"Tom Ring" wrote in message
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Roger Conroy wrote:

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"Dave" bravely wrote to "All" (25 Aug 05 12:48:54)
--- on the heady topic of " Antenna improvements?"


Physicists bounce radar off meteor trails in the upper atmosphere.
This ionized air path reflects radio waves and can be detected.


You don't need to be a physicist to do it.
Many Hams (without degrees in physics) do it routinely, and what's more,
they don't merely "detect" the reflected radio waves, they actually
achieve useful communication with them.

73
Roger ZR3RC

Meteor scatter is pretty common among us folks that get our butts out of
the HF ghetto upon occasion. That, plus the occasional second hop on E,
AuE, TE, or F (when in season) can provide a nice DX surprise.

tom
K0TAR

hey, meteor scatter works on hf also! i use it on 10m regularly.