TopBand: ZL9 nighttime operation

Josep Josep" <ea6acc@tinn.net
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 21:01:20 -0000


>Unfortunately the situation with the ZL9 on 160m that Rys describes also
>applies to VK6 - a maximum of twenty minutes of nighttime 'opportunity'
from
>1630 to 1652Z ONLY.
>
>There may be other parts of the world in a similar situation.  Perhaps if
>anyone else in this situation could make a post, the operators could be
>alerted to the fact that these particular parts of world have a very
limited
>opportunity and specifically listen for them in this time slot.


Applies here too Steve. Looks like their sunrise it at 1652z ( my local
cluster shows 1634z?), and sunset here is at 1650z for Jan. 9th. Definitly 2
minutes of possible opening is really "limited" opportunity for ZL9 from
EA6..!!

73, Josep
ea6acc@tinn.net



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