"Chris" wrote in message
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I often hear that SW is better received during the night hours, Does this
refer to the night time of the receiving station or the night time of the
transmitting station. I am in New Zealand and we are 12hours ahead of UTC.

Cheers

Chris



To be simplistic, the sky between the transmitter and the receiver need to
be dark for best reception. That is, on the East Coast of North American,
European stations are best heard after sunset on the East Coast (while
Europe has been dark for several hours). And on the West Coast of North
America, while it is still dark in the morning, SE Asia comes in best.