[SFDXA] SFDXA member breaks AO7 world distance record

[Bill Dzurilla]

I am pleased to report that Wyatt AC0RA and I broke the AO7 world distance record today with a GPS-measured 7849km QSO between JN88 Slovakia and EN31 Iowa at 0955Z. A recording of the 40 second QSO is attached.
 
Wyatt did all the hard work by waking up at 3am, driving to a hill an hour away from his home, setting up his station, and working me before sunrise.  It appears that an even longer distance is attainable, and Wyatt is looking for a suitable place from which we can try before I leave Slovakia in mid-July.
 
My working conditions are an FT847, 2 x 10 element yagi on 2m with SP2000 preamp, and an 8 element yagi for 70cm.
 
I may also have broken some kind of record for the longest QSO by a ham with himself.  Remotely operating the NZ5N 2m EME station at the N8PR QTH, I worked myself at OM3BD in Slovakia.  I wonder how my QSL manager K2AU will handle this one.  
 
73, Bill OM3BD NZ5N