Maybe the International Space Station could reflect a 160 meter signal or reradiate it. It's larger than a football field. Just a thought. Let's see, people could use the space station to bounce signals off of. Another reason to keep it from falling in the Pacific Ocean someday.
Terry KI7M > On February 3, 2019 at 2:44 PM Arthur Delibert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Back in the early 60s, NASA launched a couple of satellites named Echo I and > Echo II that were essentially huge reflecting balloons. You could tune to > WWV on 20 MHz at a time of day when that was above the MUF. When the Echo > satellite came by, WWV would pop up out of nowhere for a few seconds and then > disappear again. To the best of my knowledge, the Echo satellites are long > gone; but this sounds like a similar phenomenon. > > Art Delibert, KB3FJO > > ________________________________ > From: Topband <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Kiesel via > Topband <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 2:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Topband Phenomenon > > I don't have an explanation for this, but I had a similar experience during > the contest. My receiveantenna is an unterminated BOG running alongside the > road in front. I struggled to get F4HEC's call because he was so weak. He > persisted and I finally got it. He was the first European that I heard in the > contest. When we finished the QSO, EI0R dumped his call and he was 579. > Unbelievable because I almost never hear Europe on 160 CW. I gave him a > report and turned it back. By then he was barely copyable as his signal had > dropped back down to the noise floor and I never heard him again. I managed > to work several other Europeans whose calls I had to work at digging out. I > would say conditions were generally good for me to hear those European > stations, but the momentary signal from EI0R was very strong and unexpected. > 73, Paul K7CW > > On Sunday, February 3, 2019, 9:38:50 AM PST, Dan Atchison via Topband > <[email protected]> wrote: > > During the CQ WW 160 CW contest a week ago while operating at the N1LN > M/S station, I happened to be in a fantastic run of EU. > > On one and only one QSO, I worked a "G" station whose callsign's last > suffix letter was at least 20dB stronger than the rest of his call. I > mentioned this to NR4M while discussing the contest with Steve at the > Richmond Frostfest and he said he experienced the same on one occasion; > he thought meteor and I was thinking airplane. > > Anyone else experience this on topband and if so, have a "scientific" > explanation? > > 73, > Dan -- N3ND > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
