[DX-CHAT] Two ARRL-SSB entries
Hi all, Just dropping a note to maybe head off a little confusion in ARRL-SSB this weekend. I will be operating in the contest for a few hours tonight as my own stateside call, from my home QTH in New Jersey. My XYL and I will be flying to C6 for vacation during the day tomorrow (Sat.) and hopefully will be active on 20 single-band during the evening Saturday and daytime on Sunday as C6/W2IRT, then thereafter on 17 and 20 for the rest of the week. So if you work W2IRT tonight or early AM tomorrow and hear the call again on Sat. night or Sunday, it's not a dupe! See Ya In The Pileups 73 and Cheers - Peter W2IRT 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] Future DXpeditions
At 16:08 02/21/06, Tom Wylie wrote: I am open to constructive criticism as I try to do better on each expedition, but I hate time wasters, and all the other moaners. Russell Kellam Jr wrote: Well said Ken. Many of the criticisms can be taken as sour grapes as we move on to more better DX. I suppose the issue is where does valid constructive criticism stop and sour grapes begin. As one who's never travelled before with an HF radio (my first trip is a vacation to C6 the week after next and I'll only have 10, 17 and 15 on an indoor dipole with 100W), I welcome any suggestions on how to make it go more smoothly; afterwards, if I didn't handle something particularly well, I'd like to know so I can do it better next time -- maybe from someplace that might actually generate a real pileup grin. I suppose I'd be offended if I got e-mails saying you suck cuz you didn't work me on 9 bands plus EME and 160 SSTV, but I know I'd appreciate someone more experienced than me saying Gee, ya know if you'd have stayed on such-and-such band an extra 2 hours you'd have heard so-and-so region well. The way I see it, if I'm spending my money to go on a trip that will benefit the amateur radio community - I sure as heck want to know how I can best make use of my time, money and energy in so doing. - Peter W2IRT 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] Pronouncing VU7
At 16:08 02/21/06, petethepup wrote: Ok. We call it VU7, but how do I pronounce LAKSHADWEEP ? Vee You Seven -- Much easier! :-) :-) Next, let's try for the bonus round: R1MV !! I think you need a degree as a cunning linguist to pronounce that one, lest your dentures fly out of your mouth. - Peter W2IRT 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] Peter I
At 19:21 02/20/06, Charlie, W0YG wrote: Mal: I am amazed you can sit here and tell them over there what they should have done. It isn't in the cards for that to happen. Hi Charlie, Mal (et al). Constructive comments such as mine and others obviously can't affect an operation that's finished, but what of the next guys who decide to spend their time and money to give The Deserving a New One? I can tell you for sure that if my next radio trip were to someplace more exotic than C6 in a couple of weeks, I'd sure as heck want every bit of information I could lay my hands on that would mean more Q's in my log and more happy campers on the big end of the pile. It may be a case of someone looking through these messages as they plan a trip and realizing that hey, yeah...that makes sense and badda-bing, next time they activate Upper Slobovia for the masses, perhaps the pile on 40 (or wherever) won't be as bad. When a group of dedicated adventurers decides to spend more than a half a million dollars on a trip like this, I'm guessing that they probably want to be as successful as they can be, with the most Q's and orderly piles, etc. To not analyze their successes (many) and one or two relatively small shortcomings is a mistake, IMHO. There are a lot of top-ten locations still in need of a visit, and I know if I were going to BS7, VU7, VU4, KP1, etc, I'd want to look at what needs to be done to get that rare a place into as many logbooks as possible. I will say, though, it was great to hear an operation that was done so well. They did a million things right for the most part and we should rightfully thank them for their hard work. To overlook the couple of weak spots and just congratulate the successes alone I think isn't being honest. It would likewise be wrong to say a DXpedition was a poor because of one or two factors ignoring all the good. - Peter W2IRT 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
