Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters & Daytime 40-meter DX

[David Olean]

I worked a UA station in Vladivostok on 160 meters and it was two hours 
after his sunrise. This was in winter, so his Sun never got up very 
high.  At the time I did not pay attention to the contact as I was 
rather clueless about 160 prop.  Later on, I started wondering about it. 
Was it real?  The QSO was confirmed on LOTW. I guess it was.

Dave K1WHS


On 11/20/2018 9:43 PM, Kenneth Grimm wrote:
> I hasten to point out the obvious, that 40 meters and 160 meters are two
> different kettles of fish! Lots of DX on 40 at mid-day doesn't translate
> too well to 160.  And while I agree with Clive, GM3POI, that one should
> probably not say "never" when talking about propagation, if something
> looks, walks and acts like a duck, it is probably a duck....in other words,
> don't overthink the obvious.
>
> Daytime DX on 40 can sometimes be a nuisance.  For instance I had to give
> up my run frequency during SSB Sweepstakes this past weekend due to QRM
> from stations in Portugal. 8*)
>
> 73,
>
> Ken - K4XL
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 3:26 PM Lloyd - N9LB <lloydberg at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Just FYI...
>>
>> I'm hearing the following DX on 40m between 1 and 2 PM CST, November
>> 20th.
>>
>> Dipole antenna at 60' running E-W, obviously hearing well over the North
>> Pole.
>>
>> EA5XC, HA1RB, CO2VK, EA4GJP, ON1AEY, EA1IMP, DF8KI, PD2HAB, EA4GJP, I0WBX,
>> DJ0FX, CU8FN, EB1BVP, EA4AQQ, SP6IXF, PC5W, TF1A, OK1ZVP, IK1BQD, R6JY,
>> JH1AJT, F4EMG, ON3AD, SP6IXF, DL2VPO, A45XR, F5ADE,   SV2AEL,   JH1AJT,
>> IK1BQD, I0OSI, UR5RGS, VK7BBB, YO9HP, SP5EAF, 5T2AI, and all of Canada.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Lloyd - N9LB in snowy and cold Wisconsin.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Wes
>> Stewart
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 1:56 PM
>> To: topband at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: Topband: ARRL DXCC - 160 Meters
>>
>> One of our SADXA members just wrote a paper about the possibility of
>> daytime 40-meter DX during mid-December.
>>
>> But on this subject I would like to know who made the ONE 160-meter SSB
>> QSO with VP6D.
>>
>> Wes  N7WS
>>
>> On 11/20/2018 11:57 AM, Clive GM3POI wrote:
>>> JC I think you have to be careful about saying this daytime or that
>>> qso could not have happened. "It entirely depends where the station is
>> located."
>>> An example, I have a QSL with three QSOS between me and a JD1 station
>>> all within about 15 mins of each other, on different dates and centred
>>> on midday here on 40m.  Stations in Northerly location will have a
>>> high degree of probability for midwinter daytime DX contacts. They
>>> will at other parts of the cycle, have a similar type of opening to
>>> the Pacific either side of mid night on the higher HF bands.
>>> I agree the OK stuff stinks and considering the previous qsl printing
>>> that went on, you cannot believe any of the data for certain.
>>> 73 Clive GM3POI
>>>
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