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- ARLX020 New 2304 distance record
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- Special Bulletin 20 ARLX020
- >From ARRL Headquarters
- Newington CT July 12, 1994
- To all radio amateurs
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- SB SPCL ARL ARLX020
- ARLX020 New 2304 distance record
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- New 2304 distance record
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- This year's summer VHF opening between Hawaii and California has
- produced a new 2304 MHz world distance record. On July 11 at 2321
- UTC Chip Angle, N6CA, and Paul Lieb, KH6HME, made a two-way CW
- contact on the band.
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- The two had spent 13 years attempting contacts on most of the
- microwave bands before 2304 MHz was finally conquered. Angle says
- this leaves only 10 GHz left in their quest.
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- Angle said that the opening continued into July 12 and that Lieb and
- Russ Sakai, KH6FOO, have been busily working stations on the
- mainland on 144 MHz, many of them mobile stations with
- omnidirectional antennas. Lieb also is reported to have worked many
- stations on 220 through 1296 MHz.
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- KH6HME is on the Mauna Loa volcano at 8200 feet elevation; N6CA is
- in Palos Verdes at 340 feet. Distance for the contact was 2468.8
- miles. An SSB QSO was attempted for a few minutes on 2304 MHz, but
- was not completed because the two rushed to 10 GHz to attempt a
- contact there.
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- This was an uncommon type of opening, with no elevation restriction
- on the California end, along with good 1296 MHz propagation, Angle
- said.
-
- The opening produced another record, too, according to a report from
- ARRL Technical Advisor Tom O'Hara, W6ORG. KH6HME put his 434 MHz
- amateur TV transmitter on the air, where it was copied by Gordon
- West, WB6NOA. West alerted other ATV operators in southern
- California; the second amateur to copy the fast-scan video from
- KH6HME was Mike Henkoski, KC6CCC, in San Clemente.
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- KH6HME did not have ATV receiving equipment with him at the Mauna
- Loa site but hoped to try for a two-way on July 12.
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