[NLRS] 2m Trans- Atlantic contact ?

[Jon Platt via NLRS]

You can see the claimed reception report here: 
http://www.brendanquest.org/reception-reports.html
 
A look at the Hepburn website for the North Atlantic at 0600 on July 6 does really show anything tropo related.  
http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tr_map/archive/1nat.jpg
 

73, Jon
W0ZQ

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Elmquist <chrise at pobox.com>
To: Barry Malowanchuk <ve4ma at shaw.ca>
Cc: nlrs <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wed, Jul 9, 2014 11:51 am
Subject: Re: [NLRS] 2m Trans- Atlantic contact ?




I dug a little more to find a some info about the station parameters,
operating mode and other technical details.  I did find this,

http://www.brendanquest.org/

http://www.brendanquest.org/whats-new-this-time.html

http://www.brendanquest.org/antenna.html

http://www.brendanquest.org/schedule.html

Cool antenna!

Chris N0JCF

On Wednesday (07/09/2014 at 09:53AM -0600), Barry Malowanchuk wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> FYI I have not seen this mentioned on any of the reflectors 
> 
> Barry VE4MA 
> 2 Metre trans-Atlantic contact made 
> 
> A group of amateur radio enthusiasts set a new record on Monday when they sent 
a radio signal across the Atlantic ocean from Newfoundland to Europe. 
> Roger Sturtevant, part of the group from Nova Scotia, said they wanted to use 
new technology to replicate, in reverse, Guglielmo Marconi's 1901 transatlantic 
signal. 
> He said the group was successful, and managed to send a two-meter (144 MHz) 
radio signal from Pouch Cove to the U.K., setting a record and surprising many 
amateur radio enthusiasts. 
> "In our hobby, this is really reaching for the limits — most people think it 
could not be done," Sturtevant told the St. John's Morning Show. 
> "Theoretically, perhaps it could. We'd have to have exactly the right 
conditions at the right time." 
> Sturtevant said the group was thrilled when their message was heard across the 
Atlantic Ocean, and they weren't the only ones celebrating. 
> "[There were] lots of high fives, and immediately in Europe there were chat 
pages where amateurs were all looking and they're watching what everyone's 
trying to do. Many, many operators tried to work our station and all of a sudden 
the information was just spreading like wildfire amongst radio operators, and by 
yesterday it basically had gotten around the globe," he said. 
> Sturtevant said the group hopes to win the Irish Radio Transmitter Society's 
Brendan Plate, one of three coveted Brendan Awards, for their achievement. 
> 
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