2225 km opening on the 70cms band from Madeira Island to Ireland - Oct 2023

Eduard, ON1AB recently posted a video on YouTube showing a remarkable contact he made on the 70cms UHF back in October of 2023. Using a Radioddity GD-77 handheld and a small 3-element antenna for the 70cm band, he managed to make a contact through a UHF repeater in Ireland, a distance of some 2225 kms. As can be seen from the photo, ON1AB was looking over the Atlantic Ocean at a location called…