[Elecraft] Re: 10-Meter Contest

[Billy G. Echols, Jr.]

I finally worked Arkansas and Tennessee from Mississippi on Sunday morning very early while it was still dark. I also worked a raspy Finland station after the band was 'closed' that evening; it was dark on both ends of the path. I got lucky I guess; I worked all continents but Antarctica in thirteen hours of operation.

By the way, I have only two antennas: a ground-mounted Butternut HF9V with 65 each 75 foot radials and a 265-foot OCF at 48 feet. Some stations inaudible on one antenna were Q5 on the other.

Bill, NI5F

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From: "Jim Brown" <jimbrown.enteract@rcn.com>
Wed, 17 Dec 2003 10:13:05 -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote:

>At the end of the contest, I only heard  
>locals plus one LU station.  Strange propagation indeed!

The strangest for me was also during the last hour -- the band had been
dead for an hour, and I was calling CQ to pick up points for our club
effort from other locals. K7BG responded with a very solid signal and
not a sign of flutter to give me MT. There was not another signal on
the band! 

Friday night, I was able to work a dozen or so guys in the 100 mile
range. From the sound of the signals, I would guess some form of
scatter. I was running 100 watts to a dipole, and their signals were
not audible on my vertical!  At other times,I was also able to work a
bunch of guys in the 200-350 mile range, which is too short for
sporadic-E. Again, weak, somewhat fluttery signals. 

Jim K9YC

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Billy G. Echols, Jr.