= NOW 5 WPM = TEXT IS FROM APRIL 2020 QST PAGE 53 = CALLED FOR RAIN AND SNOW FROM EAST TO WEST. IT WAS A LARGE SYSTEM. RAIN AND SNOW BOTH SCATTER 10 GHZ SIGNALS NICELY, UNBLOCKING PATHS AND SIGNIFICANTLY EXTENDING DISTANCES UNDER SUMMERTIME CONDITIONS NOT SO MUCH < QST DE W1AW = IN WINTER. PETER DROVE 2 1/2 HOURS WEST TO WORK HUGH IN GRIDS 20 AND 21. ANDY FLOWERS, K0SM, MARK WASSERBAUER, N2YB, AND I ALSO GOT ON TO JOIN THEM = END OF 5 WPM TEXT = QST DE W1AW <