ARLA/CLUSTER: First contact between VK3UM and CT1DMK on EME

[Associação de Radioamadores do Litoral Alentejano]

First contact between VK3UM and CT1DMK on 432.010 MHz,1.3, 2.3 and 5.7 GHz

First contact between Doug MCArthur, VK3UM and Luis Cupido, CT1DMK via
Moonbounce Communications on 432.010 MHz, CW was recorded on December
6, 2012 near 01:30 UTC.

The telegraphic message - VK3UM, CT1DMK 559/559 "loud and clear" -
could be received by those stations equipped for EME on 432 MHz, last
December 6, 2012 near 01:30 UTC.

This communication achieved by 2 serious radio operators who invested
a lot on Ham radio stations are both our proud in terms of
perseverance and technical achievement. They inspire an entire
generation country fellows and make our dreams possible with some work
and preparation.

Luis Cupido, CT1DMK, is in fact a wonderful paradigm of technical know
how for many of us. He has already a few interesting distance records
to encourage a number of colleagues, like the world DX record of ever,
while receiving one of the deep space spacecrafts, Voyger 1, at about
14698 million Km (3 times further away than Pluto) on April 4, 2006
from 03:00 to 07:00.

Recently some of his contacts "down under" had a tremendous impact on
those working on moonbounce on this small corner of the world:

432 MHz: VK3UM to CT1DMK (17754 km, December 6, 2012).
1.3 GHz: VK3UM to CT1DMK ( 17754 km, May 22, 2010).
2.3 GHz: VK3NX to CT1DMK (17678.7 km, December 12, 2010)
5.7 GHz: VK3NX to CT1DMK (17678.7 km, April 5, 2009)

The celebrated world record on the IARU Region 1 webpage -
http://www.ham.se/vhf/dxrecord/dxrec.htm - it is actually from 1989
(1989-03-12) between Ian White (G3SEK) in IO91IP and Alderson (ZL3AAD)
in RE66GR, on CW and covering the distance of 18970.0 Km.

Anyway this last contact between the two opposite hemispheres between
Portugal and Australia it is in fact one of a kind.

73's de
Miguel Andrade CT1ETL

IM58js - 38º44'57" N/009º11'26" W
CQ Zone 14 ********* ITU Zone 37
endereço em/adress in www.qrz.com/db/CT1ETL


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