Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters & Daytime 40-meter DX

[David Olean]

I worked a UA station in Vladivostok on 160 meters and it was two hours 
after his sunrise. This was in winter, so his Sun never got up very 
high.  At the time I did not pay attention to the contact as I was 
rather clueless about 160 prop.  Later on, I started wondering about it. 
Was it real?  The QSO was confirmed on LOTW. I guess it was.

Dave K1WHS

On 11/20/2018 9:43 PM, Kenneth Grimm wrote:
I hasten to point out the obvious, that 40 meters and 160 meters are two
different kettles of fish! Lots of DX on 40 at mid-day doesn't translate
too well to 160.  And while I agree with Clive, GM3POI, that one should
probably not say "never" when talking about propagation, if something
looks, walks and acts like a duck, it is probably a duck....in other words,
don't overthink the obvious.

Daytime DX on 40 can sometimes be a nuisance.  For instance I had to give
up my run frequency during SSB Sweepstakes this past weekend due to QRM
from stations in Portugal. 8*)

73,

Ken - K4XL

On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 3:26 PM Lloyd - N9LB <lloydb...@charter.net> wrote:

Just FYI...

I'm hearing the following DX on 40m between 1 and 2 PM CST, November
20th.

Dipole antenna at 60' running E-W, obviously hearing well over the North
Pole.

EA5XC, HA1RB, CO2VK, EA4GJP, ON1AEY, EA1IMP, DF8KI, PD2HAB, EA4GJP, I0WBX,
DJ0FX, CU8FN, EB1BVP, EA4AQQ, SP6IXF, PC5W, TF1A, OK1ZVP, IK1BQD, R6JY,
JH1AJT, F4EMG, ON3AD, SP6IXF, DL2VPO, A45XR, F5ADE,   SV2AEL,   JH1AJT,
IK1BQD, I0OSI, UR5RGS, VK7BBB, YO9HP, SP5EAF, 5T2AI, and all of Canada.

73

Lloyd - N9LB in snowy and cold Wisconsin.

-----Original Message-----
From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wes
Stewart
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 1:56 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters

One of our SADXA members just wrote a paper about the possibility of
daytime 40-meter DX during mid-December.

But on this subject I would like to know who made the ONE 160-meter SSB
QSO with VP6D.

Wes  N7WS

On 11/20/2018 11:57 AM, Clive GM3POI wrote:
JC I think you have to be careful about saying this daytime or that
qso could not have happened. "It entirely depends where the station is
located."
An example, I have a QSL with three QSOS between me and a JD1 station
all within about 15 mins of each other, on different dates and centred
on midday here on 40m.  Stations in Northerly location will have a
high degree of probability for midwinter daytime DX contacts. They
will at other parts of the cycle, have a similar type of opening to
the Pacific either side of mid night on the higher HF bands.
I agree the OK stuff stinks and considering the previous qsl printing
that went on, you cannot believe any of the data for certain.
73 Clive GM3POI

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