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2 meter skip to England from Virginia
- Thread starter KG6YGE
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Sorry but no one has bridged the Atlantic on 2m yet although it is not for the lack of trying. Many beacons have been set up running max legal power into multi-element arrays aimed across the ocean and so far nothing. What you heard was a repeater with either an IRLP node or an Echo [slash] stink [/slash] link access.
RatsoW8
Supporting Member, W9WDX ARC Member - WD8T
What CK said and it's also not SKIP...it's called tropospheric ducting when it happens at 2m frequencies. Not likely there would be an inversion layer that massive.
It looks like your area uses 147.405 MHz as the input of an "odd-split" repeater. The output of that repeater pair is listed as 144.950. I did not go as far as to look if there was a repeater assigned to this pair by coordination, but this pair is allocated for that use in the 2 meter band plan for your area.
You might want to see if you are hearing anything on the output (144.950) when you hear the transmissions again on 147.405.
I agree 100% with the other posts.... someone had an IRLP or Echo-link running into the input of that repeater. The other possibility is that there may not be a repeater currently allocated to that particular frequency pair and someone local to you is using it as a simplex frequency.
You might want to see if you are hearing anything on the output (144.950) when you hear the transmissions again on 147.405.
I agree 100% with the other posts.... someone had an IRLP or Echo-link running into the input of that repeater. The other possibility is that there may not be a repeater currently allocated to that particular frequency pair and someone local to you is using it as a simplex frequency.
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Auroral Communications:
Another phenomenon that produces upper atmosphere ionization suitable for 2-meter DXing are the auroras. Since the ionization persists much longer than meteor trails, voice modulated radio signals can be used (sometimes), but the constant movement of the ionized gas leads to heavy distortion of the signals causing the audio to sound 'ghostly' and whispered. In most instances using auroral reflections on 2-meters, audio or voice is totally unintelligible and ham operators wishing to make contacts via aurora, must resort to CW (Morse code). CW signals returning from an auroral reflection have no distinct sound or tone but simply sound like a swishing or whooshing noise. An exception to this phenomenon would be the 6-meter band which is significantly lower in frequency than the 2-meter band by 94 MHz. In many instances 6-meter voice modes are readable but with varying degrees of difficulty when reflected off an aurora. Therefore, when using an auroral event as a radio signal reflector, the reflected signal strength and signal intelligibility decreases with increasing transmitting frequency...from wiki.
Auroral Communications:
Another phenomenon that produces upper atmosphere ionization suitable for 2-meter DXing are the auroras. Since the ionization persists much longer than meteor trails, voice modulated radio signals can be used (sometimes), but the constant movement of the ionized gas leads to heavy distortion of the signals causing the audio to sound 'ghostly' and whispered. In most instances using auroral reflections on 2-meters, audio or voice is totally unintelligible and ham operators wishing to make contacts via aurora, must resort to CW (Morse code). CW signals returning from an auroral reflection have no distinct sound or tone but simply sound like a swishing or whooshing noise. An exception to this phenomenon would be the 6-meter band which is significantly lower in frequency than the 2-meter band by 94 MHz. In many instances 6-meter voice modes are readable but with varying degrees of difficulty when reflected off an aurora. Therefore, when using an auroral event as a radio signal reflector, the reflected signal strength and signal intelligibility decreases with increasing transmitting frequency...from wiki.
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