ARLA/CLUSTER: Sucesso nas comunicações em VHF entre a Ilha de Santa Helena (ZD7) e a África do Sul (ZS3) a 7 de Novembro

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Successful VHF QSO between ZS3 and ZD7

Kobus van der Merwe, ZS3JPY reports that between 19:45 and 21:45 UTC
on Wednesday 7 November 2018, a QSO took place on 2 metres between St
Helena Island and the West Coast of the Northern Cape.
A distance of 2 740 km.

The QSO was on 145,500 MHz FM using a vertically polarised antenna
between Garry Mercury, ZD7GWM and Kobus ZS3JPY and Michelle ZS3TO van
der Merwe in Kleinzee as well as Cobus van Baalen, ZS3CVB in Port
Nolloth.

They did try a QSO on 70 cm, but the signals did not provide for a
successful QSO. They will try again on 8 November.