Subject: ARLB026 Amateur LF signal spans the Pacific!
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ARLB026 Amateur LF signal spans the Pacific!
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ARRL Bulletin 26 ARLB026
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT July 5, 2001
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB026
ARLB026 Amateur LF signal spans the Pacific!
A signal transmitted on 184 kHz from ZL6QH--the Wellington, New Zealand,
Amateur Radio Club's Quartz Hill station--has spanned the Pacific. The
transmission, part of a series of announced transpacific tests, was received on
June 30 by Steve McDonald, VE7SL, of British Columbia, Canada.
''A claim is made for the confirmed reception of ZL6QH by VE7SL, on 184.4 kHz,
over a path of 11,709 km,'' said Bob Vernall ZL2CA, who organized the
transpacific tests. ''This is a one-way confirmation, as VE7SL does not have
transmitting capability.'' Vernall said that on June 30, seven New Zealand
stations--including ZL6QH--and one Australian transmitted test signals in the
160-190 kHz band for the transpacific tests. Amateurs in New Zealand have
access to that band.
McDonald used Argo software to capture the ZL6QH signal and very likely that of
ZL4OL, although no claim was being made for the latter. The reception occurred
right around the time of sunrise in British Columbia.
ZL6QH was transmitting dual-frequency CW with two-minute elements, one
frequency representing dits, the other dahs. The ZL6QH station was running
approximately 100 W into a longwire antenna.
Amateurs spanned the Atlantic in both directions earlier this year on 136 kHz.
Efforts to make it across the Pacific have been under way during the winter
season in the Southern Hemisphere.
The ARRL has petitioned the FCC to authorize Amateur Radio
allocations at 136 kHz and in the 160-190 kHz band. The petition is pending.
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