Stinger wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Stinger wrote:

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Stinger wrote:

This story is posted on Slashdot today:

"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!"

The story and comments thread is he

http://tinyurl.com/3jvgc

Pretty cool.

-- Stinger

Cool?

I've done far better than that mileage wise with some HIFER beacons.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


No doubt. But the story isn't simply distance, it's that the transmitter
was putting out only 40.6 millionths of a Watt and it was copied
correctly
by a HAM over 540 miles away.

Yes, and my point was that I've copied low power (lower power, please
read) over
a longer distance.

Again, your comment is relevant if your "lower power, please read" is equal
to or less than 40.6 millionths of a Watt.

I'm certainly no expert on HIFER beacons, but I think it's safe to say they
broadcast at a significantly higher power than 40.6 MILLIONTHS of a Watt.

I'm not an expert on anything either... I'm just damn good!

LOL

dxAce
Michigan
USA