Topband: 160 skip distance

[GEORGE WALLNER]

During both the ARRL 160 or the CQWW 160 CW contests from C6AGU (FL14tv, a 
very quiet location) about 250 miles east of FL, I hear and work stations 
during the day well into the continental US: sometimes as far as 1200 miles 
away (W2). Most of the contact take place before 11 AM local time, but some 
propagation does persist until midday and probably beyond that.
73,
George,
AA7JV/C6AGU


On Tue, 17 Sep 2019 08:14:49 -0500
  K4SAV <RadioXX at charter.net> wrote:
> A few years back guys on this forum decided to see what could be worked at noon time.  There were a few stations on at that time and I worked stations up to 600 miles. 
> That will vary with band conditions.  It doesn't work well if there are no stations on the band.
>
> You can observe the same thing during a major contest when there are stations working the band during the day (usually multi-op class stations).
>
> Jerry, K4SAV
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