DxAce wrote:

Pete KE9OA wrote:

Why? Take a look at a globe, and you will see that the most direct path from
Greenland to the USA is over the pole.

Here is a link to a map I just made up which shows the great circle path from
the (supposed) transmitter site near Tasiilaq, Greenland (airport code AGM) and
Holland, MI (airport code HLM).

http://makeashorterlink.com/?G13726F97

Show me where the path crosses the pole?

It does pass through the northern auroral zone and that's all it takes
to mess up the signal if the propagation conditions are disturbed.


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