I wouldn't count on it! 73, Mike www.w0btu.com
On Sun, Feb 3, 2019, 9:25 PM terry burge <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
