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Re: Topband: 160 skip distance

To: Larry <lmwatbullrun@runbox.com>, topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 160 skip distance
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:07:25 -0700
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On 9/16/2019 5:36 PM, Larry wrote:
160 is absolutely capable of NVIS;  I've tested it and 160 NVIS works on
sideband with between 10 and 20 watts, or about 2.5 watts CW, so having
a groundwave signal nulled by NVIS is possible.

Larry W8ANT

You should be able to get rid of the NVIS wave by simply using a
vertical as the receive antenna.  I'm surprised no one mentioned
this already.

Rick N6RK
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