[NLRS] 10gig rain scatter Sunday night

[Barry VE4MA]

Thanks to Gary W0GHZ who was a good 5x5 and helped get me lined up on the 
storm, also Jon with his beaconing to help me stay peaked.

Great Fun....wonder if we can do this on 24 GHz ??

Barry VE4MA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W0ZQ at aol.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 10:14 PM
Subject: [NLRS] 10gig rain scatter Sunday night


>
>
> A good size T-Storm popped up north of Bemidji and allowed the following
> Twin Cities stations to work Barry, VE4MA (EN19lu), on 10gigs around 
> 9:00pm
>
> N0KP       EN34FS (387.2 miles)
> KC0IYT     EN34JT  (392.0 miles)
> W0ZQ       EN34IS (392.3 miles)
>
> Barry was 10 dB over S9 for a good 30 minutes and we were able to work on 
> CW
> and SSB with typical aurora sounding signals.    I'm not sure  if Barry 
> could
> do FM, but his signal was strong enough.
>
> I also worked Bill, K0AWU, EN37ed (167 miles) on backscatter as Bill was
> aiming north at the cell.   Signals with Bill were extremely broad, 
> almost like
> 432 aurora, the broadest 10gig rain scatter signals that I have  heard to 
> date
> .... it was like my tuning knob was at a slower tuning  speed.
>
> A nice end to a good weekend.   Thanks to K0SHF for the local  support.
> Thanks to Ma Nature for the cell.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
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