For 160 meters don’t think of a jet as a reflecting surface. Try “thick wire”. Particularly one in a tight turn and wings significantly vertical.
73, Guy K2AV On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 2:10 PM Paul Kiesel via Topband < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
