My Topband friends,
Reading the many posts on daytime 160M propagation got me thinking.
Since there is so much interest in what can be worked during the
daylight hours, why not have a secondary competition for those who would
like to operate during the daylight hours of the 15Z to 15Z Topband
Distance Challenge period?
The daylight segments of the TBDC would allow contacts only from local
sunrise to local sunset during the Saturday 15Z to Sunday 15Z period. In
the case of EU & NA, this would result in working split hours from 15Z
the first day until local sunset and then from local sunrise until the
15Z end time. Night ops would submit their score for the14 hour period
that they choose, which might include some daylight hours. If they want
to operate during the daylight hours, they would submit a separate score
for daylight only Q's.
It would be interesting to see just what can be done with more than the
normal number of Topband ops on the air during daylight hours. What say
Topbanders, any interest in this idea?
73 de Rich - K1HTV
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