[Mich VHF UHF Society] W8BYA >> KF8QL/B - 10 GHz RS

[Gedas]

Hi Dave, Neat.

Too bad all of these rain cells are maxing out at about 10,000', far too 
short for us to try. Spring and summer for sure.

I just took a quick look at the KF8QL beacon near Grand Rapids at 225 km 
and there was RS present. The beacon is normally 100% invisible under 
normal conditions. Signals not real strong just now but enough for a 
QSO. Here is a quick video.  73

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HalkLwxvscs

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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On 11/27/2022 12:36 PM, David Hallidy wrote:
>
> Gedas,
>
> I’m seeing the same thing here- we have a heavy rain cell directly 
> between my QTH and the W2UTH beacon in FN12hv that’s been sitting 
> still all morning.  The beacon is very strong here today on the direct 
> path, but purely rain scatter.  Lots of spreading- almost 2kHz.  I 
> normally cannot hear the beacon at my QTH due to tree blockage and 
> terrain. I’m even seeing rain scatter on our 1296 beacon.
>
> 73
>
> Dave K2DH
>
> *From:* Midwest-Microwave at groups.io <Midwest-Microwave at groups.io> *On 
> Behalf Of *Gedas
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 27, 2022 12:27 PM
> *To:* 10GHz-Up at groups.io; Midwest-Microwave at groups.io
> *Subject:* [Midwest-Microwave] W8BYA >> K8ZR/P EN91kt - 10 GHz Thick RS
>
> Tony and I did a quick experiment to see how effective 10 GHz RS was 
> when the path was going through really dense rain. Surprisingly even 
> though my end was going through a solid 100 miles of heavy rain we had 
> excellent RS signals. The total path length was 225 miles (360 km) and 
> it was raining cats & dogs. Enclosed is a snap shot of the rain layout 
> between us and a URL for a brief WAV file of the QSO. Also 
> surprisingly not a crazy amount of spreading.
>
> Hoping this might encourage others to get out there and take advantage 
> of all this wonderful rain :-)
>
> Oh, we also tried hitting several isolated rain cells 20-30 degrees 
> off direct with equally FB signals.
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EuOmMxU1Z0_HTCmJTemtKD8r7GZAMAAj/view?usp=share_link
>
> 73
>
> Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
> Gallery athttp://w8bya.com
> Light travels faster than sound....
> This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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