Bottom line: I think when Australians talk to Brits via long path, in the Dominican Republic I am between the two. Both have their beam antennas aimed (generally) un my directions. With an omnidirectional antenna (my 1/4 wave vertical) I can hear them both. While they are on the Long Path to each other, I am Short Path to both of them.
Here is my log entry (From the Dominican Republic):
August 20, 2025
20S around 0830 UTC VK5UK Rich and G2YT Peter. Rich was in LP contact with Peter My VFO was moving as the air conditioner kicked in. I think I was hearing both of them SP. With VK5UK I was off the side of his beam. Same with Peter G2YT.
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Peter G2YT wrote:
Yes, Rich and I were working Long Path… I was beaming at the top end of South America (about 240 degrees) and Rich was beaming approx 120 degrees.
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Rich, VK5UK wrote:
Hi, thanks for the email... My beam heading was around 150 degrees from VK long path to Europe you would have been receiving me via the shortest path between us, and I suspect you were being received by Peter on the same path? 73 Rich
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Here is a good website that describes (using Australia to Europe) the Long Path and Short Path propagation paths:
https://www.pa9x.com/long-path-or-short-path-propagation/
Here is a link to Google's new AI (on this subject)
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