Topband: 9M0L

Tue Apr 17 12:05:58 PDT 2012

There are chances but it's small. All expeditions who are claiming to want
to exploit 160 only really need to at least be QRV at their Grey lines, plus
and minus 20  minutes, and anything else possible in between SS and SR.  
	But my pet peeve is those that are totally unaware of Long path
being the only viable path, usually because they do  not experience it at
the home location.  GL Clive GM3POI  

-----Original Message-----
From: topband-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of Herb Schoenbohm
Sent: 17 April 2012 18:14
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: 9M0L

Steve,

In all due respects: Common twilight is great for 160 meter DX 
especially over the SSW path wherein the path hugs the Greyline.  In 
fact there are very excellent peaks during this short window.  I have 
done this many many times with VK6HD  and it works even at this time of 
year.  VK6HD is about 1000 miles further with the same bearing of 182 
degrees during my sunrise.  The opening is short but awesome when it 
occurs.  One will never see it 30 minutes after the peak.  You asked 
"What do I want them to do?" Answer: Just get on a bit earlier and work 
the Caribbean area.

Herb, KV4FZ

On 4/17/2012 1:34 PM, Steve London wrote:
> Herb,
>
> You simply have no common darkness with 9M0L this time of year.
>
> KV4 sunrise: 1002Z
> 9M0L sunset: 1033Z
>
> KV4 sunset: 2236Z
> 9M0L sunrise: 2211Z
>
> What do you want them to do ? Change the declination of the earth's axis ?
>
> This is no different than the Kerguelen DXpedition a few years back. Those
of us
> in New Mexico (and Texas) had no common darkness, and were shut out on 80
and 160.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On 04/17/2012 11:11 AM, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
>> Great!  Yet Another Pacific DX-pedition that comes on TB 30 minutes
>> after my sunrise in the Eastern Caribbean.
>>
>> I lost even a chance for 4 new ones this season because of the operators
>> in the Pacific DX-peditions refusal to look at my Grey Line and
>> concentrate on NA big guns.  Oh well.
>>
>> Herb, KV4FZ
>> St. Croix United States Virgin Islands
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/17/2012 9:37 AM, Mike Greenway wrote:
>>> We will pick up NA around 1826 today and will transmit 1811 after our SS
1033U
>>> TC. We worked 100 EUs but very few NA.
>>> Please forward this message to Top Band Archives for US Top Banders.
>>>
>>>
>>> Joe JA1LZR Spratly
>>>
>>>
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