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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. Ham Radio is Obsolete by prakslash · · Score: 0, Troll

    This is all nice and stuff but let's face it - Ham Radio is dead.

    Although Ham was a popular hobby in the 1970s and 80s, it has been basically killed by cell phones and internet. The number of young people wanting to become Hams has drastically decreased and the only people still doing Ham are white-haired foggies from the Apollo moon missions and Cold War era.

    Sad but understandable as a consequence of our technological progress.

    And.. yes.. I am/used to be a licensed Ham.