500 kHz Distance Record Broken Again
This map represents the signals heard on Roi-Namur (shown by the red icon located on the left-hand portion of the map). The WD2XSH/6 station in Mississippi is indicated by the red icon in the United States.
On February 21, Neil Schwanitz, V73NS/WD8CRT, on Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, received a signal from experimental station WD2XSH/6. This experimental station, operated by Pat Hamel, W5THT, is located in Long Beach, Mississippi -- 6679 miles away from the island in the Kwajalein atoll. This contact breaks the previous record for the longest 500 kHz contact. That record, set in January 2008, was for a distance of 4737 miles from Cottage Grove, Oregon to Roi-Namur. An article on Hamel's station appears in the March issue of QST.
The ARRL 500 kHz experimental license, WD2XSH, was issued in September 2006 and has 20 active stations. Fritz Raab, W1FR, of Vermont, serves as experimental project manager for The 500 KC Experimental Group for Amateur Radio. Additional information can be found at the experiment's Web site and also in the July/August 2007 issue of QEX. -- Information provided by Fritz Raab, W1FR
Page last modified: 02:20 PM, 26 Feb 2008 ET
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