Re: [DX-CHAT] Why the new DXCC rule

Creating "New Ones"stimulatesthe ARRL cash flow. Everyone otherwise stagnated, near or at the top,then submits an endorsement and accompanying $$$... Don N7EF -- Original message from Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- Just wondering why DXCC changed the rules to

Re: [DX-CHAT] new rule??

The idea that a rock is a country makes a LOT of sense to the country that owns it. You get the undersea oil rights for a radius of 100 miles or some such... Don N7EF -- Original message from Tom Wylie [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- Oh, I care passionately about working

Re: [DX-CHAT] EA6UN QSL's

Don't know if it's the case with this one but some of these rarer DX folks, living off the proceeds of incoming green stamps, respond to just enough incoming QSLs (say 1 out of 15-20) for the word to get around that "Yes, he QSLs..." That keeps the green stamps flowing in..

RE: [DX-CHAT] QSL info TROLLing

Dude! DUDE!! You are impugning a great group of radio amateurs: http://www.ab0zo.org/ Welcome to the b0ZO Amateur Radio Fraternity! Apologies are in order -- Original message from Peter Penta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- You are right…the few B0Z0’s ruin

RE: [DX-CHAT] KG44WW

What’s a little bending of the rules? A simplex DX pile up is intentional QRM by all the callers, or (attempted) stealing of someone’s run frequency in a contest (if you transmit when you even think it might interfere with another transmission, that’s Intentional_QRM...very illegal). Then

RE: [DX-CHAT] Logbook of World

woweee... -- Original message from "Bernie McClenny, W3UR" The ARRL announced LOTW is now working for Worked All States

RE: [DX-CHAT] Logbook of World

I'm a stamp collector. To use the usual LOTW arguments, it would certainly be easier, cheaper, quicker, just to collect jpeg's of the stamps, rather than the real thing...paraphrasing W3UR, "It would get more stamp collectors involved...would encourage more participation..." Ri

Re: [DX-CHAT] KP5 cards

ngton gets it locked up and starts charging a buck per...). It's also easier and cheaper to watchfishing onTV, than todo ityourself, but it ain't the same thing... Don N7EF -- Original message from Zack Widup-- LotW is just not the same as having a card in front of you that you

RE: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] KP5 approved

It would be interesting to know how the recent KP5 operation could be declared "legal" when everything we heard about it indicates the operators were kicked out by the cognizant authorities. Or did I miss something? Don N7EF -- Original message from Zack Widup [EMAIL