According to DXAtlas, VP6T is at an angle of about 15-20 degrees to the terminator at sunrise here in north Alabama. They peaked on 160M about ten minutes before my sunrise this morning (1238Z) and I was able to work them. I can't say that I've ever seen a 160M signal travel on a 5000 mile path without being at a sharper angle to the terminator. After recently reading the propagation chapter of ON4UN's Low Band DXing, I wonder if it's possible that my QSO was on a skewed path, with the signals traveling north of the great circle path, thus putting them at a sharper angle to the terminator. I don't have the directional receiving antennas to tell. What did others in the SE USA with directional antennas observe? Were the signals on the great circle path or skewed?
73 Trey KJ4FDV _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
