SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX032
ARLX032 New 5760 MHz record
 
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Special Bulletin 32  ARLX032
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  December 9, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
SB SPCL ARL ARLX032
ARLX032 New 5760 MHz record
 
A new over-land distance record has been reported on the 5760 MHz
amateur band. On November 12, Al Ward, WB5LUA in Allen, Texas, and
Ron Stefanskie, W9ZIH in Malta, Illinois, worked over a 738 mile
path.  The previous over-land record was 614 miles, set by N6CA and
XE2/N6XQ.
 
Writing in the North Texas Microwave Society "Feed Point," Ward
reports working W9ZIH on the evening of November 11, on 432 MHz with
S-9 signals.  Those two then tried unsuccessfully to work on 5760
MHz, having previously worked each other on the bands in between.
They tried that night and the following morning.
 
In cooperation with Greg McIntire, AA5C, and W9ZIH, the first record
breaking contact took place, between WB5LUA and Roger Schneider,
WB9OJR, of Green Valley, Illinois, who had joined the effort.  The
distance was 633 miles.  AA5C and WB9OJR also connected, at 630
miles.
 
Continuing the effort, about three hours later, at 1652 UTC, WB5LUA
and W9ZIH made the 738-mile contact, and AA5C worked W9ZIH, at 733
miles.  All contacts were on 2-way CW.
 
Al Ward said "It is really nice to know there are people active on
the microwave bands who are ready to go when the bands open, and
also to know that our equipment, which has only worked out to 250
miles under normal conditions, can actually work when the band opens
up."
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