Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread GEORGE WALLNER
During both the ARRL 160 or the CQWW 160 CW contests from C6AGU (FL14tv, a very quiet location) about 250 miles east of FL, I hear and work stations during the day well into the continental US: sometimes as far as 1200 miles away (W2). Most of the contact take place before 11 AM local time, but

Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread Brian Campbell
Sorry, the second QSO was at 1726z not 1717z. From: Topband on behalf of Brian Campbell Sent: September 17, 2019 3:38:35 PM To: K4SAV ; topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: 160 skip distance Hi Jerry and group, I was one of those stations Jerry. I

Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread Brian Campbell
Hi Jerry and group, I was one of those stations Jerry. I worked you at 1712z and 1717z on 2008-01-05. I was running 100 watts and the distance was 1200km. We gave each other 549 reports IIRC ( from my log ). I was on for about 7 days at or just after local noon here doing tests and I worked

Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread Tree
There was indeed a plaque for the longest distance - within an hour of high noon. I believe it was a QSO between Oregon and Arizona - a pretty good distance. Tree On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 9:55 AM Tim Shoppa wrote: > There's a "max distance in pure daylight" Stew Perry award at least some >

Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread Tim Shoppa
There's a "max distance in pure daylight" Stew Perry award at least some years? At start of a 160M contest (5PM local time, shortly before my sunset) I have no problem making QSO's into Indiana and Illinois (600-700 miles). I would be reluctant to call this NVIS. The stations doing 500+ miles in

Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread Dan Edward Dba East edwards
true enough. i have heard K0RF at high noon, here in north east texas 73, w5xz On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 08:14:58 AM CDT, K4SAV wrote: A few years back guys on this forum decided to see what could be worked at noon time.  There were a few stations on at that time and I worked

Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

2019-09-17 Thread K4SAV
A few years back guys on this forum decided to see what could be worked at noon time. There were a few stations on at that time and I worked stations up to 600 miles. That will vary with band conditions. It doesn't work well if there are no stations on the band. You can observe the same