[DX-CHAT] QSL-information
I am now the QSL-manager for 9Q1EK and 9Q1TB, and I have the logs up till December 27th 2006. As there will be color picture QSL's (different cards for the two stations) it will take some time before I get them from the printer. Please note that I will only answer DIRECT QSL's with SAE and postage, USD 2 or one new type IRC. If anything more is included to cover printing costs it's appreciated but of course that is voluntary. If you want a log check please e-mail me! 73/DX de Osten SM5DQC[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Exams
You all have brought back some fond memories. Well, all this has brought memories flooding bach that were almost forgotten. Back in 1955, when my novice license was about to expire, after almost one year of an exciting new hobby and the discovery of the miracle of DXing, I gathered up a bit of money, packed an overnight bag, went down to the post office and waited by the highway for the Greyhound bus. Here I was, a 17 year boy who had never been away from the safety of home by himself, headed 200 miles away to Mobile, Alabama by himself. How and why my parents allowed me to do something like this, I will never know. Anyway the bus finally got to the station in Mobile and I wandered around downtown, gawking at the huge buildings, looking for a hotel near the FCC office. I found the FCC office and a nearby hotel and somehow got checked in. I spent the rest of the evening reviewing the License Manual and after a night rest headed to the FCC. I don't remember anything about the written or code test, but I do remember that the examiner said YOU PASSED!. I don't remember how I got back home, maybe cloud 9, but 6 weeks later that coveted General class license arrived. It's been a great ride ever since. Bill W5EC Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] TY5MR/LEO + YX0LIX
QSL arrived for both these expeditons today. It made my day ! 73 HNY Rag LA5HE Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] 4O3T QSL
Received 4O3T direct vertified by PB2T today! Nice card. Thanks guys! 73 HNY Roland NA5Q Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Don't Tell Me, It Fell Off The Truck
Ron, Randy: When and if the tower arrives, don't sign the delivery receipt or bill of lading that you received it until you've gone over the tower with a magnifying glass. Years ago I ordered a W-51 crank up tower from TriEx, in fact my blueprints were signed off by Mr. Tashjian himself as a PE who worked for TriEx. When it arrived on Carolina Freight I gave it a once over as it was being unloaded, but didn't notice that a couple welds on the base were broken in shipment. Apparently someone somewhere had used a forklift to lift it from the base and cracked the welds at the tower base. While the freight truck was still on our street I called TriEx and Carolina to file a claim or get a new tower. Carolina ended up sending out an inspector who wrote a mealy mouthed report he couldn't tell how the tower was damaged. Carolina took this to mean that I damaged it within 30 seconds of receiving it so they refused to pay or return the tower to TriEx. Yeah, sure I paid $1,300 or so just so I could crack the welds, I told them, but got no where. I contacted Lanny, K5LP, an attorney I knew and we ended up filing suit against Carolina. What was funny about the thing was Carolina sent one of their VPs here to represent them in court, but he wasn't a licensed attorney anywhere. Carolina didn't know that Lanny was a member of the State Bar of Texas' Bar Grievance Committee, the organization that investigates and files barratry cases against people who unlawfully claim to be licensed attorneys (I'm sure every state has a similar organization or agency). Of course he checked this VP out and found he wasn't an attorney. Anyway we ended up prevailing finally during pre-trial on Carolina to pickup the tower and pay TriEx for a new one without having to go to trial. Lanny also made the Carolina VP sweat a while making him think he was going to be charged in Texas with the unlicensed practice of law. When the new tower arrived it was crated in wood, something the original one hadn't been by the time I got it and it had Do Not Forklift stenciled all over it. Turns out Carolina had splintered all the wooden crating in fork lifting and shipping it. Carolina paid all of my attorney expense and I sent Lanny and his secretary each a 20 pound smoked East Texas ham as a thank you. Lanny is or was an ARRL volunteer counsel at one time and has represented many Texas hams in tower cases. Even the ARRL says he's one of the best Part 97 and PRB-1 attorneys in the country. Tom, WW5L Ron Notarius W3WN wrote: Here's the 'official' word on what happened with Roadway Express... must be run by former FCC personnel... - I am happy to say that the Tilt-Over Section and base plate of the tower made it to Pittsburgh in 1 piece. However, the tower is nowhere to be found. While on its way from California to Pittsburgh, it appears that the two packages somehow got separated. How you ask? I have no idea and neither does Roadway Express. It seems that the 12 foot X 36” X 24” CRATE got lost. Roadway tells me that it never made it to Akron or Pittsburgh; the last 2 stops it made. Anyways, Roadway is looking for the crate with our tower in it and Tashjian Towers has filed a missing cargo claim, just incase they have to build us a new one. Thank Goodness for Shipping Insurance!! I have made all the necessary phone calls to the shipping company and the manufacturer to ensure we get what we paid for. If it is truly lost, Roadway will pay Tashjian Towers and they will build us a new one. I know that is not what I or you all wanted to hear, but at least our investment is protected. -- de Randy N3ZK - Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] Redeeming IRCs - what US postal bulletin do I take with me?
[non-USA readers can delete] There has been a lot of traffic about IRCs but I went through the dx-qsl and dx-chat reflector archives and could not find the article I needed. Someone posted a link to a .PDF file which contained information to help a window clerk process/redeem IRCs (I only have the large ones expiring 1/2007 to redeem). Could someone please send me that URL? I printed out part of Handbook F-1 (section 426.9) but that looks more like back-office stuff, nothing that would help a window clerk. Thanks 73 - Jim AD1C -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.us Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] IRC links
Here are the IRC information pages from the Postal Bulletins:
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/2006/pb22196.pdf
This is the Dec 2006 issue, you want pages 52 and 53
also:
http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/2006/pb22193.pdf
This is the November issue, you want pages 81 and 82
The Post Offices have these available, but you might want to print the pages
out to take with you.
IRC from the US redeem for 1 cent less than the purchase price, foreign ones
are good for an .84 Airmail stamp {they do not have to give you money!}.
73,
Duane, WV2B {USPS Clerk!}
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.-
Ralph Waldo Emerson
RE: [DX-CHAT] Don't Tell Me, It Fell Off The Truck
Just got off the phone with N3ZK. *phew* The tower showed up today. Thank goodness! Inspection (and yes, they very carefully inspected it) showed that some bolts were missing, and there's a question about the winch, but that's all being taken care of. The actual tower appears unscathed. But... well, Randy gets a call from someone in his company's warehouse around 11 this morning informing him that Roadway's driver has shown up with the tower. At 11:30, just as he's completing the inspection, he gets a shout from one of the warehouse managers. Randy is informed that the manager has just gotten off the phone with Roadway, and THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TOWER IS!! Then the manager asks him, by the way, what are you doing here in the warehouse? Randy points to the truck and crate and informs him, That's Roadway's truck, and there's the tower, they just delivered it! As of 4:00, Roadway STILL has no clue where the tower is, and allegedly is frantically making phone calls trying to track it down. 5 hours AFTER delivery. Inspires confidence, doesn't it? Anyway, all is well. The tower is now safely in storage at a club member's QTH, and the trailer is due to be delivered within a few days. We may yet have everything assembled in time for the club hamfest on February 25th -- no antennas yet, but it'll still look impressive, we hope! (Antennas should be there by Field Day... and we can mount the HexBeam on it in a pinch...) Thanks for all the shipping stories, both here on the reflector and in private. 73, ron w3wn Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT]
Can any one help? The rig I use to work all of my dx is my old reliable, Kenwood 140s; but it needs to be adjusted for a problem that has developed. Any one recommend a reliable person to send it to for repairs? You help is cetainly appreciated. Pse send me an eMail to expedite matters. Sherman A Harrison, K4KU 4824 Edens View Kingsport, TN 37664 Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
