Thanks for getting back to me!! On Tue, Mar 23, 2021, 11:37 AM Gayle Dotts <[email protected]> wrote:
> Florida...I point it East > Kentucky...I point it North-east > Wisconsin...I point it North > > 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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