"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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| Stinger wrote:
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| This story is posted on Slashdot today:
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| "A ham radio operator in New London, North Carolina correctly copied an
80
| meter CW beacon in Wappingers Falls, New York, a distance of 546.8
miles.
| The kicker is, the beacon station, an Elecraft K1, was putting out 40.6
uW
| (40.6 millionths of a Watt) -- which works out to 13,467,980 miles per
| watt!"
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| The story and comments thread is he
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| http://tinyurl.com/3jvgc
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| Pretty cool.
|
| -- Stinger
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| Cool?
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| I've done far better than that mileage wise with some HIFER beacons.
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| dxAce
| Michigan
| USA

HIFERS tend to be rated at far more than one watt.

Not true... FWIW



(From the FWIW Department)

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
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