There was indeed a plaque for the longest distance - within an hour of high
noon.
I believe it was a QSO between Oregon and Arizona - a pretty good distance.
Tree
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 9:55 AM Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's a "max distance in pure daylight" Stew Perry award at least some
> years?
>
> At start of a 160M contest (5PM local time, shortly before my sunset) I
> have no problem making QSO's into Indiana and Illinois (600-700 miles).
>
> I would be reluctant to call this NVIS. The stations doing 500+ miles in
> broad daylight on 160 are using decent antenna systems, NOT using crappy
> NVIS antennas.
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:41 AM Dan Edward Dba East edwards <
> dan.n.edwards@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> > true enough. i have heard K0RF at high noon, here in north east texas
> 73,
> > w5xz
> >
> > On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 08:14:58 AM CDT, K4SAV <
> > RadioXX@charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > A few years back guys on this forum decided to see what could be worked
> > at noon time. There were a few stations on at that time and I worked
> > stations up to 600 miles. That will vary with band conditions. It
> > doesn't work well if there are no stations on the band.
> >
> > You can observe the same thing during a major contest when there are
> > stations working the band during the day (usually multi-op class
> stations).
> >
> > Jerry, K4SAV
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