Return-Path: Received: from rly-md06.mx.aol.com (rly-md06.mail.aol.com [172.20.29.144]) by air-md06.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMD061-90f475082a2286; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:37:56 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-md06.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINMD067-90f475082a2286; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:37:40 -0500 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1IyDWq-00056Y-7o for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:36:08 +0000 Received: from [83.244.159.144] (helo=relay3.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1IyDWp-00056P-LQ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:36:07 +0000 Received: from smtp809.mail.ird.yahoo.com ([217.146.188.69]) by relay3.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IyDWl-0006IK-MY for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:36:07 +0000 Received: (qmail 21964 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2007 21:08:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Dave) (dsergeant@btinternet.com@86.144.203.50 with login) by smtp809.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 30 Nov 2007 21:08:46 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: yYFU7iIVM1lODdC1I.QdcZ.iVCetUKHoY.8.SJotrLmZ1MqkT...KGB68ZdRZiqKUcsuBr6LFXPix0OPigsStvwk1PYwGF5XLHh8xbC_BqAh.8Qc From: "Dave Sergeant" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:08:46 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <47507BDE.7961.34160B@dave.davesergeant.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.41) Content-description: Mail message body X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: LF: [500]ARRL Letter reports on transatlantic QSOs Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n The following has just appeared in today's ARRL Letter: * 500 kHz Experiment Charting New Territory: The evening of November 13 saw the first transatlantic contact on 500 kHz between amateur experimental stations. US experimental station WE2XGR/2 (Jay Rusgrove, W1VD, in Connecticut) and GI4DPE (Finbar O'Connor, EI0CF, in Northern Ireland) communicated by standard-speed CW for about 15 minutes. On that same night, US experimental stations WD2XSH/12 (Mike Mussler, AI8Z, in Colorado) and WD2XSH/20 (Rudy Severns, N6LF, in Oregon) made the first contact in the western half of the USA. Two days later, WE2XGR/2 and GI4DPE repeated their feat and WD2XSH/12 had contacts with WD2XSH/6 (Pat Hamel, W5THT, in Mississippi) and WD2XSH/13 (John Oehlenschlager, K0JO, in Minnesota). The ARRL 500 kHz experimental license, WD2XSH, was issued in September 2006 and has 19 active stations. Fritz Raab, W1FR, of Vermont, serves as experimental project manager for The 500 KC Experimental Group for Amateur Radio . (No mention of the crossband QSOs between VE1ZZ and the UK though). 73 Dave G3YMC http://www.davesergeant.com