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A little bit of radio history was made on the 21st of April 2022 with the very first contact ever between Ireland (EI) and South Africa (ZS) on the 40 MHz band.
Phil, EI9KP in the west of Ireland managed to complete two way contacts with Jan (Pine), ZS6OB in South Africa on 40.680 MHz using the FT8 and FT4 modes, a distance of about 9,570 kms.
EI9KP writes... "For me a first band "opening" to South Africa, logged ZS6OB from 1044z till 1420z. To my delight we managed a 2-way contact on 40.680MHz using FT8 and FT4 modes."
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Image: This is the map showing the stations in Europe that heard ZS6OB
Source: John EI7GL
Ed: Congratulations to Pine and Phil in making this contact. Well done!! - ZS1I
