TopBand: Not hearing, one way propagation.

[Earl W Cunningham]

Yuri, K3BU wrote:
>One extra frustrating experience keeps popping up on low bands, i.e., at

>VE1ZZ  QTH I can start hearing EU and Af signals around 3 pm local time,
I 
>can start working them ususally around 7 pm.  Now that is up to 4 hours
of 
>calling on 4-square and kW.  Quite often they reach S9 strength (above
noise 
>floor) and keep calling CQ with no takers. (OL5Q, OT7T, IK2PEP, SV8CS, 
>YU1EA, etc.)  I heard at least 10 more countries, that I never worked!
>Question is: Is this the "Ocean" phenomenon between East Coast and 
>Europe/Af?
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It seems like a common phenomemon here on the USA west coast also. 
During 160m contests at my sunset period, I hear many east coast signals
calling "CQ test".  I call them and they come back calling "CQ test"
again.  A few hours later, there's no problem working these same
stations.

I don't think this is a quirk, because it happens all of the time.

73, de Earl, K6SE


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