Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice

2004-03-04 Thread Tom Anderson
Charles, et. al: As a former newspaper reporter having your stuff (our word for stories, not my XYL Cheryl WY5H cleaning up the shack) picked up by other media was/is a common thing. Its not right, but it happens all the time. Sometimes credit is given, sometimes not. I used to get a kick out

Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice

2004-03-04 Thread Larry, K4WLS
Ref: Post by K4VUD Charles, Please read my Post again. Not once did I broach the issues of plaegerism (I can't even spell it) or copyright. I did stress the issues of ethical practice, honesty, and principles. Unfortunately, most of the American people today do not understand what these words

Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice

2004-03-04 Thread Urb LeJeune
I realize that most of the information on the internet is not copyrighted, and therefore basically a free for all, but this is an unethical practice in the unwritten code of DX'ing. Not true, everything is copyright. You do not have to say something is copyright, just the fact that it was

Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice ???

2004-03-04 Thread Charles Harpole
Yep, plagiarism exactly involves the issues of ethical practice, honesty, and principles. (K4WLS, cited below) I just think WLS over reacted to a minor incident in the great HOBBY of ham radio. I send out a bigger signal because N4GI came over to my station and helped me install 5 el.

Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice

2004-03-04 Thread Ron St.Laurent ND5S
Copying from one is plagarism . . . copying from many is research. Ron ND5S - Original Message - From: Tom Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 14:15 Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical

Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice

2004-03-04 Thread K3BU
In a message dated 3/4/04 9:43:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PS: Nice to see you teach plagiarism in college. My, my, what do they teach in those schools today :-) Hobout some morse code and ham license classes? Yuri

[DX-CHAT] The Anatomy of List Nets

2004-03-04 Thread Larry, K4WLS
The Anatomy of List Nets Very few people take for face value what you write. Instead, they had rather read between the lines. There are usually on average about 3 people who want to disprove what you have said, just for the sake of disproving it. There are usually on average

Re: [DX-CHAT] The Anatomy of List Nets

2004-03-04 Thread Ron Notarius WN3VAW
And people wonder where I get stuff like this as fillers for my club newsletter! Of course, unlike certain individuals and web sites, when known I ALWAYS credit the author so that s/he can take a bow or share the blame! g 73, ron wn3vaw Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot

Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice

2004-03-04 Thread TED JOYCE
Larry, I sure agree with what you and others have been saying concerning this problem but, I wanted you and others to know that this is a completely different organization than the Southern Illinois DX and Contest Club and don't want people who see our scores thinking it could be us doing

[DX-CHAT] Distance

2004-03-04 Thread Ron Notarius WN3VAW
Does anyone know the exact distance (either in miles or kilometers) from Geneva to Vienna? Even more specifically, from the 4U1ITU to the 4U1VIC shacks? I'm doing some research for a (future) newsletter article I'm not sure how accurate my current source(s) are. Thanks! 73, ron wn3vaw Some

Re: [DX-CHAT] Distance

2004-03-04 Thread Jim Reisert AD1C
At 06:53 PM 3/4/2004, Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote: Does anyone know the exact distance (either in miles or kilometers) from Geneva to Vienna? Even more specifically, from the 4U1ITU to the 4U1VIC shacks? Do you have CT? The coordinates are in the country file. Start CT and use the SETLAT command