Europe finally on west coast

[DXman]

Talked to a Scotland and a Norway station @ 3:15pm Pacific time. 11 mts.
It's been a long time for here. Signals coming over the North Pole.

Since this post, the conditions have really opened into the Pacific.
Work 3 stations in the Philippines.
2 stations in Indonesia.

 

[kd-5-bgt]

Very nice contacts !! I dont hear them often on the amateur bands

 

[wavrider]

Europe :bored:
Now the PI and Indonesia sure wished we could get those signals here on the East coast.

You West coasts ops get all the exotic Dx.

Glad to see you got some EU contacts over the pole.

I have never made any contacts into Pacific area higher in freq than 15 meters,

 

[Robb]

Fantastic Larry!

Pointed my beam over the pole after I read your post @ 3:45 PST. Only faint signals and a guy in WI that heard me Q5.

I did swing my beam around to the SE and got New Zealand/WR4141/Andy on 27.38mhz @ 7-9 S-units. Then I got Tasmania/WR445 shortly thereafter.

How does one determine the proper direction when shooting long distance skip? The curve of the Earth plays a role in determining the real vector.

 

[DXman]

Fantastic Larry!
How does one determine the proper direction when shooting long distance skip?[/I]

I just use my Globe and a piece of string..... Shortest distance between to points (normally)