Thanks to all for the correct time of day....sunrise at VK6HD....it was
gray line.....we will have to run our gray line program to check this
out in the future.
BUT it was still quite a kick to copy the VK6 working the EUs...but it
would have been a bigger one if we could have worked him...!!!
73 Whitey K1VV
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> From: Doherty, Robert
>To: 'SMTP: topband@contesting.com'
>Subject: TopBand: 160 One way Propagation
To: <topband@contesting.com>
>Date: Wednesday, November 05, 1997 11:25AM
>On 11/4/97 at about sunset at my QTH (2120Z) we copied SM6MCW calling
>CQ... called him several times ...but no reply...
>He then worked:
>OH2MI @ 2125Z,
>VK6HD @2130Z
>DS5RNM @ 2134Z
>We could copy BOTH sides of the QSOs, even VK6HD, we checked and the
>time at VK6HD was 10:00 AM LOCAL !!!!
>He had been in full sunlight for at least four hours !!!!
>Also copied calling CQ were:
>DJ7AA @ 2145Z
>OZ1CTK @ 2148Z
>OZ3PQ? @ 2149Z
>SV2AUP? @ 2150Z
>We called these and other EUs calling CQ but NIL.
>Copied also was GW4VEQ @ 2206Z - CQ ASIA
>Also during this period we copied many EUs were calling the 9U5, but we
>could not copy the 9U...
>We worked G3SED @ 2153Z, he said we were strong and that he had heard us
>calling the other EUs who did not reply...
>We have always thought that 6 meters was an odd band but 160 tops it...
>Copying a VK6 four hours after his sunrise.... does anyone have a
>rational explaination for this ????
>73 Whitey K1VV
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