Latest LF developments in Canada

VY1JA Heard In Germany!
The first confirmed reception between western Canada and Germany took place on the night of November 21st, 2006 at 0700UTC.

Low frequency experimenter, Hartmut Wolff, located in Schoenewoerde, Germany, reported reception of the VY1JA 2200m beacon, run by Jay Allen in Whitehorse, Yukon Territories, Canada. The mostly overland path covers a
distance of 7026km or 4370 miles.

The VY1JA beacon, transmitting on 137.7786KHz at QRSS30, was running 140W output to a 100' top-loaded wire vertical antenna while Hartmut's reception was on a double K9AY loop.

The VY1JA beacon had just been turned on for the evening when the downward-drifting signal appeared in the pre-sunrise hours in Germany.

Coincidently, Scott Tilley, VE7TIL in Vancouver, was also capturing Jay's beacon signal on his 2200m 'screen grabber', thus allowing comparison of the two screen grabs to confirm the long-distance reception. These can be viewed on Hartmut's web site at: http://www.h-wolff.de/

Further beaconing will continue from Northern Canada this winter (Yukon winter weather permitting) in the continued effort to gather data in support of a permanent amateur allocation for Canadian amateurs on 2200m.

Experimental operations by Canadian amateurs on 2200m continue to demonstrate the ability to operate on a non-interference basis to the primary user.

Steve VE7SL

Source: Radio Amateurs of Canada

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