[VHFcontesting] 2M tropo DX

[jon jones]

The current 2M continental NA tropo records are:

Tropo (C) 2,715 WB4MJE (EL94hq) -- VE1KG (FN84cm) 05-Nov-1994
Tropo (C) 2,364 K5WXZ (EM12qw) -- K1RJH (FN31xh) 08-Oct-1968
Tropo (C) 2,295 N0KQY (DM98gk) -- WB2QLP (EL96de) 14-May-1998
Tropo (C) 2,213 N5WS (EL09ru) -- VE3VD (FN02cw) 30-Jul-1995
Tropo (C) 2,201 WB4MJE (EL94hq) -- KM1H (FN42hr) 16-Dec-1992
Tropo (C) 2,185 W5UWB (EL17ax) -- K8BHZ (EN75db) 11-Nov-1998

(from the ARRL web site)

My 2M QSO with K5MA Sept. 07 makes this list.

Tropo (C) 2,259 K5MA (FN41qo) -- N0JK (EM18of) 07-Sept-2003

More remarkable was I ran 10 watts to a 4 el yagi on my end.

- Jon N0JK

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