[RTTY] 10 & 15 meter scatter paths

[Reid Hill]

I did not work you on 10, Don, but did work Charles,
KI5XP, from the Texas coast. I was pointed 140 degrees
and he was solid 59. This is a short scatter path from
Corpus Christi, TX EL17 to Lafayette, LA EM40. The SA
and Central America stations where booming in as well.
I always find this short Gulf Coast propagation to be
interesting as I have worked you a number of times on
10 as well sometimes beaming direct. (well direct for
me but you could have been pointed NE and it was
scatter prop. also?) 

Reid
KC5YKX

--- Don Hill AA5AU <aa5au at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I'm not going to get to the 162 unread E-mail in the
> Inbox tonight.  After the
> contest ended yesterday, I ate and went straight to
> bed.  Got up and went to
> work today, got home late and tomorrow have to fly
> to Houston for a business
> meeting.  So if you sent me a personal E-mail,
> please be patient.  I promise to
> answer them all when I can.
> 
> There is something I wanted to comment on that was
> quite prevalent in this
> weekend's contest.  Although I made only a handful
> of USA contacts on 10 meters,
> each and every one of them was on a scatter path. 
> In other words, I had the
> beam pointing southeast.  Once I realized I would
> not get any direct path to the
> east coast or Midwest, I ended up leaving the beam
> down there while on 10
> meters.  Apparently, not too many people know about
> this scatter path.  I'm
> guessing if others knew, then more ten meter
> contacts could happen under
> conditions like we had this past weekend on 10
> meters.
> 
> I'm curious to know from those on the east coast
> that worked me, where they had
> their antennas pointed.  I'm guessing southeast as
> well.
> 
> The same holds true on 15 meters.  Most of the
> Midwest USA was not heard on the
> direct path this past weekend.  I've seen this many
> times.  I can work the
> Midwest, northeast and even places like AL and GA on
> a western scatter path on
> 15 meters.  This happens late in the afternoon local
> time just before the JA
> opening.  I always leave the beam pointing
> northwest.  When stations from the
> Midwest, northeast or southeastern USA call me, I
> can only copy them with the
> beam to the northwest, away from them.  I'm curious
> if others see this, I'm sure
> they must.  I'm just wondering if others also have
> the beam to the northwest
> when they work me on this scatter path.
> 
> I also wonder if others in Europe and the rest of
> the world experience these
> scatter paths.  It's interesting to me.
> 
> Quite a contest, eh?  Sure surprised the heck out
> me.
> 
> 73, Don AA5AU
> 
> 
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