Another Transatlantic QSO - on 2200 metres

The Atlantic has been spanned by amateur long waves again as Jim Moritz M0BMU and Joe Craig VO1NA transmitted on 136.317 and 137.777 kHz respectively.

Jim was running a 1.2 kW Decca amp into a 40m wire while Joe was running 70 watts to a 100 metre wire. The contact, on 22nd January 2006, used slow speed CW and lasted for almost 5 hours with solid reception at both ends.

Jim used home brew sound card receiver described in the latest RSGB Handbook. The details of Joe's home brew LF station were published last July in QST.

Strong signals were also received from Dave Pick G3YXM, but the QSO was cut short by fading. Several other stations on both sides of the Atlantic were also active.

RAC were successful in adding a 2200m amateur allocation to the agenda of next year's World Radio Conference.

For more information on the long wave experiments in Newfoundland, please visit the Marconi Radio Club of
Newfoundland web page by searching for VO1MRC on the internet.

Source: Radio Amateurs of Canada

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