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2-M Aurora QSO
This WAV file was recorded by W1FIG several years ago when he and I made a random 2-M SSB Aurora QSO.   W1FIG was in  FN41 and I was in EN70.  The distance is just under 720 miles.  I was running 1kw to a single 17B2 at 80 feet. I enjoy making contacts via VHF SSB Aurora due to the extreme difficulty created from fading, frequency shifts and signal distortions.  The key to making these contacts is to slow your speech way, way down and to use simple and clear words.  Try it some day, you will have a blast. 

2-M QSO with Endeavor
This WAV file is a recording I made in 1995 from northern Virginia of a QSO on 2-M FM simplex between myself (WD8BYA back then) and WA4SIR (Ron Parise) while he was on board the space shuttle Endeavor.  Ron was extremely generous by sending my young daughter a nice autographed photograph of himself and arranging a sked with me so that we could have an opportunity to speak with him while he was orbiting in space. The equipment then was a FT-726R into a 160 watt brick feeding a pair of Cushcraft 4218 yagi's at 60 feet.
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