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Ham Operator Sets New Miles-Per-Watt World Record

Posted by timothy on from the bend-it-like-an-ionospheric-layer dept.

DoctorPepper writes "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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  1. Ummmmm by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Man A: A new record was set today

    Man B: what?

    Man A: 13,467,980 miles per watt

    Man B: What?

    Man A: Watt?

    Man B: What!?!?!?

    Man A: Watt!!!!

    Man B: Forget it, I'm not playing this stupid thing, go be an A$$.

  2. HAM Geeks by Bender_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    omg.. after reading that article I got the feeling that there are people even more geeky than computer geeks.

    "I'm thrilled the record was set by an all-American team using all-American equipment." The Ten Tec receiver is manufactured in Severville, TN and the Elecraft transmitter is produced in California and offered as a kit.

    yes, so relevant...

  3. Re:Sounds impressive by ixxi · · Score: 5, Funny

    it would be like running doom 3 on a 286.

  4. Re:Even when it's horribly outmoded... by palndrumm · · Score: 5, Funny

    I doubt however, that anyone can beat what must be a record of some sort: the detection of the 10 watt (mostly) non-directional radio transmitter atop the Huygens probe while falling into the atmosphere of Titan by the Very Long Baseline Array when nearly 1 billion miles away.

    Yeah, but this is a World Record - anything to do with an interplanetary space probe is an Out-Of-This-World Record...