A question, and an answer, at the end (Big Snip). de N4KG
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:55 "Randy Thompson" <k5zd@ma.ultranet.com> writes:
>
> CQ WORLD WIDE DX CONTEST -- 1998
>
> Call: ZW5B (opr. K5ZD) @PY5EG Country: Brazil
>
> 10M BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
>
> Totals 3869 11467 2.96 37 148 =>
2,121,395
>
>Operating Time: 46 hours (20 minutes sleep)
SNIP
>Back on at 0245Z with big signals from 9M6NA, B7K and BD4EG. Just
>wild to hear all the loud Asians in the middle of the night. The next
two
>hours were slow, but JAs kept calling so I postponed going to sleep.
>Worked N5XT at 0446Z so you never know when the band will be
>open to where.
>
>During the 05Z hour the band began to open to the middle of Asia.
>Mixed in with the JAs were EX8MZ, AT2PTT, and UK8OM. Then it
>went deeper into European Russia about 0530Z. I finally figured
>out that this opening was via the long path beaming over the South Pole.
>The next two hours were good rate and had a very interesting sound to
>them. The log is almost all zone 16 and 17 with a few JAs mixed in.
>
>At 0900Z it stopped. Instantly the band just went away to Europe.
>Signals from zone 26 were still booming in, but not much QSO
>volume there. I took a quick spin up the band and caught 3A/N9NC
>just before he faded out.
>PY5EG is about the same south latitude as Orlando, Florida is north.
>Why don't we see these all night openings and long path from W4?
>73,
>
>Randy, K5ZD
>
EASY.
The MAGNETIC North Pole is displaced towards
North America, giving N. A. the LOWEST MUF's
in the World for the same Latitude.
Countries along the MAGNETIC EQUATOR
( South America, Central Africa, SE ASIA )
enjoy some of the HIGHEST MUF's in the World
for their latitudes.
de Tom N4KG
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