[NLRS] Rain scatter reflector for the Upper Midwest

[w0zq at aol.com]

Thanks for the email - no, Im not familiar with the rain scatter
reflector but I'd sure like to join this group.


Mike, the address to join the 10GHz rain scatter reflector is
https://www.chris.org/mailman/listinfo/10gigs

The reflector has membership from VE4MA/NT0V/W0PHD to the northwest to VE3KRP/K0AWU to the north to K2YAZ/K8EB to the east to N4PZ to the south east to KM0T to the south.?? During the winter months its very quiet with very little traffic.? During the summer months it becomes more active (for obvious reasons).? Its not uncommon to have twenty or thirty emails during a prime rain scatter event on some summer evenings when "things are good".? This reflector has been one of the primary tools that has contributed to some of the recent long haul near record or record breaking contacts on the uW bands.? Check out some of these long haul contacts on the ARRL's website for VHF/UHF/uW records at http://www.arrl.org/qst/worldabove/dxrecords.html?and scroll down to the uW section.? Please note that the purpose of the reflector is as an alert tool, to coordinate, and to promote activity so it is NOT a good place for gabbing or sending long messages .... I do believe that the text length is limited AND some of the guys have this linked to their Blackberries, etc, so this is not the place for long messages nor off topic messages.?? 

73, Jon
W0ZQ