I use 60m occasionally and I don't think it is "reliable" 24/7.
especially for only a 100km radius. 60 tends to go long in the
evenings. It works well as one tool in a toolbox with several tools.
But I think it shines for longer distances than 100km. As others have
said, it's better than 80 during the daytime and better than 40 in the
evenings for short distance. But don't be surprised if 400 miles (600
km) is the closest you can work some evenings.
I would also suggest higher power to help with poor propagation and/or
summer QRN.
Ken WA8JXM
On 3/2/16 3:52 AM, Johnny Siu wrote:
Dear Elecrafters,
Local telecommunication authority is considering 60m operation for the hams in
VR2. For output power of 15W PEP, using a dipole for NVIS, what would be the
likely usual communication range 7/24 round the clock? 100km radius?
Any advice will be appreciated and thanks for the band width here.
73
Johnny VR2XMC
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