PI4TUE
Rain Scatter
on
10 GHz
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Rain Scatter in contests
gave us a lot of DX and a lot of fun. Both with forward and backward rainscatter
we have worked a lot of stations, but in our second 3cm contest
in May 2000, not being experienced microwave operators, we thought we had
a nice rain scatter event. With 180 mW and a 60cm offset dish on 10 GHz
we worked a lot of DX, see part of our log:
May 1, 2000.
Our second 3cm contest. 180 mW in a 60cm dish
| 1443 |
OK1KRQ/P |
599 599 |
JN69HN |
548 |
km |
|
| 1444 |
DK0FLT |
599 599 |
JN59FW |
390 |
|
|
| 1449 |
DF6NA |
589 579 |
JN49XS |
368 |
|
|
| 1453 |
DL6NAQ/P |
579 559 |
JO40XI |
338 |
|
|
| 1500 |
DF0ILM |
579 599 |
JO50ML |
406 |
|
|
| 1502 |
DL1ATI/P |
599 599 |
JO50ML |
406 |
|
|
| 1504 |
DL0GTH |
599 599 |
JO50JP |
384 |
|
|
| 1507 |
DL0UL/P |
539 559 |
JN48UO |
438 |
|
|
| 1536 |
DH6FAE/P |
579 559 |
JO40PL |
289 |
|
|
| 1539 |
OK1VAM/P |
539 559 |
JO60LJ |
539 |
|
|
| 1547 |
DC6NY |
559 559 |
JN59KE |
459 |
|
|
| 1603 |
OK1JKT |
539 559 |
JO60OK |
555 |
|
|
| 1607 |
DM2AFN |
599 599 |
JO61WB |
587 |
|
|
| 1610 |
DJ6BU/P |
599 599 |
JO40XL |
333 |
|
|
| 1655 |
OK1KIR/P |
539 529 |
JO60PM |
558 |
|
|
| 1714 |
F6DWG/P |
579 559 |
JN19AJ |
332 |
|
|
| 1728 |
F1PYR/P |
599 59 |
JN19BC |
352 |
|
|
| 1748 |
F6DKW |
599 579 |
JN18CS |
377 |
|
|
| 1924 |
DL3NQ |
599 549 |
JN49IN |
311 |
|
|
| 1930 |
DF6IY |
559 559 |
JN48EU |
355 |
|
|
| 1940 |
DK0ALK |
529 529 |
JN38TD |
398 |
|
|
| 2108 |
DL6NCI/P |
559 529 |
JO50VA |
473 |
|
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Since that contest in July we
worked many times stations via Rain Scatter on 6 and 3 cm, but mosts station
could be worked also via tropo. In the contest of May 2004 there were heavy
thunderstorms again over Germany, giving us again real DX.
May 2004, 16
Watt and 85 cm dish, 3cm
| DF5JJ |
JO43XO |
389 |
km |
| DK1ZD |
JO44WE |
427 |
|
| DL5LF |
JO54AF |
438 |
|
| DL1SUN |
JO53PN |
460 |
|
| DF0YY |
JO62GD |
494 |
|
| DL9MS/p |
JO54VC |
519 |
|
| DL1RG |
JO62KN |
523 |
|
| DG0RG |
JO62JV |
526 |
|
| DL0TUD |
JO60LK |
537 |
|
| OK1VAM/p |
JO60LJ |
539 |
|
| DL7YC |
JO62PK |
549 |
|
| OL4A |
JO60RN |
568 |
|
| DM2AFN |
JO61WB |
587 |
|
| DF2CK |
JO71AD |
598 |
|
| SK7MW |
JO65MJ |
668 |
|
| SM7ECM |
JO65NQ |
692 |
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In the evening we found a heavy
thunderstorm on the weather radar near Hamburg and pointed our antenna
into it. It was just a trial, the distance was very large. On our CQ some
stations returned via back scatter but also SK6MW and SM7ECM! A lot of
other stations in PA didn't hear anything, the distance to the scatter
area was too large.
On 6 cm we worked over a
larger distance only DL1SUN in JO53PN, 460 km.
In the 2005 May contest we
had 24 hours of rain scatter but with clouds at low altitudes, there was
no real DX. Except the last 30 minutes when we worked:
May 2005, 16
Watt and 85 cm dish, 3cm