Thanks for posting this interesting note - I too noticed the fluttery sound
as I worked KJ4CC in AL on 20m. He also had to wait until there was no
one else calling.
Best - Jere
In a message dated 4/16/2012 2:09:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
RadioIR at charter.net writes:
Here is a reply to a private message from K4BAI. Instead of sending a
private reply, I thought that the group might be interested in what the
conditions on the high bands were like during the GQP at my house in north
Alabama.
Thanks John. I knew the GQP would be difficult from Alabama, but every
now and then I like a challenge. When using scatter as the mode on the
high bands, I was always at the bottom of the pile. I had to wait until the
pile was worked down before I got thru. I think I listened to you going
thru about 3 counties on 20 without a Q because the pile never got low enough.
There were similar situations with some of the other mobiles. Signals
were very weak from where you were located (about a 300 mile path), although
I could still copy you, thanks to an almost zero noise level. And thanks
for the 17 Q's. I also discovered that I worked WA4YG on 20 meters who was
running QRP. I don't think I ever remember working a QRP station on
scatter before. I do remember he was pretty weak. (I did have a guy in Ohio
call me on 40 meters once during a contest with 13 milliwatts.) N4ZZ, W1NN,
and K4R all had good signals on 20 and they had good ears too. They were
responsible for many counties. The other mobiles were weaker but I could
still copy most of them. Getting them to hear me thru all the big signals
was the problem.
I don't know what the scatter mode was. Maybe a combination of many
things. The signal levels on 20 and 15 were pretty constant with very little
fading no matter the time of day, except every now and then the level would
jump up briefly, probably due to a plane flying over. All Georgia stations
sounded like they were going thru the aurora, but I know that was not the
path. The mobile stations were stronger when the antenna was pointed at them
and most of the fixed stations were stronger when the antenna was pointed
at 90 degrees to them. Those fixed guys were probably using beams. I
didn't hear anyone on 10 meters but I suspect that I could have worked
stations
on 10 also even though the band was not open.
All contacts were CW. I didn't even listen for SSB. I figured that was
futile.
Equipment: 1500 watts to a 4 element SteppIR.
Jerry, K4SAV
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