Topband: 3C0L

[Kenneth Grimm]

I also heard 3C0L well before sundown and called for about 30 minutes.
Realizing that he was only coming back to Europeans, who were undoubtedly
much louder than I was considering that they were in full darkness and I
wasn't.  I watched TV for a while and when I heard them beginning to work
the US, I got interested again.  Another 30 minutes and I finally got
them.  This doesn't surprise me as I have wasted many kwh fruitlessly
calling Europeans before my sundown.  While I could hear them, they
obviously could not hear me.  I now tend to be much more patient and wait
until the mass of European big guns have got their QSO and the sun is well
down before calling.  Yesterday afternoon, I forgot my usual habit and
started calling when I didn't have a chance...an ATNO has that effect, I
guess!

Conditions were very good for the entire evening and I'm sure a very large
number of stations were able to get their contact.  The superb operating by
Yuris didn't hurt!  I will be interested to hear whether they were running
barefoot with the K3 or also had the SPE amplifier going.  They obviously
got their generator problems sorted out as there seemed to be continuous
operation.  Good conditions, good equipment, and a good operator is what it
takes for a successful expedition. Only two out of the three usually means
that the lids have much more fun.  Speaking of lids, I can usually forgive
the KC cop who sends "up" when someone forgets to push the split button,
but what gets my goat is the particularly vile person who gives a fake
report and the unsuspecting op believes he has made a QSO.  That kind of
behavior stinks!

I hope conditions continue to be good and those in the mid-west and west
manage to get their Qs.

73,

Ken - K4XL

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 3C0L had superb signals on 160M last night and a ginormous pileup.
>
> Their signal started out an hour before my sundown, on my NE-facing K9AY
> loop, but began showing QSB there an hour after my sundown. I then checked
> and was surprised their signal was so much better on my transmit antenna.
> This is something I've noticed several times on African DXpeditions.
>
> I wonder if "Looking to the NE" makes sense before sundown because this my
> shortest path to the most darkness, but the further after sundown a more
> direct E or even southerly path makes more sense.
>
> Tim N3QE
>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 3:45 AM, Victor Goncharsky via Topband <
> topband at contesting.com> wrote:
>
> > Sorry fat fingers, 3C0L, of course... great operation by two men crew
> with
> > one dead K3!
> >
> >
> > >Вторник, 17 октября 2017, 7:41 UTC от Victor Goncharsky via Topband <
> > topband at contesting.com>:
> > >
> > >Last night 3C0R have shown once again (remeber EP2A and S21ZED-E) how
> 160
> > meter DX operation, this time from Africa, has to look like. Respect to
> > Juris and Kaspars!
> > >
> > >
> >
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