Tim, They were good copy here also one hour before sunset ! I am close to salt water, an inlet just down the hill to the south.
One hour early is great propagation though. 73 Bruce-k1fz On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:48:01 -0400, 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 _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband