Hello Topbanders During the SP I made 50 QSO's during the middle of the day. Of these 30 were farther than 500 km, 5 were farther than 800 km and two were at 1152 km. Those last two sounded exactly l
...I was under the impression that, like commericial AM stations, 160 was limited to ground wave propagation during most of the day. What would be driving the propagation in the middle of the day? Th
There is another aspect to propagation on 160 during daylight hours. In the broadcast field it is not uncommon to experience periods of "skywave" propagation during daytime hours, especially during t
To further complicate Brian's question, add my experience to it: I worked F6IRA/p at 2325Z on the 29th. My local sunset followed at 2355Z. The next DX I heard (and worked) was CT1JLZ at 2356Z. My loc
On 31st December, Brian wrote... "...Has anyone else experienced this?...I was under the impression that, like commericial AM stations, 160 was limited to ground wave propagation during most of the d
A few weeks ago I was listening to a JA station during our sunrise. This station was very loud before sunrise. I listened to him until he finally faded away a full 2 hours plus after my sunrise. He r
I believe many will agree that this is not an uncommon scenario - especially in the winter months with high solar zenith angles (the Sun is low on the horizon). What's important is where the electrom
Brian: During the winter months I routinely copy XERF Mexico (1570) and CBW Winnipeg, MB (990) at mid-day via sky wave into Kansas. The extra ERP helps, as well as the low sun angle, as noted by Car
I'm down at latitude 32.8 degrees in SW New Mexico, so a little more daytime absorption than you near-arctic guys. However, no problem hearing out to 600 miles at local noon during the ARRL or CQ 160
In past years I routinely hear 1530 KFBK Sacromento CA from Edmonton area during the midwinter and quiet conditions. However with the quiet conditions we had in early November of 2007, I heard a numb
In past years I routinely hear 1530 KFBK Sacromento CA from Edmonton area during the midwinter and quiet conditions....in early November of 2007, I heard a number of MW stations from Europe and the m
When I responded to VE3MGY's original query about possible daylight distances on 160, I was assuming that Brian was referring to paths between stations that were *totally* in daylight. Clearly, if an
It certainly isn't impossible (and I'm not sure it is all that rare) to work a pretty long distance. The Stew rules actually discourage operation during daylight, so I think most people who plan oper
A few days before the SP I worked Japan from Michigan a full hour after sunrise on my end... Propagation is... cheers ... denny / k8do -- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. _______________
And N6RO is using switchable directional arrays on 80 and 160 that are significantly off-axis when he's working west! Don't know if my station is good enough, but I'd be interested. I also work at ho
I would also be very interested in seeing how far I can both TX and RX at noon(ish) so if anyone makes any skeds please let all of us know so we can at least listen. Maybe there could even be a 2 or
Perhaps people should listen and call on 1835 kHz on CW whenever we get a chance during the day?? If I'm around I'll try at 1800Z today. _______________________________________________ Topband mailin