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Re: Topband: Last news for 3C6A

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Subject: Re: Topband: Last news for 3C6A
From: john <w8wej@citynet.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:39:00 +0000
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"lets just use our ears <    AND BRAINS >  and see what we can work"
I also agree with Herb,,,   any opportunity  would be a good one --- for 
sure they will work some one some where--at any given time
none of us are "owed" anything
dx is
73 john w8wej


On 2/24/2012 11:14 PM, jeremy maris wrote:
> Agreed. And speaking as someone in the UK with a nice South Beverage I'd be 
> pleased to work them. As would many others in Europe and Asia, no doubt. 
> There' a whole world outside of the USA!
>
> As to contests, I heard many stations in the ARRL DX CW that I wanted to work 
> (Belize, British Honduras etc)  but  they were of course working USA only and 
> far too busy to want  Eu QSO.  So I'll listen at other times.
>
> Let's just use our ears  and see what we can work.
>
> Jeremy G3XDK/G4AQG
>
>
> On 24 Feb 2012, at 19:58, Herb Schoenbohm wrote:
>
>> You guys are a bunch of whiners....as an even an hour on 160 at 2300
>> would have been good for openers with a another shot after the contest.
>> Now you have forced by public pressure a possible new country to remain
>> off the band for a later date and wow...isn't that wonderful after a
>> weekend of non-stop contesting many of us will be in excellent shape to
>> spend another night after the contest ends to try and break the EU wall
>> of callers!  Would it not be better to try a least for an hour at our
>> local sunset?  Tropical static and poor conditions could spoil
>> everything after March 5th and you will never know what might have been.
>>
>> Thank you so much!.......The big guns rule on TB in more ways then just
>> having just big signals and huge stations..... they can keep a new one
>> off the air because it may not be convenient to their schedule.  I would
>> rather have the big guns up in the phone bands working the contest and
>> the those who know 160 would have avoided the 3C0E frequency or choose
>> to work some CW.
>>
>>
>> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>>
>> On 2/24/2012 3:35 PM, Josep Torres wrote:
>>> OK, talked to Elmo later to let him know about the ARRL DX SSB Contest and 
>>> he agreed that operation from 3C0E on 160m will start after the contest, 
>>> say on march 5th. But let's see how things are..
>>> No 160 operation expected from 3C6A...
>>> As TX antenna they have 18m vertical, and beverages for RX..
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Josep
>>> EA6BF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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