[ADXA] Propagation fun

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

That's funny.....................

On 2021-07-09 10:17, sbranyan at cox.net wrote:

> I was listening to a ham on 28.485 MHz a little while ago. He had a 
> pretty good signal at times. He was speaking slowly and repeating 
> himself a lot. I didn't ever hear his callsign, location or the other 
> party. He said the electric lines in his community must date back to 
> the 1930s. He noted there were places where exposed copper wires on the 
> poles have turned green and a few places where the ground wires have 
> broken and fallen onto the roofs. This makes me think he was a DX 
> station.
> 
> He said the propagation was such that the signal would fade and he 
> would miss a word from the other ham every now and then. But if he 
> talked with a longer transmission and repeated himself, when he turned 
> it back over the other ham 50 percent of the time the other guy's 
> signal would be stronger and 50 percent of the time weaker. He said, 
> "You had asked a question on your last TX and when it came to the 
> critical word of the question, you faded and I missed it. It was a 
> question, 'Have you ever heard ...' and then no copy. So I am hoping 
> when I turn it back over you, your signal will improve and I will be 
> able to catch the critical word in your question. Over."
> 
> After a pause for the other ham, he comes back and says, "Unfortunately 
> I missed it again." I have a handheld recorder here with a very small 
> 1/2" speaker and I recorded your TX and this is what it sounded like." 
> He plays the recording and sure enough it was, "I said, 'Have you ever 
> heard of ...'." and then loud static! hihi
> 
> He continues "So try it again. Over." After another pause, he says (I 
> am missing every 3-4 of his words now), "I got it! You said, 'Have you 
> ever heard of ...'." Then his signal fades and I missed what he said!!! 
> LOL
> 
> But his fellow ham must have asking about another  particular ham, 
> because I then hear  my by-now familiar companion say this time, "I've 
> never heard of ... (fade), but maybe you have heard this guy. Standby." 
> He plays a brief muffled recording of a ham with a distinct Caribbean 
> accent and says, "This fellow was the first member kicked off the ten 
> cent (might have been the "ten-ten") club."
> 
> I am rolling on the floor laughing at this point. His signal is fading 
> and I turn off the radio to recoup. Propagation has such a sense of 
> humor and radio is so much fun!!!
> 
> Have a great day listening and 73.
> 
> Scott/W5AAJ
> 
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