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    Aug 01, 2019 5 minutes

    First-Ever Lunar Repeater QSO Reported

    Amateur radio science and technology blogger Daniel Estévez, EA4GPZ/MØHXM, is reporting that DK5LA in Germany contacted BY2HIT at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China on July 1 using the GMSK-to-JT4G repeater aboard the lunar-orbiting LO-94 (DSLWP-B) satellite. It is the first-ever amateur contact made through a lunar-orbiting satellite transponder. The Chinese LO-94 satellite took photos of the moon’s shadow as it crossed the Earth during the July 2 total solar eclipse (seen in the Southern Hemisphere). One image is posted on the CQ Newsroom at <http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com>.

    First-Ever Transatlantic 2-Meter QSO Reported

    Speaking of first-evers, the Monteverde Contest Team in the Cape Verde Islands has achieved a long-sought goal of making a transatlantic contact on the 2-meter band. According to , D41CV used 500 watts and six stacked dipole

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