I got them on 160 last night as well. They were loud but I was fighting significant QSB going between loud/solid copy and no copy at all within minutes. He may have come back to me once or twice but I wasn't sure due to a QSB fade, then another time someone tuned on top of him but it would have been ESP if it was. After about 45 minutes or so I gave up for a bit. Went upstairs and did a few things and came back down 30 minutes or so later and got them solid within the next dozen or so calls.
73, Dave - N9FN -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of W0MU Mike Fatchett Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: 3C0L I would agree on the huge pileup and very very poorly behaved. I guess people still can't copy their own calls. He was decent copy and then would dive into the noise and come back. I just got my 8 element circle back up but I am not sure it is operating right as sometime they were stronger on the Inverted L. K0EU got them and maybe AA0RS but I didn't hear many others in the area get him. I never did. W0MU On 10/17/2017 7:48 AM, Tim Shoppa 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 < > [email protected]> 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 >>> < >> [email protected]>: >>> 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! >>> > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
