Hi all.

 

Apologies if this has already been posted.  I found it in the ARRL newsletter yesterday.

 

David  G0MRF

 

 

* 500 kHz Distance Record Set: On January 17, Neil Schwanitz,
V73NS/WD8CRT, on Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands, received a signal
from experimental station WD2XSH/20. This experimental station, operated
by Rudy Severns N6LF, is located in Cottage Grove, Oregon -- 4737 miles
away from the island in the Kwajalein atoll. The 13 words-per-minute CW
transmission was copyable by ear and also appeared in the Spectran
capture. During this same week, the Belgian BIPT (the equivalent of the
FCC) granted Belgian amateurs with full licenses access to 501-504 kHz
with up to 5 W ERP; this is the first general amateur allocation at 500
kHz. The ARRL 500 kHz experimental license, WD2XSH, was issued in
September 2006 and has 20 active stations. Fritz Raab, W1FR, of Vermont,
serves as experimental project manager for The 500 KC Experimental Group
for Amateur Radio <http://www.500kc.com/>. Additional information can be
found at the experiment's Web site and also in the July/August 2007
issue of QEX <http://www.arrl.org/qex/2007/07/raab.pdf>.