Thanks Merle for bringing back a great memory!
73
Dale WA4CQG
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> On Jan 24, 2019, at 8:10 PM, MERLE COX <w7yoz@centurylink.net> wrote:
>
> Correction: My contact with WA4CQG was 3,495 kilometers not miles as stated
> below.
>
> Merle W7YOZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "w7yoz" <w7yoz@centurylink.net>
> To: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>
> Cc: "vhfcontesting" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 5:04:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Jim - NW7O - Now a SK
>
> Thank you also Tim for your sad report regarding NW7O. He provided me with
> two of my 144 MHz VUCC grids here in CN87. Regarding the 2 Meter Sporadic E
> records, WA4CQG in EM72 and I held the record following Jim at 3,495 miles
> from 6/6/88 until Al, WA7GSK broke it in 1998.
>
> Merle W7YOZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jon jones" <n0jk@hotmail.com>
> To: "vhfcontesting" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 12:11:23 PM
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Jim - NW7O - Now a SK
>
> TIm: Thanks for the note.
>
> Jim, NW7O set a record for 2 meter sporadic-E in the June 1987 VHF contest by
> working KD4WF in Savannah, GA at 3,182 kilometers. Jim's was the first 2
> meter sporadic-E
> contact reported beyond single hop (2,200 kilometer) range.
>
> You can read about it in the September, 1987 WA50 column, available at QST
> archives. During the same contest opening WA7JTM AZ worked Florida and
> Georgia on 2 meter Es.
> I was at the WB0DRL station west of Salina, KS. Recall Dean, WA0TKJ at the 2
> meter position running stations in Florida on Es. 2 meters sounded like 20
> meters ! The first 220 MHz
> sporadic-E contact was made during that same 1987 VHF contest between K5UGM
> TX and W5HUQ/4.
>
> The current NA 144 MHz sporadic-E record is WA7GSL (DN13) -- W4FF (EL96) at
> 3,635 kilometers set May 29, 1998.
>
> http://www.arrl.org/files/file/WA50-Standings/Distance_Records_10Dec2018.pdf
>
>
>
> - Jon N0JK QST WA50
>
>
>
>
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