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Every now and then, I do get those states but for the most part its South America all over. On Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 10:25 AM Roy Storey via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > Gayle, Daytime contacts are common on 10 meters during the daytime because > of what is called "Trans-equatorial Propagation". That is, signals pass > across the equator. > I won't go into specifics on this subject but if you will Google > "Trans-equatorial Propagation", you will find detailed explanations that > will answer your question. > > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 10:08 AM Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Because with ionospheric propagation, the signals come back to earth in >> distinct rings at specified distances from you. You can talk to people at >> that distance, but not to distances closer or farther away. >> >> If you want to know the why of that, then my explanation gets all kinds >> of hand-wavy, and not terribly convincing. There is a frequency-dependent >> component and an angle-dependent component, but it's why NVIS works better >> on the "low bands" than on 10m. >> On 3/23/2021 10:00 AM, Gayle Dotts via BVARC wrote: >> >> 16 feet vs 22 feet height, as it pertains to takeoff and distance >> achieved. I assume the higher the further is the rule. How come, on days >> when on 10 meters (with propagation) I can contact all over South America >> but can not for the life of me get North Carolina or Kentucky or Florida >> during the day? >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing >> [email protected]http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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