I am in W1-land.

My antenna is a 150 feet long CF doublet using tuned feeders.

My log shows:

1] daytime, 9:00 am through 3:00 pm ... up to 300 miles
2] sunrise/sunset up to daytime ... up to 1000 miles
3] dark ... up to 3000 miles [I have G1 confirmed], also St. Lucia in the Caribbean.

Running 40 watts ERP.

/s/ Dd, W1MCE

Caveat Lector wrote:

I need to write up a brief description of the propagation characteristics of
this band.
Being it is between the 40 Meter and 80 meter band, I assume the 60 meter
band is local or very poor during the day. At night in the winter months,
propagation should offer characteristics similar to the 40 meter and 80
meter bands. Have read some reports of NVIS being used successfully for
local day communications.

Given that few countries (United States, United Kingdom, Norway and Iceland)
have privileges here and considering the power restrictions --- (Amateurs
may use USB *only* with a maximum effective radiated power (ERP) of 50 W.
Radiated power must not exceed the equivalent of 50 W PEP transmitter output
power into an antenna with a gain of 0 dBd), it would seem domestic contacts
(USA) are most likely.

Any comments are appreciated. Post here is fine.
I remain incognito on the NG's due to bad experiences in the past.
TIA
73 & Happy Holidays -- CL

Thanks folks for the comments -- appreciated -- CL

"Dave" wrote in message
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I am in W1-land.

My antenna is a 150 feet long CF doublet using tuned feeders.

My log shows:

1] daytime, 9:00 am through 3:00 pm ... up to 300 miles
2] sunrise/sunset up to daytime ... up to 1000 miles
3] dark ... up to 3000 miles [I have G1 confirmed], also St. Lucia in the
Caribbean.

Running 40 watts ERP.

/s/ Dd, W1MCE

Caveat Lector wrote:

I need to write up a brief description of the propagation characteristics
of this band.
Being it is between the 40 Meter and 80 meter band, I assume the 60 meter
band is local or very poor during the day. At night in the winter months,
propagation should offer characteristics similar to the 40 meter and 80
meter bands. Have read some reports of NVIS being used successfully for
local day communications.

Given that few countries (United States, United Kingdom, Norway and
Iceland) have privileges here and considering the power restrictions ---
(Amateurs may use USB *only* with a maximum effective radiated power
(ERP) of 50 W. Radiated power must not exceed the equivalent of 50 W PEP
transmitter output power into an antenna with a gain of 0 dBd), it would
seem domestic contacts (USA) are most likely.

Any comments are appreciated. Post here is fine.
I remain incognito on the NG's due to bad experiences in the past.
TIA
73 & Happy Holidays -- CL