Topband: Daylight QSO's during the SP

[Tom Rauch]

It certainly isn't impossible (and I'm not sure it is all 
that rare) to work a pretty long distance. The Stew rules 
actually discourage operation during daylight, so I think 
most people who plan operation are QRT during periods of 
lower propagation. I'd expect to see much more of it during 
a longer operating time contest like the CQWW from multiops.

K6SE Earl (now SK) used to work from California back to Ohio 
at noon mid-path  on occasion, not always to exceptionally 
large stations. I looked back in my log and worked him in 
mid-December at about 1800Z one year from here near Macon 
GA. Earl had some curiousity about long distance daytime 
coverage on 160, so he arranged a few schedules.

It's very common from here to listen to low power W8's up 
around Michigan and Ohio near mid-day, many of whom are low 
power without large antennas.

I often listen to the 6's and 7's working DX west of them 
just after their sunrise, some with pretty good signals 
(like N6RO).

If anyone wants to try a noonish path on 160 over a daylight 
path, I can try to get on. I normally have lunch around 
1700-1800 Z and don't always go out for lunch.

By the way, my email is fixed after months. Bellsouth was 
blocking access to the Internet for most outgoing mail 
(because I use a remote mail service), and even stopping 
some incoming mail. Now I have to get 160m out of my new DSL 
line. If you have Bellsouth, watch them.

73 Tom