From: "Steven WheatleyKU9C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 05:34:45 -0400
Subject: BS7H QSO/QSL inquiries
Folks,
I have received quite a number of QSO not in logs,
I forgot my QSO detail, my dog/significant other/kid/etc trashed my log,
et
c questions in the last week, so let me help with some ground rules:
I'm not in a position to answer whether you are in or not in the log
at the moment. Rather than ask via email, I'd ask you to kindly put the
in
quiry in a NOTE with your QSL to me. I'll research the log as I work your
QSL request, and respond accordingly. If you are NOT IN THE WEB log,
don't
give up, put down EVERY QSO you believe you had, and I'll do the rest. If
the web log shows 20SSB, put down EVERY qso you think you had on 20 SSB, n
ot just the first. Don't be embarassed with dupes, rather, give me all
the
QSOs you've had, I'll see the dupes anyway, but if you are not in the log
the first time, it will save me a lot of time researching. Remember,
every
researched call takes time from processing other cards. If it's a busted
call, I'll use well-established judgement in issuing the card, and may ask
you to help confirm that the person's whose call appears did NOT make a
QSO
.
If you DO NOT HAVE ANY detail besides what is in the web log
online, it's impossible for me to give you credit for the card. I need to
have SOME supporting detail on your QSO. Give me your best guess from mem
ory, who you heard work BS7H just before or after. Chances are one of
your
friends was in the hunt at the same time, and can help. Remember, it will
be a lot easier to remember it now than a month from now. And, I'm not in
a position to issue a QSL to you 'just because' the web log says you're th
ere. Not the way it works.
Don't fret the 39 cent stamp or the
84 cent stamp you sent before the postage increase. I'll cover it.
If i do not respond to your email, please don't take it personally.
Please follow the guidelines here. I tend to not answer the emails when
t
hey ask the questions above, as each email is roughly equivalent to the
tim
e it takes to answer 2-3 QSLs...and i tend to choose to answer the cards
fi
rst.
I'll let you know when the cards start going out via this f
orum.
As an aside, if you have a problem with how I do QSLs, how
long it takes to get a card from me, etc, please take it up with me direct
ly. I don't appreciate reading it third hand via a reflector, etc.
Frankl
y, if you are kind enough to send me a note, I'll be glad to help research
it. In many cases, I may be able to help you understand why the process
ta
ke so long for your QSL, as I keep pretty good records of those calls that
take time, and for what reasons that is the case.
73
Steve
KU9C
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From: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 07:35:01 -0700
Subject: Montenegro and Serbia prefixes
The ITU has decided that Montenegro will use 4O and Serbia will have
YT and YU.
From the ARRL Letter dated May 18, 2007:
* ITU okays Montenegro, Serbia call sign prefix agreement: Although it
became a country -- and a DXCC entity -- in its own right last June,
Montenegro has not had an Amateur Radio call sign block to call its own
until this month. According to The Daily DX, the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) did not want to give Montenegro an
entirely
new prefix, so it required the states of Montenegro and Serbia to
agree upon
one or two prefixes from the five (4N, 4O, YT, YU and YZ) assigned to
the
former Serbia-Montenegro. An agreement was reached May 11, and the
ITU now
lists 4O (that's "four Oscar") as Montenegro's prefix. This means
Montenegro
stations may use 4O0 through 4O9, while Serbia stations will continue
to use
YT and YU prefixes for all call districts, 0 through 9. The ITU has
taken
back the former 4N and YZ prefixes for future reassignment. The ITU
reportedly wants the two nations to complete the transition to new
call sign
blocks as soon as possible. The Daily DX Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR,
recommends that DXers update their logging software carefully to
reflect the
changes.
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Bob, N7XY
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 13:26:47 -0400
Subject: ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA
SB PROP @ ARL $ARLP021
ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA
ZCZC AP21
QST de W1AW
Propagation Forecast Bulletin 21 ARLP021
From Tad Cook, K7RA
Seattle, WA May 18, 2007
To all radio amateurs
SB PROP ARL ARLP021
ARLP021 Propagation de K7RA
This week saw a rise in sunspot numbers, with the average daily
value up over 11 points to 29.3. On Wednesday, May 16, the daily
sunspot number was 56, the highest daily reading since 162 days
earlier on December 5, 2006, when the sunspot number was 59. This
week's average sunspot number was the highest since the reporting
week of January 4-10, 2007.
Keep in mind that a tremendous day-to-day variation in sunspot
numbers is normal, so this should not be seen as an indicator that
sunspot trends have turned around, and are already into Cycle 24.
Of course, increased activity may follow; this just isn't an
indicator that higher sunspot numbers are due in the very near term.
The bottom of the cycle, late last year predicted for the past
couple of months, has moved out as far as a year in the most recent
general consensus of the scientific community. With predictions
revised so often, it would be useful to keep an eye on each week's
release of the Preliminary Report of Solar and Geophysical Data at,
http://www.sec.noaa.gov/weekly/.
Lately about once per month the report shows a revised projection of
smoothed sunspot numbers through the next calendar year around pages
10-12. The last one was in the May 1 issue, #1652. This shows the
minimum smoothed numbers from January to June of this year. Compare
this to the projection in issue #1627 from November 7, 2006, which
had the minimum more tightly predicted to March and April of this
year.
This week brought reports of seasonal sporadic E layer openings on
10 and 6 meters.
Rich Klinman, W3RJ of Coopersburg, Pennsylvania wrote on May 11
noting that both 10 and 6 were good for him. He says, "I could
easily work from WI to FL and WA to CA including HI to the West.
Central and South America late in the afternoon into night. Day
after day. Morning until after midnight."
Bill Tackett, KN4N of Greenville, Tennessee wrote, "10 meters was W
I D E open here Friday May 11 from East Tennessee to the North. We
were working stations all the way to Canada mobile with good strong
signals. It opened around 0900 DST time and stayed opened until
around 1330 DST."
Greenville is in the Eastern Time zone, so daylight standard time
there would be 1300-1730z.
Two weeks ago (May 4) Byron Stoesser, W7SWC was riding his bike in
Southern Arizona and working the low end of 17 meters. He was
surprised to observe short and long skip contacts back-to-back,
first with N6KN in Los Angeles, then CT1IZU in Portugal. No word on
the time of day, but the afternoon looks good for the path to Europe
on that day.
For the near term, we will probably see sunspot numbers higher than
the recent periods when it was 0 or 12, but declining a bit, with
the next probable peak around May 25-30. Unsettled to active
geomagnetic conditions are forecast for the beginning of that
period, and we may see some mildly unsettled activity around May 20.
We are still in the right season for sporadic E propagation on 10
and 6 meters.
Geophysical Institute Prague predicts quiet conditions for May 18,
unsettled May 19 and 20, quiet May 21-23, and unsettled to active on
May 24.
If you would like to make a comment or have a tip for our readers,
email the author at, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For more information concerning radio propagation, see the ARRL
Technical Information Service at,
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/propagation.html. For a detailed
explanation of the numbers used in this bulletin see,
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/k9la-prop.html. An archive of past
propagation bulletins is at, http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/ .
Monthly propagation charts between four USA regions and twelve
overseas locations are at, http://www.arrl.org/qst/propcharts/.
Sunspot numbers for May 10 through 16 were 20, 24, 21, 18, 29, 37
and 56 with a mean of 29.3. 10.7 cm flux was 71.2, 71.5, 71.4, 73.5,
72.9, 76.9, and 77.1, with a mean of 73.5. Estimated planetary A
indices were 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6 and 4 with a mean of 3.4. Estimated
mid-latitude A indices were 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 4 and 3, with a mean of
2.3.
NNNN
/EX
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