> K6SE wrote:
> >The (ARRL Antenna book) text stated that long path was
180 degrees from
> short path.
>
> What tolerance is there on the 180 degrees? Is that to
the nearest
> 0.1 degree? I've used a little less resolution in my
definitions and
> called <90 degrees "skew" and >90 degrees "long".
>
> Someone please ask the W6 80m sunrise gang to
stop calling
> "CQ DX Long Path" and start using "CQ DX Skew Path". If
they don't
> they are just a bunch of used car salesmen. K1ZZ will
have to wash
> their mouths with soap before administering both the Wouff
Hong and
> Rettysnitch personally himself.
I don't understand the sarcasm Bill!
This morning I when I worked VK3ZL he was via NW path. It
wasn't LP. Same when I work a JA via SW path.
Had I worked him at my sunset in a generally east direction,
it would have been LP. If it was a JA at my sunset, it would
be worthy of being called longpath.
When a W6 is working western Europe by a generally westerly
path, it is certainly worthy of being called longpath.
> Well this changes everything. If the ARRL said it, it
must be true.
I may be mistaken, but the justification I hear used for
calling a skew path longpath is a couple W1 stations started
doing it. Why is that meaningful compared to a peer reviewed
text or common sense?
73 Tom
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