That East-West problem is almost a daily occurance over here with EU and especially with a vertical. Ive had relatively decent results with a 180' high dipole until the angles shift to favor the verticals.
On 80M Ive often heard EU 2-3 hours before sunset but again we are just too weak to get thru the din which is the norm on both bands in EU. Carl KM1H ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:27 PM Subject: Re: Topband: Pre-Sunset > On 4/17/2012 12:22 PM, Robin wrote: >> We have recordings of contacts made with VP6DX on 160 SSB with the >> eastern end in full >> daylight... Real contacts, not someone playing with a remoted station in >> Florida. An >> analysis of the VP6DX logs will probably show a couple hundred contacts >> with the far end >> in hard daylight, and probably 25-50 or so with the VP6DX end still in >> real daylight > > About nine years ago, before moving to CA I leased a mountaintop site > near Sacramento, and had a 100W rig feeding a loaded dipole sloping away > from a 170 ft tower. I worked a guy in the Caribbean from there at > least an hour before my sunset. > > Working contests on Topband from my home 70 miles S of San Francisco > with 1.5kW, an omni vertical, and Beverages, I regularly hear east coast > stations at least two hours before my sunset, but they can rarely hear > me, primarily because they're listening on Beverages aimed to EU. I can > also regularly work anyone I can hear out to about 1,000 miles in this > time frame -- Seattle, Phoenix, CO, NM. After my sunrise, what I hear > from the west varies a lot from day to day, but I've made a good number > of 4,500-5,500 mile Qs a half hour after sunrise. > > 73, Jim K9YC > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2411/4942 - Release Date: 04/17/12 > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
