"If the band is open and nobody is
> transmitting, does anybody hear it"? :)
Yes my neighbors do.
One accused me of ordering porn on their dish network because the wife
found it on the bill.
frank bechdoldt
> [Original Message]
> From: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
> To: John Geiger <ne0p@lcisp.com>; <vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu>;
<vhfcontesting@contesting.com>; <6meter@yahoogroups.com>;
<50mhz@mailman.qth.net>; <k9la@arrl.net>; <w3zz@arrl.org>
> Date: 3/29/2006 3:35:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] E skip question
>
> John,
> There are several factors at play. First is
> population density. Europe has much greater
> population density than North America does at the same
> latitudes.
>
> Second is geomagnetic latitude (as opposed to
> geographical latitude). Take a look here:
> http://www.nwra-az.com/ionoscint/maps/maplats.html
>
> Notice that Europe shares the same geomagnetic
> latitude as does North America's "southern" states.
>
> Food for thought.
>
> Regards,
> Ev, W2EV
>
>
> --- John Geiger <ne0p@lcisp.com> wrote:
>
> > When reading the most recent World Above 50mhz
> > Column in QST, some E skip from the September VHF
> > contest was discussed. The big E skip opening in
> > that contest was discussed, and Gene, W3ZZ, made
> > this comment "The first thing to notice is that
> > being farther north, the openings are nowhere near
> > as good as for the southern stations." I have also
> > heard in mentioned before that Eskip is better
> > further south.
> >
> > Is this true? Are Eskip conditions better in the
> > southern US as compared with further north? If so,
> > why? Eskip doesn't seem to be related to the F
> > layer, which is better further south. And Europe,
> > which is further north than much of the US, seems to
> > get much better 2 meter Eskip than we do. Does it
> > have to do with the location of the magnetic north
> > pole?
> >
> > 73s John NE0P
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