I regularly copy the LF BCB from EU/AF and the Mideast down around 200KHz
when skywave is good. Granted they run super QRO but they have poor ground
efficiency and are meant for country coverage only,
Carl
KM1H
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Kavanagh" <73rjkosz@sympatico.ca>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:25 PM
Subject: Topband: Skywave for LF
>> 630 meter propagation will be almost entirely groundwave as ionospheric
>> conditions generally do not support skywave (a primary reason for the
>> use of LF and low MF for NDB).
> Not true.
>
> As G5VU has already noted, NDBs are routinely propagated via skywave,
> e.g. IPA in Easter Island has been frequently heard here (8700 km) after
> dark.
>
> Bob
> VE3OSZ
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