On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:19:31 -0500, Gary wrote:

|First off I don't really believe in one way propagaiton unless someone
|can convince me otherwise ? However, I am curious about a phenomenon
|I've experienced with a number or radios and antennas over the years.
|I've had eveything from a 4 element Yagi at 55 feet to the dipoles I'm
|using now and lots of new transcievers. I work all CW and on occasion
|I'll get a 599 signal report from the other station yet he's barely
|copyable from my end. They all seem to be running the same 100 watts
|or more that I'm using now and are using a dipole cut for the
|frequency in use like I am or a G5RV etc. I wonder if anyone else has
|observed this and/or has an explanation ? This has occured on new
|transceivers too numerous to name over the years. So I know its not a
|problem with a particular radio.

It's just that big circulator in the sky.