Another day of bad propagation. Same propagation numbers....it didn't look very promising. But....there are surprises.
ODX PY4AZ 9387km today.
I started monitoring FT8 early (6 UTC) and threw out a few CQs, I was received in Germany already. Then around 12 UTC I did a few CQs again via remote. And again I was received in Germany and Kaliningrad. But the big surprise was in the evening. I tried some CQs to the south and was received in Germany and Switzerland. Just for the fun of it I turned the antenna west to see if anyone from the UK was listening, I saw some traces but at first there was no decode. Then I started to receive some meteor pings from 2E0XXO Stu. He was even transmitting "METEOR PINGS" but FT8 is just not suitable for Meteor Scatter. Luckely I was just checking my e-mail and found Stu's message if I would like to try MSK144. So I started WSJT-X (JTDX has no MSK144) and just tried....and surprise surprise, we did make a valid contact. My first meteorscatter contact on 10m.
Actually Stu proposed 28.385MHz but I made a typo and entered 28.365MHz. I wasn't aware of this but Stu still found me....I really don't know how he did it? I think this contact is just as memorable as the contacts I made with Australia at the 1st of this month. Real 10m magic...
7 comments:
Hallo Bas, gefeliciteerd met je eerste Meteor scatter. Op 10 meter begrijp ik, want bij de selector voor de banden staat op 6 meter. 73 Paul
Hallo Paul, op 10m. Zie de frequentie. De selector staat op 6m omdat er geen 10m meteorfrequentie bestaat. Men gaat er altijd vanuit dat meteorscatter alleen op VHF/UHF gedaan word. 73, Bas
That's excellent Bas, great to see some meteor scatter experiments on 10m.
If you are planning another session, maybe you should put up a post the day before and some others might listen in.
Hello John, it might be an idea. However time is an issue. And especially meteorscatter takes a lot of time. At the moment I don't see any "pings" and I cannot forecast if they will be there tommorow evening for instance. However you're welcome to organize it if you like to experiment. 73, Bas
Hi Bas/all.
Great to make the contact last night with you Bas.
There is a major shower just coming to its peak this weekend.
i will give it a try and see if anyone arrives. i sometimes spot myself
to try and drum up a bit of business ! 73 stu
Tnx Stu, I'm concentrating on the ARRL 10m contest right now. But certainly interested in meteorscatter. It's a fun experiment. 73, Bas
will listen out for you on cw at the weekend. GL 73
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