With my 40m band dipole antenna I had some QSOs with local stations on the 6m band, and it turned out that the antenna also works with skywave propagation for the distance of about 3,000km. The station was DU7/PA0HIP, Lapu-Lapu city, Philippines.
Bent Dipole with a short Parallel Transmission Line.
Bent Dipole with a short Parallel Transmission Line (2).