19-06-2019, 04:10 PM
A historic contact was made on Sunday the 16th June 2019 when the Atlantic was spanned for the first time on 144 MHz.
From QRZ news
D41CV on Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa managed to work FG8OJ in Guadeloupe on 144.174 MHz using the FT8 digital mode. The distance was an incredible 3,867 kms.
To put that into context, the distance from the west coast of Ireland to Newfoundland is 3,000 kms.
Tropo prediction maps show a path right across the Atlantic and suggest that even more incredible contacts may be possible.
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/...hz.662689/
So it has finally happened. Hopefully VK6 to ZS or FR will be next.
73
Wayne VK4WDM
From QRZ news
D41CV on Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa managed to work FG8OJ in Guadeloupe on 144.174 MHz using the FT8 digital mode. The distance was an incredible 3,867 kms.
To put that into context, the distance from the west coast of Ireland to Newfoundland is 3,000 kms.
Tropo prediction maps show a path right across the Atlantic and suggest that even more incredible contacts may be possible.
http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/...hz.662689/
So it has finally happened. Hopefully VK6 to ZS or FR will be next.
73
Wayne VK4WDM