[ E-Layer ] Re: [CQ-Contest] Echo

[Zack Widup]

You're right, Hans.  

Based on what I know about LDE's, conditions were probably right for some
in this contest.  Conditions were very good early on, and then at about
1700Z on Sunday I began to hear the flutter of aurora on some signals.
Earlier in the contest, I did catch my own echo within that 1/7 second
round-trip delay time, and heard echoes on a couple UA0's that were so bad
I couldn't understand what they were saying.

Tom, out of curiosity when did you hear the echo and what time was it?

Zack W9SZ

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, K0HB H. Brakob wrote:

> If the voice sounded like you (and you had no RIT on), that rules out
> an EME echo (which would have a doppler shift, and sound "bassy").
> 
> The delay is too long for an "around the world" path (around 140msec,
> I think).
> 
> Over the years I hear tales of LDE's, ("Long Delayed Echos"), so maybe
> it's one of those?
> 
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Osborne" <w7why at harborside.com>
> To: "CQ-Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 8:50 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Echo
> 
> > A couple of times this weekend while on 10 meters, I heard myself
> > after I let the mike key up.  Twice I heard "5903" and it was my
> > voice.  I read somewhere that a big station used to hear his
> > signal bounced off the moon, but he was using a huge 4 antenna
> > stack.  I'm only using a 2 element monobander at 30 feet and 100
> > watts so no way do I think I could do that.  Could I hear myself
> > LP or something?  Did anyone else notice that phenomenon?  73
> > Tom W7WHY
> 


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