Hello Paul,
160 is a nighttime band. It opens to Europe at your sunset and will close to
Europe shortly after their sunrise. Good DX to the south can happen when our
sun is down - until the sunrises in South America. Japan and DX to the west and
northwest is best two to three hours before your sunrise and the peak is
sometimes at your sunrise.
G3YRO has been encouraging us to get on Wednesday nights starting at about
0100Z to 0800Z - I have worked many EU stations during that time.
Good Luck and I hope to hear you on topband.
73
Tim K3LR
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Sent: Sunday, November 8, 2020 10:21 AM
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Subject: Topband: Propagation Question
In reading the below post, I have a question. I live on east coast. What time
either local or UTC are other east coasters making these 160m DX contacts??
73 Paul W2ECK
Tnx Dave for the info. I have also noted nights with some strong EU
stations and the next night nothing heard...SFI staying the same. To
clarify, I run 100w and an inv. L and no special receive antennas.
So far this season I have made it into VK about 8 times and worked a
few EU stns as well. Most of this was done with the lower SFI values.
I have also noticed, on the DX Maps site, that ten mtrs has been open
some. Appears the higher SFI might help the higher bands, but little
or nothing on 160m. Interesting.
tnx Dave..73 de Bill K4JYS
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