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FT8 used for Australian 3.4 GHz record

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  1. VK7HH

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    From text edition for SEPTEMBER 15 2019 - VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA : http://www.wia.org.au/members/broadcast/wianews/

    Also in MP3 edition of news available at: http://www.wia-files.com/podcast/wianews-2019-09-15.mp3


    FT8 used for Australian 3.4 GHz record

    A new Australian DX record in the 3.4 GHz band was made using the digital mode FT8 on September 2, when VK7HH on Mt Wellington in Southern Tasmania worked VK7PD and VK7ZAB on Mt Barrow in Northern Tasmania, a distance of over 168km.

     
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  2. W1YW

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    Congrats!!

    Is that a Southern Hemisphere record also?
     
    SV1QZT, K4AGO and VK7HH like this.
  3. KG5PFD

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    awesome!
     
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  4. VK7HH

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    Unsure of the Southern Hemisphere record but we're looking to push it out past 400km this summer!
     
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  5. KE5ES

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    Another spectrum that could be used more and more. Now I am interested. Congrats!!!
     
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  6. NU4R

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    CONGRATULATIONS....to the computer

    smh
     
    KA2LIM, UT7UX, JA6XZS and 9 others like this.
  7. W6OYW

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    How boring. Not really a real qso
     
    KA2LIM, N2YDC, N3ABJ and 5 others like this.
  8. KK2DOG

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    Two transceivers were required to make the contact.
     
    AA2UK, PE5I and WA7SON like this.
  9. N6KZB

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    Congratulations to the operators for doing this! Nice.............
     
    AA2UK, PE5I, VK7HH and 1 other person like this.
  10. AK5B

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    Congrats to BOTH computers and I'll throw in a couple of honorable mentions to the rigs that did the heavy lifting, too.
     
    N8VIL, N3ABJ, N2RRA and 6 others like this.
  11. XE2GMA

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    Congrats for the contact!

    Just a thought, the COMPUTERS did not set up the radio and the antennas or did they? When somebody use tools like antenna analyzers to set up antennas or any other tool like pliers or screwdrivers, should we tell thanks to that tools?

    Make the contact happens requires some knowledge and a lot of effort, just like any other mode in radio bands.

    Again, congrats foe the contact!

    PS: Sorry for any grammar error in my english.
     
    N2AMM, N5WRJ, PE5I and 2 others like this.
  12. WA7SON

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    Don't forget the antennas and power supplies.
     
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  13. AK5B

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    Roger that.

    Reminds me of the old Yellow Pages telephone directory ad slogan:

    "Let your fingers do the walking!"

    With FT-8 it could be:

    "Let your computers do the talking!"
     
  14. K4AGO

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