Rick, I live at about 59 deg North and also have operated from T2 and T32 of which T32 must be similar to KH1. At T32 my guess on propagation is that we could expect in a 4 week on air trip, four EU openings of one sort or another. On that basis the KH1 trip may get one or none, on a short expedition in terms of 160 on air time. My gut feeling is common darkness or coinciding SR/SS is needed on these paths. The Path of course would probably be skewed over the US and or over SA if LP. 73 Clive GM3POI
-----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard (Rick) Karlquist Sent: 14 July 2018 16:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Topband: Question about KH1 to EU QSO possibilities with respect to auroral oval There was a lot of discussion about the Baker Is. Dxpedition implying that the main impediment as to where they could work was mutual darkness. Here in W6, we have many hours of mutual darkness with EU, yet we rarely hear EU on 160 or even 80 meters. (Except 80 meter long path during our morning). The auroral oval hypothesis seems to be proven by the fact that we can still work the Azores and northern Africa, and maybe just barely southern Portugal, but nothing farther north. Except for occasional exceptional propagation, during which EU becomes a chip shot for the night. Why should anyone expect to have KH1 to EU propagation directly over the north pole even in the presence of mutual darkness, except as a rare fluke? 73 Rick N6RK _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
