tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608381420022248590.post85964246818108058..comments2024-03-26T15:49:53.549+00:00Comments on EI7GL....A diary of amateur radio activity: First Slovenia to Slovenia contact on 40 MHz - 9th Aug 2020John, EI7GLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02903298584057380083noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608381420022248590.post-26864621217312843952020-08-17T16:18:45.003+01:002020-08-17T16:18:45.003+01:00Borut S50B and myself (S5/M0MPM) just smashed the ...Borut S50B and myself (S5/M0MPM) just smashed the intra-Slovenian distance record on 8m, 40.670Mhz this morning 17/08/2020 at about 7:45 UTC. <br />Mode was FT8, it took almost 9 minutes to complete. We tried Phone and CW first with no luck. I’m here in JN75px and Borut is in JN65xu, 104kms. 73s were received on both ends. <br />No line of sight, it was some type of tropo or possibly aircraft scatter as I did not see even a trace of his signal for several minutes in between the decodes<br />I’m using a FT857d which happily transmits on this freq , antenna is a half size G5RV, with tuner. <br /><br />I contacted Borut after reading the articles about 8m on your blog. Got confirmation that it is legal for class A CEPT license holders to transmit on this band (secondary user)<br /><br />The Irish beacon Ei1KNH on 40.013 MHz was strong from midday for several hours<br /><br />Michael S5/M0MPM Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com