[CQ-Contest] {CQ-Contest] CQ WW DX SSB Midwest vs East Coast

[Steve London]

1) How do you know that K1TTT was on 15 meters at that time ?
2) Now run the same experiment at 1200Z in any DX contest.

Dim, you are welcome to guest operate from my QTH in New Mexico in any DX
contest. I have an excellent, hilltop QTH with monoband yagis on 10-40, a
rotatable dipole at 110' on 80 (with an effective height of 300' towards
Europe), and an elevated vertical on 160. I think you would find the
experience to be humbling.

73,
Steve, N2IC


> You're missing something Barry : the propagation in the real world...
> Here is a RTTY test, using 100W, 3 L, on 15m. Look the RBN reports and
> form where it comes from :
>
> OE9GHV OH8FKK   7043.0  RTTY CQ 19 dB  45 bps 1706z  09 Nov
> WZ7I        TM3Z      21086.5  RTTY CQ   10 dB  45 bps 1659z  09 Nov
> WE9V      TM3Z      21086.4  RTTY CQ  20 dB  45 bps 1658z  09 Nov
> KO7SS    TM3Z      21086.5. RTTY CQ   25 dB  45 bps 1658z  09 Nov
> W6YX.   TM3Z      21086.5  RTTY CQ  20 dB 45 bps 1658z  09 Nov
> K1TTT.   TM3Z      14099.1  RTTY CQ  22 dB 45 bps 1657z  09 Nov
>
> 17.00z, it's now dark in central France, and not a single dB heard by
> K1TTT in MA on 15m, just a little 10db from PA and... west coast.
> Remember you, humans think that it's always greener in the neighbor's
> meadow
>
> 73 de Dimitri F4DSK / TM3Z
>
>
>
>
> Le 9 nov. 2021 à 04:13, à 04:13, Barry W2UP <w2up.co at gmail.com> a écrit:
> >You guys are missing the most important point: the duration of the
> >opening
> >to Europe.  That's where QSO points come from, because there's
> >virtually an
> >endless supply of Europeans to work.
> >Start with the high bands.  Sunset in Europe is a constant for US ops.
> >However sunRISE is the key.  Here are some examples of sunrise times
> >for
> >Nov 25:
> >Jonesport, ME 1140Z
> >Philadelphia, PA 1157Z
> >Pittsburgh, PA 1218Z (near LR)
> >Chicago, IL 1252Z
> >
> >Let's assume the band opens at sunrise and a decent station is making 3
> >QSOs/minute with EU.  Jonesport has already made 60 QSOs as the band is
> >just opening in Phila.  And so on.  And of course, the opening is also
> >stronger and deeper for the shorter paths.  The EU high band opening
> >closes
> >at the same time for everyone, as darkness crosses the EU continent.
> >
> >Then there are the low bands.  Sunset is earlier in Jonesport, so
> >40/80/160m opening is longer because everyone loses EU at the same time
> >as
> >the sun rises across EU.
> >
> >Barry W2UP
> >
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 6:25 PM <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have operated many DX contests from Illinois and I there is a huge
> >> difference between east coast and midwest propagation. Beside the
> >mileage
> >> difference east coast stations have their first skip over the
> >Atlantic
> >> ocean
> >> which I believe offers some enhancement. We referred to the Midwest
> >as the
> >> black hole for a reason. W9JA moved from Wisconsin to Virginia and
> >then
> >> incredibly Paul started winning contests. You're lucky to be in New
> >> Brunswick, it may be the ideal location for the ARRL DX contest.
> >>
> >> John KK9A
> >>
> >>
> >> Mike Smith VE9AA wrote:
> >>
> >> He's only 618 miles SE of you and as the crow flies to EU (great
> >circle
> >> path)
> >> he might only have you by 100-200 miles (roughly)
> >> to the Center of EU (and there's more to CQWW than just EU) so it's
> >> probably
> >> just that he's the better/quicker op.  Nothing more.
> >>
> >> I don't think there is very much of any of this "East Coast/Midwest"
> >stuff
> >> going on here at all.
> >>
> >>
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