Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-02 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 12/1/06 7:23:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Consistantly over the past 40 years I reaffirm on a daily basis that, at least on 40M, as the sun lowers in the west I can hear European stations about 45 minutes to an hour before they can hear me.

Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-02 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
On Saturday, December 02, 2006 2:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If daylight noise is a factor, shouldn't you be having more of it than hams in EU at that time? -- Of course noise takes all forms. Perhaps the noise is manmade electrical noise that disappears/decreases late at night in

Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-01 Thread Tom Althoff
but the background noise from the daylight side masks the signal as it appears in Europe. Tom K2TA - Original Message - From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation? Howdy Jeff

Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-01 Thread David Honey
At 10:39 01/12/2006, Tom Althoff wrote: Consistantly over the past 40 years I reaffirm on a daily basis that, at least on 40M, as the sun lowers in the west I can hear European stations about 45 minutes to an hour before they can hear me. I have no explanation for it but suspect that the

Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-01 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Jeff, as Kevin says 'you will find odd occurrences', and so called 'One Way skip' does occur probably more often than people used to believe. There are several explanations as to how this could take place which are too lengthy to discuss on the Reflector, but one thing is for certain which is

Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-01 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
:39 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation? Consistantly over the past 40 years I reaffirm on a daily basis that, at least on 40M, as the sun lowers in the west I can hear European stations about 45 minutes to an hour before they can hear me. I have no explanation for it but suspect

Fw: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-01 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Sorry about bandwidth, my post got lost. 73, Geoff GM4ESD - Original Message - From: Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation? Jeff

Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-12-01 Thread John Magliacane
In addition to the other issues mentioned on this subject, the Earth's magnetic field causes bending, twisting, and rotation that may not necessarily obey the law of reciprocity in the reverse direction. 73, de John, KD2BD Visit John on the Web at: http://kd2bd.ham.org/ . . . .

[Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-11-30 Thread Jeff
Kevin, KD5ONS, wrote: One way propagation is not unheard of... Is there really such a thing as one-way ionospheric propagation? My intuition says no, but I don't have the physics knowledge to back it up. On the other hand, sometimes it sure seems that stations who ought to be able to hear my

Re: [Elecraft] One-Way Propagation?

2006-11-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Howdy Jeff, If you get on 20 meters in the morning, while you are in the early morning hours and the operator with whom you are working is in an area later in the day, you will find some odd occurrences. Some days you hear better than the other op and some days it is the reverse. The