Transatlantic Success on 136kHz

DX conditions on the 136kHz band were excellent over the period from the 1st to the 4th of February. The world record was extended yet again on the 1st when extremely slow dashes sent by M0BMU were identified by W4DEX in North Carolina at a distance of more than 6,300km.


This was the first time a European LF station had been received in the USA. At the same time, IK1ODO received part of VA3LK's transmission at a similar distance.


The following night, W4DEX copied a complete callsign from G3AQC. Using dot lengths of 60 seconds, the call took an hour to send. On the 3rd, WB5MMB copied both G3AQC and M0BMU. Over the same night, VE1ZJ received five UK stations who were transmitting simultaneously, using dot lengths of between 10 and 60 seconds. These five transmissions occupied a total bandwidth of less than two Hertz.



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