[NLRS] Rain Scatter

Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:28:19 cdt

Congratulations Bob.

It sounds like you heard Barry's signal for a short time.
Is that correct? Did he hear you?

Good job on working Gary for the first MN rain scatter contacts.
Was it CW, or did you work on SSB?

73, Gary  WB0LJC

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:19:44 -0500 "Robert E. Wesslund"
<[email protected]> writes:
>Rain Scatter July 31, 2002
>
>This morning Barry, VE4MA,  called on the phone and said there were 
>some
>high rain clouds nort and west of Fargo.   We set up a sked for 8:15 
>am.  He
>would transmit for 5 min and then I would transmit for 5 min.   I 
>called
>Gary, W0GHZ and Jon, K0FQA and told them of the sked.     I put my 10 
>GHz
>unit on the end of my dock on Lake Josephine.    I listened from 8:15 
>am
>till 8:20 with the dish pointed up Fargo way.  I then transmitted for 
>5 min.
>I listened and I heard a signal and I also got a phone call from Gary. 
> He
>was copying my beeper.  We tried calling each other but I had some 
>problem
>with a power lead.  Got a good one and Gary and I passed grid square 
>info.
>Gary then tried Jon as he was hearing Gary.  No luck.  The Gary and I 
>did
>make a contact with rain scatter.   The signals sounded very much like
>aurora.   I played a bit with my dish and Gary's signal was max at 
>approx
>340 degrees.   Of interest he also peaked at 6 degrees above the 
>horizon.
>
>I thought I was in a microwave black hole but now I am sure I can work
>others from this location on 10 GHz.   I had my beacon running in the
>basement so knew where I was listening.   The beacon is on 10.360154.  
>Sure
>helps to have the beacon for reference.   Gary and I were about 1 kc 
>apart.
>Gary's signal was an S-9 at my place.  The aurora like flutter made 
>the copy
>a little difficult.
>
>Keep your eyes on the sky and the tv weather.   I think we can work 
>Barry
>one of these days.
>
>
>73  Bob  W�AUS
>
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