I remember before the start of the second Stew Perry contest - I could hear GM3POI well over an hour before sunset.
Here is my signal at RA4LW - one hour after his sunrise - on SSB!! http://www.kkn.net/n6tr/160/n6tr_1hr_ssb_daylight_at_ra4lw_20-Dec-08-0600utc.WAV With low sunspots - lots of strange things can happen - especially as you get into the more Northern latitudes. Tree N6TR On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:24 PM, Louis Parascondola via Topband < [email protected]> wrote: > Since I have personal knowledge of the S2 to Connecticut QSO as being > valid, I would just be curious how many on here have worked S2 on 160 and > has it confirmed. Lou W1QJ > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Cizek W0VTT <[email protected]> > To: Louis Parascondola <[email protected]>; topband < > [email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 12:32 PM > Subject: Field Checking strange cards > > > Lou, Larry, and the gang, > > Newington's instructions to Field Checkers state that our job is to > verify that the information on the QSL cards is the same as is claimed > on the application. If we note anything "unusual", like a 160m QSO > taking place in broad daylight, we note it on the application. It is > NOT our job to decide if the QSO is "good" or not. This also applies to > unauthorized operations like P5RS7, and the like. > > If I saw a claimed 160m QSO with S2 at 4pm local time, I would flag it > on the application. Then, I would go home, look up sunrise and sunset > times for that date in both CT and the guy's town in S2, write it all > up, and email it to the DXCC desk. I have done exactly this before, and > I know some of my colleagues have, as well. > > -- > 73, > Mike Cizek WØVTT > > > > On 15-Jan-16 01:01, Louis Parascondola wrote: > > Tom please comment on the 4pm QSL card from ct. Claiming S2 at 4pm > > local time. > > > > Sent from AOL Mobile Mail > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom W8JI <<a href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]</a>> > > To: topband <<a href="mailto:[email protected]";> > [email protected]</a>>; Mike Cizek W0VTT <<a href="mailto: > [email protected]">[email protected]</a>> > > Sent: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 09:42 PM > > Subject: Re: Topband: Strange propagation > > > > > > I am a 160 card checker, and I damn well DO check the times! I'm sorry > > to report that I have found cases where "impossible" QSOs were claimed, > > and reported them to the mother ship in Newington. I would sincerely > > hope that my colleagues would do the same.>>> > > > > But isn't it legal to operate anywhere in the lower continental USA to > > make > > a DXCC contact in the lower continental USA? > > > > As far as I know, they made that legal many years ago, and the contact > > simply has to be made from the USA lower 48 no matter where. > > > > Where were all the complainers when they did that? As far as I'm > > concerned, > > that was the end of DXCC meaning very much. I wrote and complained. > > Now it > > is what it is. > > > > 73 Tom > > > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - <a href="http://www.contesting.com/_topband"; > target="_blank">http://www.contesting.com/_topband</a> > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
