[VHFcontesting] Jim - NW7O - Now a SK

[jon jones]

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