Topband: Daylight QSO's during the SP

[Steve London]

I'm down at latitude 32.8 degrees in SW New Mexico, so a little more daytime 
absorption than you near-arctic guys. However, no problem hearing out to 600 
miles at local noon during the ARRL or CQ 160 contests. By 2:45 PM local time, I 
can hear the stronger W1/W2 stations. They rapidly increase in signal strength 
and around 3:15 local time and I can work the ones that have a quiet location 
and beverages aimed in this direction. There seems to be a small signal 
enhancement on the W1/W2 stations around their sunset, even though it's entirely 
a daylight path between here and there. At that time they are stronger than the 
W9's who are much closer.

73 and HNY,
Steve, N2IC/5