Posted: 7/13/2014 6:16:27 PM EDT
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All new to this and was getting lots of noise today then on 20m I found a conversation where there were 4 others. One was 75 miles away and 2 of them about 300 miles away and the 4th about 400 miles away all in a straight line from here in MS. |
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Just listened, they were still going when I quit. All 4 of them were going roundtable. I get a fair number of one sided conversations, I'm not sure if it something on my end or just a common occurance. I still have a limited number of radials down for my 43' vertical. I have the stuff for a lot more, just get tired quickly so I get 2-4 down a day at most. I'm really suprised I get anything. I figured it would take months at a minumum or longer just to get a contact. I just made a quick contact with the Czech republic but he's running a contest or something and going thru them quickly. |
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And the fool was talking to me on it last night instead of night swimming with the great whites out there 
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It does for me |
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Highly doubt that on 20 meters Quoted:
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Not ground wave. NVIS. Signal goes straight up an then back down Highly doubt that on 20 meters Oops missed the 20m part. Probably airwave for the close in contacts. But the 300mi is odd. Ground wave mainly exists on 160m |
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NVIS depends on the MUF. If the MUF is near the 20 meter band, you will get a more pronounced NVIS effect. Sunlight excites the D-layer allowing signals to more readily pass through it. At night the D-layer cools off, condenses and reflects signals more readily. |