[NLRS] A good day of 10gig rain scatter

[Al Bergman]

Congratulations to all the rainscatter ops.  Itching to get into the
activity I have finished hooking up my scatter mobile and will be
available to any who want to try to Rapid City, DN84JB.. My home phone
is:605-721-6146. My new cell is 605-347-0614.  Leave messages at my home
phone as I haven't figured out the message system on the cell yet..  The
cell doesn't get turned on unless I leave  the house..  73's, Al  w0puf
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W0ZQ at aol.com>
To: <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:30 AM
Subject: [NLRS] A good day of 10gig rain scatter


>
>
> With the recent warm weather, those in the NLRS who are active on
10gig's
> were very active last night.   Here is a brief summary of who  worked
who ....
> let me know of any corrections and updates as I want to pass  this on
to W3ZZ.
>
> W0PHD EN18oe    W0GHZ EN34lx   284.5 miles,  459 km
> W0PHD EN18oe    N0KP/0  EN34fs    281.9 miles, 455 km
> W0PHD EN18oe    VE4MA EN19lu   115.6 miles,  187 km   backscatter
>
> VE4MA EN19lu    W0GHZ  EN34lx    385.4 miles, 622 km
> VE4MA EN19lu    W0ZQ/0  EN34mo    409.8 miles, 661 km    New NA 4th
longest
> 10gig RS
> VE4MA EN19lu    KC0IYT/0 EN34mo   Same as  above
> VE4MA EN19lu    W0ZQ/0  EN34nl   419.9 miles,  677 km      New NA 3d
longest
> 10gig RS
> VE4MA EN19lu    KC0IYT/0  EN34nl    Same  as above
> VE4MA EN19lu    N0KP        EN34gt   386.8 miles, 624 km   Dave from
home !
>
> W0ZQ/0 EN34mo   W0GHZ EN34lx    25.6 miles on a  long backscatter path
!
> KC0IYT/0  EN34mo  W0GHZ EN34lx    Same as  above
>
>
> I got home about 7:00pm last night, turned on the radar after being
away
> from any data for several hours and said "Wow !".   After a flurry of
activity
> here, I was out the door, albeit without my cell phone.    Glen,
KC0IYT, saw my
> posting that said I was headed out the door and joined me  as we
headed south
> on Hwy 52 to New Trier (EN34mo).  Our goal was  to stretch out the
distance
> from our Sunday night QSO with Barry which was  made from Burnsville
(EN34is).
>  Glen and I arrived at the  New Trier site very close to 8:00pm to
find out
> via W0GHZ and 146.46 that Barry  was in a short delay.   That time
allowed us
> to warm up the dishes (  .... hmmm, it was already 88 degrees !)  and
to work
> W0GHZ on a very  long rain back scatter path.   New Trier is only 26
miles from
> Gary  and we have worked from there on a direct path before, so it was
pretty
> funny to  work on such a skewed, long path.   Sometime around 8:25pm I
heard
> a  strong RS modulated CW signal calling CQ that turned out to be
Barry,
> VE4MA.   After peaking dishes, Barry was running a strong S9 with
excursions to
> 10 dB over.   Both Glen and I made a quick QSO with  Barry, CW and
SSB, then
> threw the dishes in the cars to head further  south.   The next stop
was
> Highview (EN34nl) just south of Cannon  Falls.    We arrived at
Highview just before
> 9:00 pm and had no  problems finding Barry who was calling CQ.   It
was a
> matter of  stopping the car, setting up the dish, leveling it, swish
the dish and
> VFO a  little, and there he was .... all in about a minute or so.
Again
> Barry was strong, S9+ and both Glen and I made SSB Q's.   After
looking around
> for a few minutes for others, calling CQ, Barry and I tried  FM.
Barry's
> signal was full quieting with a little of that popping  noise that we
are familiar
> with.
>
> According to my distance calculations (using WinGrid V3.2), our
contact  with
> Barry from EN34mo is a new 4th place NA RS record while the one from
EN34nl
> is a new 3d place NA RS record.   The current second place records are
440
> mile (710 km) and 458 miles (738 km).   With the darkness closing  in,
and with
> my uncertainty with good sites south of HighView, we did not press
southward
> any more.  I'll probably be thinking about the  decisions for a while
...... I
> do know that based upon my previous research  that we would need to be
just
> south of Rochester for a new all time record  ...... next time !
>
> Please send me any updates, modifications you may have to my list
above.
>
> BTW, frequency stability and accuracy was not a problem, nor was dish
> aiming.   Experience and knowledge with our equipment is a big big
plus.   Also,
> thanks to GHZ and KP for the help with coordination via  146.46.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
>
>
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