[SixClub] Backscatter on Sporadic E

[N8WWM EN81]

A few yrs ago I was visiting in the Raleigh, NC area. With a 3 element beam pointed ENE, toward the coast, I backscatter contacted a guy in Lake Junaluska, NC...quite a ways southwest, in the mountains near Asheville. I suppose the sig from me and this guy was going out to sea and coming back via backscatter. In any case, turning the antenna WSW completely lost the other guy.
Doug


Hearing is a physical process....listening is a mental process

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Wes Spence <ac5k at sbcglobal.net>
To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [SixClub] Backscatter on Sporadic E
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:10:47 -0500

I am fairly new to 6, but on HF CW for almost 4 decades.  I just put up 
a 4 element beam for 6 over the weekend, and worked WA8ZBT on 
backscatter last night off the Es cloud that was allowing the strong 
opening to Mexico.  I am in Southeast Texas and ZBT is in Dallas.  
During the short CW QSO,I turned the beam toward him and his signal went 
away confirming it was backscatter.  I was not aware this was common on 
6, but will listen for in it the future.

73, Wes, AC5K
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