Topband: Europe Before Sunset

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

SNIP

 But suffice it to say that
there is a one to two hour differential between the "hearing" and being able
to "work" most  very distant stations at sunset.

Milt, N5IA, VP6DX, XZ0A
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VE9AA Says:
When we were out on CY9 in 1997 we were able to work EU's in broad daylight 
a few hours after high noon....OK, OK, we were over salt water with a full 
size balloon vertical and 1/2 way to Europe already....hi hi

>From home in FN66 (NB, Canada) I am never as lucky.  I can hear EU's 
sometimes 2+ hours before my sunset and with my small station the only guy I 
can recall working consistenly over the years much before my sunset is 
(drumroll please):
ON4UN....yes, John has great great ears.  Not always the loudest EU either, 
but averaged over the years, he's always one of the first to be worked when 
the sun is still up here.

Mike ve9aa

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UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK


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