Microwave

摘要

The period between May and the end of June saw mixed propagation conditions across the UK. Cold, northerly, wind flow across the UK depressed propagation in the first half of June, but then a large high-pressure system brought warm, stable weather and with it some enhanced propagation in the third week of June. Rain-scatter activity seemed to be below average for much of the early period, although the thunderstorms at the end of the hot spell helped to re-dress the balance with a large number of 10GHz rain-scatter contacts within the UK being reported on the ON4KST chat facility. This period included a significant number of contests, and the resulting contest activity saw good participation from UK stations, with many contacts between the UK and continental Europe on all bands from 1.3 to 10GHz.