Message: 8
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:22:35 -0500
From: "Edward Swynar" <gswynar@durham.net>
Subject: Topband: The East Coast Advantage
To: <topband@contesting.com>
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Good Day All,
I had occasion this past week to do some VERY minor operating fom Bridgton,
Maine, whilst visiting my son who now lives there...
What a revealing experience!
I heard solid European & African stations practically begging for N.A. QSOs,
with no takers...and this, at some 1.5 - 2 hours before local sunset!
What a difference a 9 hour drive S/E on the continent can make on the
band...Hi Hi.
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
Eddy
The "however" is that we often can hear them but they can't hear us for a
myriad of reasons. Two that come to mind are: European stations are stronger
and "we" are relatively weak due to a lack of propagation path reciprocity
and they are listening the wrong way with directional antennas.
At sunset Sunday night there were a myriad of Eu and AF stations calling CQ
before sunset and I couldn't raise a one of them.
As we get later in the Fall and in to winter, They do listen West and we can
often work Eu at sunset.
73 Craig
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