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Updated: June 7, 2025

YV5ZZ/6 LU1DAU 145.9 29/10/77 02.00 5,000~ World record distance on 144 MHz. First Western hemisphere contact. JH6TEW VK8WJ 144.1 10/02/78 11.50 5,060~ First Pacific area contact. KP4EOR LU5DJZ 145.1 12/02/78 00.12 6,340 New world distance record on 144 MHz. YV5ZZ LU3AAT 432.1 13/02/78 01.10 5,100 First reception of 432 MHz signals in Western hemisphere.

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