earthlink.net>
To: "Microwave List" <microwave at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 16 October, 2004 08:57
Subject: [Microwave] New world record set on 47 GHz!


> FYI, from the ARRL Newsletter, Vol 23, No 41. Friday 15 October 2004
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>
> I thought the list readers might like to know.
>
> 73 de Chris W6NOB (ex - WB6HGW)
> DM04uc
>
>
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