On 11/22/2024 1:21 PM, Eric Scace K3NA wrote:
It was interesting to see the delay from when 160m closed in the morning… to 80m CW closing… and then finally 75m SSB. The 10%+ difference in frequency between 80m CW and 75m SSB was obvious.
Thanks for posting about this, Eric. Far too many DXers, contesters, and DXpeditioners fail to have a clue about enhanced propagation on the daylight side of the terminators -- that is, both sunrise and sunset.
On 160, it's typically 30-40 minutes, about an hour on 80, about 2 hours on 40. I've lost a LOT of shots at difficult Qs with expeditions who abandoned a band at the first sign of sun in the morning, or to go to the band before sunset.
73, Jim K9YC _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
