Well I agree with that too Dave . . .
To me, it's a kind of "Urban Myth" that 160m DX is all Low Angle propagation. Sure, on 80m it nearly ALWAYS is . . . You MUST have a Vertical to work DX well on 80, a Dipole is rubbish (even though my 80m dipole is effectively twice as high as my Top Band one) I actually think that many "experts" PRESUMED that because that is the case on 80m (and on 40m), it MUST be so on 160m too. But I know that simply isn't the case, from 50 years of my own experience DX-ing on 160m. And not just at Grey Line either . . . for example, I find my best reports from NA these days are currently between 0100 and 0300Z . . . that is way after your Sunset, and long before our Sunrise. So in practice, I have come to the conclusion that it must be a combination of the two . . . 160m DX isn't very low angle (must be ducting or multi-hop) . . . and a low dipole on 160m isn't just high angle. Roger G3YRO _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector