--- On Mon, 11/24/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>
> Hi Bill-
> You would be right that Japan could be heard in New Jersey.
> It has been done in the past. HOWEVER, there is a problem
> with your present assumption.
>
> The sun is still up in Japan. I believe that we need an all
> dark path between us and the DX target to hear it. Might be
> wrong but 52 years of BCB DXing has shown me that is the
> case.
>
> I think your hearing, many, Holland HET on 747, or maybe a
> European.
>
By that measure, no Europeans would be possible as the path is over 75% in the
light at that time. The path to Japan - and most importantly the skip points -
are largely in darkness.
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot
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