[Meteor-Scatter] more than 2500kms ?

[Steffen DD0VF]

Hello all,
wonder has someone wkd more than 2500km?
I only have seen a view contacts in the 2400km range (congrats!!)

I have tried a slow cw (40wpm) sked with Ralph 4X1IF 0330-0430z.
The distance is 2711km and i have a good take off in this direction.
(wkd SV9/DK5YA 39/R49 in the arietids '98 with 100W and 8el 2018km)

Ralph has nothing hrd.
I hrd a few pings, but i am afraid they came not from Israel.
Just after the sked was 10min running a HA5 stn was calling 4X1IF
followed by another and another - at all 7 different stns and
very strange also a vy wellknown EMEer was one of the disturbers.

Note they never could copy 4X1IF since they called him in his
TX-periode. They always start to call after my bk and easy could
find out by QTF that the sign never came from Israel.

You can imagine how sad i was, a lot of emails with explanations
and thoughts where changed to arange the sked and i have set a lot
of hope.... At all i've got only 12min at all with clear QRG.

Besides this the shower was better than 1999/2000/2001, but far away
from 1998 in my opinion.

I picked up some by fun and never called cq - thanks to all.
Only 22 QSOs and a lot of incomplete because of bad procedure.

I was very happy about EI2CA/P and YC3XM for the squares
#498 and #499 without eme (and without fsk441).

73 de Steffen - DD0VF  JO61WB (shack)   JO61WA(home)