Woo-hoo again! With the advancing of Hurricane Issac's remnants, I was hoping that the increased gulf moisture would aid us in a two-way 10 GHz QSO. Ron said he was up for it. When I stepped out this morning to load up my car with the rig; I sure could notice the big change in humidity. The temperature was a bit warmer as well (79 F). Rain was falling south of St. Louis, but nothing but overcast skies over Girard, IL. Ron, W9ZIH reported partly cloudy skies and a big band opening to the east coast from 2 meters to 23 cm! He wasn't hearing the WB9PNU/b.
I was up and running by 8:35 and I could copy John's beacon S-2 to S-7 but the FSK sounded a lot like auroral buzz. Rain scatter, I understand, can make that happen. According to my smartphone it was now raining in St. Louis, but just a few sprinkles in EM59cl. I gave Ron a phone call and he told me he was just beginning to hear John's beacon. Next he listened for me and was able to pick me up! We made the two-way at 1405 Z on 10 GHz! This is a distance of 195.8 miles!
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| Notice the orange/brown dotted line which is the surface trough. |
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| Hepburn page for today's 10 GHz QSO with W9ZIH |
Like my previous post, I am including some WX related charts. I think the surface trough (orange/brown dotted line) may be significant.
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