[VHFcontesting] Farthest FM Contact

[crawfish]

On June 21st, 1978, many of us worked Cape Cod, MA on .52 simplex with 25
watts from northern Alabama.I remember many tropo QSO's on 2m FM simplex
with that power level working 150-200 miles.
                                                                      Joe
W4AAB

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrington, Walter" <Walter.Carrington at umassmed.edu>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:40 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Farthest FM Contact


> I vaguely remember someone telling me of working California to Hawaii on
an HT via tropo ducts on 2 meters (if only we had those Pacific ducts in the
north Atlantic).  People have also made contacts on slow CW using FM rigs
keyed by the mike switch.  I've heard E's on 2 with strong enough signals
that contact over 1000 miles would be easy with 5 W on FM.
> --Walter
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