Topband: 160 Meter Long Path

[Greg - ZL3IX]

Phil Clements wrote:
> Has anyone experienced any long path propagation this season?
> I have not seen any from Texas. I have seen very few gray-line-to-gray-line
> contacts on short-path.
>
> It looks like the two recent articles about the lowering of the reflective
> layers may be very valid.
>
> It is frustrating to see all of those juicy zone 24, 26, and 27 spots with
> no NA stations spotting/working any of them, with the exception of VE1ZZ!
>
> (((73)))
> Phil, K5PC
>
>
> Perhaps not relevant to NA Phil, but the long path from G to ZL has been open on 3 occasions this year, at least for contacts between John G3XRJ and myself.  Signals were on the limit of being copiable, and both John and I now have very quiet receiving setups, but the path was viable none the less.  I have also heard G3's WPH OLB and PQA on the same path, but all those guys are closer to urbanisation, and were not able to copy me.
>   

73, Greg, ZL3IX