Woo-hoo! When I awoke this morning I noticed that Garth, W0GR had emailed that he was hearing WB9PNU/b over S-9 around 6:00 am. It was now 7:15 am and when I telephoned Garth he said there was QSB, but he could still hear the beacon. After seeing Debbie and Roman off to school, I trundled up to my new site in EM59cl and set up. By 8:15 am I was up and running and I could hear WB9PNU/b only S-0 to S-1. I wasn't expecting much this morning. I pointed my dish towards 262 degrees towards Odessa, MO and tuned for Garth. There he was roaring in sending Vs! I quickly gave Garth a call and he listened for me and we made the two-way QSO on 10 GHz! Woo-hoo! Tnx Garth for being there. This is new distance record for me, 226.2 miles and a new grid square for both me and Garth!
I am including some WX related data related to today's QSO that may prove to be useful information. The remnants of Hurricane Issac are expected in our area in about 24 hours, but perhaps the low associated with it is pumping up gulf moisture ahead of it which may be enhancing propagation.
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| GOES Satellite Water Vapor image. Notice the front draped across the norther plains states and the remnants of Hurricane Issac centered over Louisiana. |
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| NWS, STL WX radar |
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| Hepburn page for this morning's QSO. Not spectacular, but the path was made. It is very helpful when one op has a super station! |
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| Today's WX surface map from NOAA. |
Wow .. congrats!
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Tnx Herbert!
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