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.

Here's the point...

That's as stupid as reports I've seen over the years from some folks claiming to
be the 'first' to hear a particular station...

That of course is absurd... how did they know that no one else heard it?

Perhaps the 'first' to report hearing it to whomever they reported it to, but
not necessarily the 'first' to hear it.

The same logic applies to this case.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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