[NLRS] w9fz @ EN43tq - Correction

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:17:18 -0500

I guess I misspoke, dyslexia I think.  The contact with Bruce was my 2ND
best dx of 295 miles.  The other path I was thinking of was 296, but
actually it was 269 miles, got my numbers mixed up!

Thanks again Bruce for the FB DX!

73

Mike - KM0T

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike King - KM0T" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] w9fz @ EN43tq

> Hi everyone, I worked Bruce as well on 10 Ghz, 0128 UTC  I believe it was
> rain scatter, but hard to say.  Very AU sounding so im sure it was that.
> However for direct path to Bruce it was 80 degrees from here.  Path I
worked
> him on was 90 to 95 degrees, and not much on the radar around that time in
> terms of showers in mid Iowa.  There were a few "green" spots out there on
> Unisys radar, but it would not seem to be enough.  But now that I think
> about it, when Gene- N0DQS went to WI around the end of June, the "green"
> radar spots were about the same, but in a longer line around Rochester.
> Skew path there was a bit north of then, so I guess it makes sense.
Signals
> appeared to be about the same strength.
>
> Huge thunderheads here too boiling up due east, I took some pics of them,
> they are "flat-topping" way up there, but do not seem to be in the precip
> state yet.  I wonder if that could have contributed?  The dish was pointed
> right at em.  Slight elevation too, just a few degrees.
>
> Path was 295 miles, new grid and new state for the year.  3rd best DX here
> on 10 Ghz.  Very good signals.  I actually found Bruce by looking at the
> band scope as I was poking the dish around.  It never occurred to me to
> point way south of the path, but when I did, I saw the blips on the scope!
> Always something to learn and be surprised by!
>
> CUL all and thanks Bruce for the new grid.
>
> 73
>
> Mike- KM0T
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Mohrlant" <[email protected]>
> To: "NLRS" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:00 PM
> Subject: [NLRS] w9fz @ EN43tq
>
>
> >
> > I worked Bruce at 0147 on 10ghz rain scatter from his QTH in  EN43tq
> > ,Hillsboro WI. Signals were 59 on CW and 53 on FM.
> > He will be there most of the week and if you want to try him get in
> contact
> > with him via email
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > W0GHZ  EN34lx
> >
> >
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