New tropo world record contact between Cape Verde Islands and Scotland made at 432 MHz

Tropo conditions over the eastern part of the North Atlantic were exceptional over the weekend allowing many stations in the UK and Ireland to make contacts with D41CV on the Cape Verde Islands on 144 MHz.

Conditions however were not just confined to the 2-metre band as some excellent contacts were made on 70cms as well.

At 11:09 UTC on Saturday the 28th of December 2019, Ian White, GM3SEK in the south-west of Scotland managed to work D41CV on FT8 on 432 MHz extending the IARU Region-1 tropo record to an amazing 4,562 kms.

It would seem as if this is not only a Region-1 record but also a new world record for tropo on 70cms.

GM3SEK was using 100 watts and a 23 element on 432 MHz for the contact which was mostly over a sea path.

More info...

https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2019/12/excellent-end-of-year-tropo-opening.html