tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649827012148301378.post9220305725906706423..comments2023-03-15T08:24:55.588+00:00Comments on SV1XV: New 40 MHz (8 m) ham band in S. Africa Costas SV1XVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13305257414406208109noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4649827012148301378.post-25994649387099115432015-10-24T19:32:24.238+01:002015-10-24T19:32:24.238+01:00New Record on 8 metres – 40MHz
Andre Botes, ZS2AC...New Record on 8 metres – 40MHz<br /><br />Andre Botes, ZS2ACP, in Port Elizabeth worked Willem Badenhorst, ZS6WAB, at Polokwane on 40,682 MHz FSK441 via meteor scatter on 6 August 2015. This is a distance of 1.184 km that is a new South African Radio League record as well as a world record. Ian Roberts, ZS6BTE, and Willem, ZS6WAB set up the first-ever record on this band, over a Tropo distance of around 300 km.<br />Costas SV1XVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305257414406208109noreply@blogger.com