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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > broad daylight on 160 are using decent antenna systems, NOT using crappy > NVIS antennas. > > Tim N3QE > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:41 AM Dan Edward Dba East edwards < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 < > > [email protected]> 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 > > 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 thing during a major contest when there are > > stations working the band during the day (usually multi-op class > stations). > > > > Jerry, K4SAV > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > > _________________ > > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > > Reflector > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
