Re: [DX-CHAT] VU7LD

2006-12-27 Thread Bill Jackson
Simple... Run off you QSOs three (3) per card and put 2 IRC's OR 1 USD per card. Bill For those of you lucky enough to have more than ONE QSO! Such a delema! :+) 73 de Bill Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items

[DX-CHAT] ALE - Now I Know!

2006-10-14 Thread Bill Jackson
I was wondering what I was hearing in the dx-window on 3791.0 on USB. The digital QRM is already here! 73 de Bill ALE event may spark curiosity among the uninitiated (Oct 14, 2006) -- A growing number of amateurs using Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) has prompted HFLINK -- the international

Re: [DX-CHAT] Yaesu FT-2000

2006-10-07 Thread Bill Jackson
We shouldn't assume that improved receiver performance comes automatically along with all the extra features. For example, although the FT-1000MP is my primary workhorse rig, I have always been disappointed that its raw sensitivity on a totally quiet band (10M long path for example) is not as

[DX-CHAT] Otto Degner - W5YU, SK

2006-08-27 Thread Bill Jackson
I was suprised and saddened to learn this morning while chasing some dx on 75m that Otto, W5YU became a Silent Key the first week of July. Otto was one of regulars of the 75 meter dx-window most winter mornings for the better part of my 35+ years as a ham. Although we never had a chance to meet

Re: [DX-CHAT] DXpedition support

2006-08-23 Thread Bill Jackson
Isn't that what organizations like the NCDXF are for, to evaluate the worthiness of a particular dxpedtiion and provide some financial assistance? 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] What Has Happened to HF?

2005-07-23 Thread Bill Jackson
Is it just me, or has their been a significant drop in the amount of on the air activity on HF over the past year or so? I realize conditions have not been the best lately, but having been a ham through several sunspot cycles, I must say that I have never heard all of the bands lacking signals,

Re: [DX-CHAT] Query abt DX splits

2004-10-22 Thread Bill Jackson
This morning was a perfect example of why we need shared phone spectrum with the rest of the world on 40m. VK9LA was transmitting on 7078 KHz, listening up on 7254 KHz, which was causing all kinds of QRM to EastCars, a well established service net on 7255 KHz. Several of the stations on the net

Re: [DX-CHAT] What is DX?

2003-07-11 Thread Bill Jackson
I hope that everyone who has an ax to grind with the current DXCC country criteria as it relates to Honor Roll status is also composing a well thought out, unemotional letter to their respective ARRL DX Advisory Committee members and not just "venting" here on the reflector. 73 de Bill