Sorry to post a string of comments . . . but there's something else I wanted
to mention.
Great that conditions have been good this week . . . like many, I've been
working all over the world on Top Band, even on the same evening !
However, having been a 160m DXer for 50 years, it's weird that over the past
couple of years I have usually noticed NO peak on signals to or from North
America at your Sunset or our Sunrise.
Historically, I would expect at least a 10dB peak at these times . . . but
if anything I notice the reverse now. Signals both ways peak a good hour
AFTER your Sunset . . . and signals drop off around our Sunrise ! This is
noted both by listening to actual stations, as well as noting my own RBN
reports.
I did wonder if this phenomenon might be due to the fact that - unlike most
160m DXers - I use a low horizontal dipole. However, I also constantly
switch between my Tx Ant and my Receiving Loop, which receives low angle
signals better . . . and the lack of peak is much the same on both antennas.
I wonder if any other EU stations have noticed the same thing?
Roger G3YRO
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