<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Hi everybody. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am hoping you’ll browse the latest BARS newsletter and see that my lead article features a story about someone who was “first” in an amateur radio feat. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I am on the Nashoba Valley Amateur Radio Club email list and have seen occasional posts from N1SV about his Very Low Frequency experiments - bucket variometers and all. Well take a look at this news - he believes he has made the first transatlantic contact on 630m. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anyone in BARS dabbling on this challenging band?</div><div dir="ltr">Andy</div><div dir="ltr">KA1GTT <br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Les Peters via NVARC <<a href="mailto:nvarc@lists.n1nc.org">nvarc@lists.n1nc.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 4, 2020 at 5:16:59 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nvarc@n1nc.org">nvarc@n1nc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[NVARC] First 630m transatlantic QSO</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Les Peters <<a href="mailto:n1sv@comcast.net">n1sv@comcast.net</a>><br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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After failed attempts both Wednesday and Thursday night, I was finally able to work G0MRF in IO91 (5,269 Km) last night on 474.2 Khz using JT9-2. JT9 a popular digital mode on 630m has sub-modes for different time durations (JT9-2 is 2 minute transmissions with a S/N threshold of -30 dB). My TX antenna is a 160m inverted-L with a 200-350 uh bucket variometer and multi-tap impedance transformer. The RX antenna is a K9AY loop. My K3S makes about 0 dBm on 630m but with a K5DNL SS PA I have a TPO of about 75w to make 5w EIRP from the antenna.
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Les, N1SV
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