I know that John, and its pretty sad. I had the same problem in Hong Kong when
I called DX. Japan thought they were DX, but I didnt even count the cards from
there, I just weighed them by the pound. Even here in Virginia, I can call CQ
DX and more than likely have at least one or two stateside stations respond.
They dont look my call up to see where I am, and think I am in some rare state
(Idaho - Utah ?) I guess and call, no matter how many times I am saying DX.
Frankly, anything below Mexico IS DX, but with those guys speaking in Spanish,
and sounding like a round robin I dont know why anyone would call them anyway.
There are plenty down there that do DXing, and we dont need to work the
chatters.
Hey - VE5 IS rare down here, I just look and have only 33 VE5 contacts in the
past 24 years.
Danny Douglas N7DC
ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA
SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all
DX 2-6 years each
.
QSL LOTW-buro- direct
As courtesy I upload to eQSL but if you
use that - also pls upload to LOTW
or hard card.
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Bradley
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:35 AM
Subject: [digitalradio] Gray areas of US ham Regs
Danny wrote:
"Less QRM from stateside
stations above 7.1, and to keep stateside stations from calling them. They
were NOT trying to DX, so any place above 7.1 would have worked (of course
avoiding short wave broadcast). "
I don't know how many times on SSB , while having a chat with a friend, I
have had a stateside station break in wanting to
exchange information for a "contact" . VE5 is not that an exotic prefix, but
some feel it is important to put another notch on
their 1KW gun.
On the rare occaison that I get busy and try and chase DX, calling CQ DX gets
me a bunch of K6 stations trying to answer.
Sorry , K6 is NOT dx.........
So it is usually bad manners that chase us down below 7100 and 14150., and
another reason why I enjoy the digital modes
since folks seem to have a higher operating standard and are far more polite
John
VE5MU
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