>
> I thought it might be interesting to wrap this into a future column of
> WorldRadio. If you have a memorable DX QSO, I'd like to hear about it.
> What made it memorable for you?
Might have told this story on here, but here it is again if I did.
So it's an afternoon in January 1999, my fourt
>
>
> The bigger question is: what can we do constructively to improve things?
>
>
I say don't spot interesting stuff that already has a self-sustaining
pileup.
People who don't care to listen to the DX or can't hear the DX probably
can't find the DX on their own anyway.
>
> The team wishes to work folks like you with modest stations and has ask
> the big guns to hold off a bit.
>
While that's nice of them, I don't think it's necessary.
The little pistol's #1 weapon in the pileups is to act like they're a big
gun.
A well timed and well placed in frequency 100W
>
>
> IC 706MKIIG barefoot
> 10-15-20 Rotateable Dipole at about 25 feet
> 135 Foot wire dipole - fed with window line at about 50 feet -- wiht LDG
> AT200 Pro tuner for 10 - 80 (160 is miserable)
> 3 Ele Cushcraft Yagi on 6 at about 30 feet
>
>
> I want to try to make contact with Descheo island
> I haven't worked many Asian stations recently.
Yep.
> I was lucky to get the last VU7 and BS7 operations when there was a little
> sunspot activity (not much).
I couldn't get the BS7. I heard them for a grand total of 1/2 hour on SSB
and I'm only 100W & a 20m Moxon (which I actually built
Danhuman nature ensures that there will be cheaters in any endeavor;
> amateur radio is not an exception.
>
I know... it's just a particularly silly context for cheating. If you take a
dive in boxing at least you get some money. If you cheat at Harvard at
least you get a diploma that helps
>
> Amen Dan!!! Nobody cares except the guys who achieved HR and 5BDXCC.
I think the people who *want* to achieve those things also care. I care.
They're impressive accomplishments in context.
But I don't think they're worth ruining everyone else's day for.
I get pretty mystified when people c
> Where do you get one of those "UP" machines that seems to be needed to work
> E44M?
>
> Do you get it on e-bay?
No, it comes free when both LIDS and DX COPS forget that ham radio is
supposed to be fun and no one in the real world actually gives a damn if
you're on the Honor Roll or have 5BDXCC.
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 1:10 PM, RUSSELL KELLAM JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wasn't the ZS8 supposed to be QRV this weekend ??
> 73 Russ W4UBC
He's a scientist that will be on Marion I. for a year, right?
I doubt that going on the air is the #1 priority , but the website says this:
"Petrus pl
>Cebik was, before retirement, a professor at The University of
Tennesee (I believe he was in >Electrical Engineering, but not sure).
Actually, it was Philosophy.
Proof against those who feel you have to be an electrical engineer to
contribute useful technical knowledge?
Dan
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>
> I googled 5t5da, etc and I can't fing a log search page .Is there one and
> what is the url?
> Jim
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>Then I wouldn't be checking the online log for my call, Wayne
Someone decided at least one or maybe a couple well known Low Band
DXers needed to be in the VP6DX logs on all bands and modes.
There were no high band attempts, but when they searched their calls
the guy I'm thinking of nearly had a
> Hell, if they didn't get my call right, then I didn't
> have a good 2X to begin with. I didn't bother resubmitting it.
If I heard for sure during the QSO that the op sent N3OX but N3OZ was
in the log on that band and no other band (or if he didn't exist, not
very likely with 1x2's at this point
> After my first QSO with TX5C, I decided to adopt the Japanese technique of
> never sending a signal report until after your callsign is sent – and
> received -- correctly.
Very good idea, I will absolutely do that in the future.
>(It goes without saying that once they do have your
> callsign,
So I posted this:
> Mine too, and they heard my 100W. They had such a nice signal I had
> no question that I got in (though a little surprise)
>
> http://n3ox.net/files/5T5DC_031808_0403Z_160m.mp3
>
And had a couple comments about that not being me in the file
above... I realize now that a l
>After they sign off VP6DX sends qrz up. I go up 5 and call and he sends
>back "KA2BZS we worked before QRZ"
I know they want to discourage duping but most people who dupe are
doing it because they didn't think they got in.
It doesn't really take that much longer to send "KA2BZS 5NN" than "KA2BZS
> Depends on the band . My 160 QSO with 5T5DC posted overnight, but
> if it didn't show up until dusk tonight, no big deal :-) !! (and
> *wow* do they have a nice signal on 160!)
Mine too, and they heard my 100W. They had such a nice signal I had
no question that I got in (though a little surp
On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 9:25 AM, David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The satellite phone they have requires a beamed signal to the satellite and
> in the rough sea with the ship rocking and rolling they can't keep a
> connection. It worked fine when they were on land.
And for those with
> YU8/G3TXF is confirmed as Serbia, not as Kosovo.
Yeah, I know... but it's the latest QSO I had with somewhere/G3TXF.
New band country confirmed on 30m anyway ;-)
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My YU8/G3TXF contact has.
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>It seems to me that if they have spent a bunch of their money,
perhaps with some backers too, they can operate
>any way THEY think is best for them, not us
Why don't we just apply this to the whole of ham radio. Whoever
spends the most money gets to make the rules.
Don't get me wrong,
1) I ver
>If an operation decides to do anything other than general calls then
>by continent is fair -- just alternate regularly so one side doesn't
>feel like they're getting the short-end
I think the issue here is ops who *feel* they're getting the short end
vs. ops who *are* getting the short end. I pe
>There are an awful
>lot of casual DXers, as I brought up in the eHam thread, who work
>full-time jobs and strong family obligations, who really only get 2
>or 3 hours a night between supper and bedtime to play radio.
I can't argue with that!
However, there are a lot of 'em in Europe too. (Wait s
> I must admit the
> hours-on-end of EU only on the low bands got very tiring very
> quickly.
And yet they've made about a fifth of the QSOs with EU than they have
with NA on 160m and just 2/3 the number of QSOs with EU as they have
with NA on 80m. Go figure.
In the meantime, poor ZS's get stu
Gotta give them praise for low band CW operations! They're really
holding it down on 80/160 tonight.
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Mike,
I think you're on to something.
TI9 is apparently #87 in the DXCC most wanted for 2006. I'd believe
that... there are other things I would rather knock down but there's
not a whole ton of activity. It's good DX and lots of people need it.
OK, so ZK2 is #75. I'd believe that, right? It'
> If the replacement op comes back on and starts on ones again it's
> going to be bedlam ;-)
It's official, the replacement op came back and just started taking
anyone and everyone.
Again, I'm just a lazy W3 who doesn't appreciate the DXpedition, don't
worry I understand that.
But would it have
>Inexperienced operators belong
>on low rate bands (e.g., 10 meters, 6 meters) at the end of an
>operation not on prime bands the first day of an operation - if
>they belong on an operation of this size in the first place.
I don't think that's really fair. I think for an inexperienced op she
was
>What we're seeing is another side-effect of the lower of license
>requirements.
Ron, don't even go there. I don't want to name-and-shame as G0OIL
says, but of the two worst ones I was hearing yesterday one was
licensed in '86 and the other I know has been a ham for quite a long
time (not sure ex
>That was a transcription of an actial qso, you can copnfirm with
W4AMP if you would like, other >calls left incomplete to protect he
guilty.
No doubt, no doubt... I heard exactly the same junk on 14205
yesterday, and I'm sure it's going on on 18160 but fortunately I don't
have to listen to it.
H
I have to temper my outrage at the pileups on TI9KK a little bit after
listening to the operation on 17m SSB today.
I came in when she was listening for 2's. She worked them for 20
minutes or so and then just started taking any callers for a while.
After about a half hour of that she called for
> Exactly - she's out there doing it and that goes a long way in my book.
I thought she was doing a *good job*. She wasn't making 100 QSO/hr
rate but when a whole bunch of people decide "W7 please?" means N4 and
NN3 and KP4 and NF5 should keep calling, and you have to make every
single QSO with a
> I'm with you,
> personally - that there was a valid license was in force before that
> date,
Presumably there is strong suspicion or proof of 1kW operation prior
to the cancellation, so I think it makes sense to invalidate the whole
operation.
Otherwise it'd be like saying all P5/N3OX contacts
"I view
it as more of a pain in the a** having to work them and collect QSLs to
maintain my position on the Honor Roll."
Shouldn't someone who's working harder than you get to take your spot?
The rules are the rules Re: addition of new entities and I would say
new political entities are about the
I think it's fine if you're rare DX and not getting any responses...
However, I've come to think no one should ever spot someone that
already has a pileup. Obviously self spotters are too busy at that
point to spot...
Pipe dream, of course. Never gonna happen because people like to brag
to the
> I won't speak for Herik, but he is very sensitive to his QSLing complaints.
> He
> loves ham radio and I'm sure one of the reasons he's not on much any more is
> because he doesn't want to hear complaints about not QSLing. To my knowledge
> he is fastidious about getting every QSL returned,
"I guess the only solution is to ignore if you can and steal their pleasure."
If we could get every single ham who wanted to work the DX to have
infinite patience and totally ignore the jammers, they'll go away.
The DX will always hear everyone in a split pile, and there will
always be a good fra
My experience listening to C52C on 40m was that the jammers couldn't
touch 'em ;-)
Tuners, intentional QRM, other such BS and C52C was just sailing over 'em.
Doesn't let the QRMers off the hook, but it is something I like to hear.
Dan
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I have Jan 1942 reprint because ARRL sent it to me when I renewed ;-)
Really fascinating read for my 28 year old self, actually... glad I have it.
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Apparently UA4WHX is in TN now?
Anyone know how long he's staying?
I need it for an all time new...
73,
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I could use ZS8 too...
I hope the 3B6 guys are able to get underway soon... all I saw was a
cluster spot from a GM station that said something like "back to 3B7"
...
I've got my fingers crossed that condx hold out... we don't need
85/2/0 solar condx for 3B6 from here but it sure wouldn't hurt.
Although it seems he manages MOST of them
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Please read
http://zs6ez.za.org/qsl-pol.htm
ZS6EZ does NOT Manage them all.
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Looks like I was off by 5%... I figured 10% of "Zone 5 calls" weren't
actually in Zone 5.
Still a pretty good distribution across N.A.
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How did they figure the US zones - by call sign which isn't too accurate
now.
That might be right, but I don't think it's *too* inaccurate. I think
the overall situation is still that the numbers more or less match up
here.
If you want to do a sample, just type random 1x2 calls into qrz and
see
This throws a lot of whining into sharp perspective.
They didn't work the U.S. enough? We're second only to JA.
Totally impenetrable JA wall? JA was only 900 hams ahead of the U.S.
total. Granted they had 3x the QSO's but who around here had a real
shot on, say, 40m.
BS7H impossible from the
Why do you feel that each entity should have a permanent population?
Why not start a seperate award for that instead?
In fact, I bet there already is one.
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Well, then maybe you should petition for an "operating table and
chair" clause to be added to the DXCC rules.
Then anyone who just wants to string their dipole in the palm trees
and lounge in the sand with their head up on a log with their K2 on
their belly doesn't count for DXCC.
Or all you'd h
Agreed ... where it s not possible to even set up a table for
operating without first building a platform to create a level
surface, that entity certainly fails any test of common sense.
3Y0X on Peter I. first had to set up tents before they set up tables
so the ops wouldn't get buried in snow a
They certainly don't look like the DX community held a gun to their
heads and forced them to activate this one to our own selfish ends.
;-)
For what it's worth, I wouldn't argue that this is the silliest DXCC
entity. I mean, that platform is about the size of my back deck. But
I think that mak
Here is another example of an entity that could reasonably be questioned.
Because the environmental extremist zealots have the attention of the
government of New Zealand, chances of working ZL9 are slim & none.
That's a great example. In 2000 there was a major DXpedition; worked
many tens of
N1DG; Los Angeles is a new one? Hehehe.
I agree that there is no sense deleting an entity because of danger.
Yes, the BS7H guys put their lives on the line for a few silly radio
contacts, but I bet that it was an experience that they will never for
a second regret.
It's called an adventure. If
Quote W2AGN:
You know, following this thread is enough to turn one off DXing. The ones that
worked BS7H are sneeringly demeaning those who didn't, criticizing their
operating, etc
No, a mix of people who worked and didn't work BS7H are sneeringly
demeaning a few VERY, VERY vocal whiners who th
Dan, you hit the nail on the head. If you fancy yourself a DXer you
need a station to cash the cheques your mouth writes, first and
foremost. If all you can afford is 100W and a wire, then you're a
fair-weather DXer (solar-wise).
Fortunately for me on 30m and below that wire is 60 feet long and
I didn't really need a super-fancy antenna system either. No stacks,
no long-boom monobanders, just a Force 12 C31XR up 70' or so (3
elements for 20m on a 31 foot boom),
but having a legal-limit amp
and diversity-receive on the Mark V really did make things go easier.
Compared to my 100W and Mo
To ALL de IZ8DEO <1824Z> : 10.104 the mother of the idiots is always pregnant
Fantastic!
BS7H a no go for me. Gotta wait 'till next time. I should have some
big aluminum in ten years
Heard 'em well on 20m several mornings but couldn't pull the trigger.
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NO CODE!
"Carfull what you wish, because you just might regret it"
Care to hazard a guess why there are jammers and lids all over the CW
operation too?
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"ENJOY all
the Lids, CB'ers, and QRM you invited in !!"
Yes, because every ill-behaved person jamming the pileup is obviously
a recently minted U.S. Extra Class amateur.
Maybe we should look at the motive... who has more reason to jam a pileup?
A brand new Extra all excited about DXing and who
A 5 Element Yagi Up 90',
and a Linear Amp
Would really help on this one. I can hear them near DC on 20m and 30m
with a 25 foot high delta loop and a big vertical respectively, but
not much chance of working them.
I'm hoping to put up a BS7H-special antenna tonight, vertical beam
right on them
Boris, I think this one is the proper one for this situation:
a) Mixed (general type): Contacts may be made using any mode since
November 15, 1945.
You can't get credit for your "phone" DXCC or "CW" DXCC, but you can
get credit for mixed. Cross mode CW/Phone counts as "any mode".
Good to kno
Has anyone tried to report him to the Belgian spam authorities?
There are often email addresses to which you can forward offending messages.
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This is the D
Stands for North Korean Broadcast.
Not ham, though I gather it's an intruder. Probably tripping
everyone's alarms though; VR2 someone has been spotting "P5BCST"
daily.
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It appears that
there is just no way to pass on to today's teenagers the wonder of radio,
There's no opportunity. I would imagine that ham radio was much
bigger in the general public conciousness in 1956.
I just stumbled upon ham radio in 1995 at 15 years old as a result of
thorough geekery an
This upsets me too, but once you're in a contest environment and
you're tuning around and you really, really need the multiplier who's
sitting there, in the clear, at 7005, it's really hard to stay away.
Since I'm not playing to win in any of these contests, no big deal for
me, but that doesn't me
And the fact that the VECs have to change all the exams
And the fact that we all have to remember some new subband edges! I
think I've got a weird holdover from operating a lot of 80m phone DX
when I was an Advanced. I still think the phone subband stops at
3775.
Actually, I guess 3600 wi
The only downside I see right now is going to be extra crowding in the
big digital *contests*
Digital tends to creep down to the x.025 range but not too much
further right now... it's going to be interesting to see what smaller
digital subbands will do.
Otherwise, I think it's great, especially
Did you really say that?!
One of the best DX ragchews I ever had was on Pactor with a ZL. We
typed back and forth for over an hour, and everything got through
despite miserable condx and fading propagation. A phone or CW QSO
would have been constant repeats. Honestly, I'd say that my mode
prefe
Only one way around it! One call district for each grid square, worldwide.
73,
N34595OX
Only 34,592 call districts to go before they get to me.
but I've seen operators literally go by prefix (i.e. W1, K1, N1) so
I wouldn't know whether to call or not!
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Peter, you make a good point.
Regarding 3Y0X, I think it probably goes to show that the raw skill of
the operators at pileup handling is much more important than any
subtle variations in technique. I certainly had a lot easier time
getting through to them (3 bands) than to KH8SI (zero bands).
A
I think you're right, except that a distinct minority of callers just
happen upon the frequency these days. If you're just tuning across
the band and find the DX, one of three things come to mind:
1) If you're looking at spots, the DX hasn't been spotted and the
pileup will be small
2) If you're
Peter,
I'm never more frustrated than when I'm losing propagation and the DX
takes 15 4's then 15 5's then 15 6's then 15 7's then ***permanent
fade*** ... I would have had 4 other shots to work them if they were
only taking 1 per district. Guess it's a matter of personal
preference.
Dan
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The US call districts are still mostly populated by the right numbers,
though this is a good point, especially when taken worldwide.
Calling one 1 and then one 2 and one 3 and so forth has the advantage
of NOT taking into account propagation (you're not trying to get only
1's, 2's, 3's before the
Peter,
I am, of course, referring to the current situation, but he's not the
only time I've heard this. A certain DXpedition to the near-antarctic
on 40m CW was a travesty some nights this way too. I know ops get
caught up in the pileup, but sometimes you've just got to hit the
split reset butt
On the subject of things that plague DXpeditions... what makes ops
think it's OK to drift the pileup from 5 up to 35 up during the course
of the evening??!?!
I would think even the most inexperienced operators both on the DX
side and the pileup side would know there's something weird about
that.
Joe,
Didn't mean to single out your prefix! I did a qrz.com search on
KQ3XX just in case ;-)
My favorite (and this happened a bit on 6m today when it was open to
the Carribean) is this, and I'll be the lid this time... that's safe.
DX: 6 Yankee One Victor QRZed?
DX: Kilo Quebec Three Foxt***NO
I think long-term blacklisting is too harsh. I don't think that the
people who are calling out of turn are necessarily doing it because
they're bad people. I think it's because they know it increases,
rather than decreases their chance of getting through.
I'm OK with short-term blacklisting tho
The DX just has to be strict about who gets to get through. The
pileup should be held up until WK7 gets to get through, or the DX says
"the whiskey kilo seven please" and is met with silence. Yeah, QSO
rate may plummet, but that's just what has to happen to keep the
pileup in line.
I'm in favor
This is what drove me to get my Extra back in 1999... there were a
bunch of good DXpeditions, every once and a while I'd be lucky and
they'd be on 14.025 listening up, but mostly not.
Montenegro is going to be as common as YU anyway, I expect... this
isn't exactly a rare one.
Dan
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I can appreciate that... but I think it already happens to a certain
extent, right?
The first spot of all is useful to let you know the DX freq. The rest
just let you know who else is hearing the DX. Now, it could be that
one might make the case that the DX should only be spotted once. I'd
com
I like the antenna codes ,but would include things like
Bev, Vert, K9AY, 4SQ etc... easily flexible, though... the antenna
codes aren't very cryptic.
1L is good for generic horizontal wires. Vert probably better for
verticals...
Could add WN (wet noodle) for really easy-to-copy-on-anything s
I renewed last year using the FCC ULS website... straightforward.
Ron,
Nice call!
Dan
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yep : http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls/
search licenses
73,
Dan
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Is the FCC amateur radio database still searchable online? If so,
what is the URL.
Tks, Urb, W2DEC
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The rarest entity in the worked all phone booths:
http://www.deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave.htm
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Dan
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I don't see why staying alive for a long time and being at the helm of
a station that absolutely could get through to every active entity
ever shouldn't put you at the top of the honor roll.
You've worked the most entities, you get to be at the top.
That said, a subcategory for most current entr
The FT857 is the older model.
The FT857D comes with DSP installed, which was an option in the older
model. The US model also operates on the 60m channels, but I'm sure
other countries' models don't.
The FT857D is probably a safer bet as this radio had quite a few
strange bugs that have since be
I have some contacts with 4W6 stations from a few years ago right
after independence and they were still calling it East Timor.
What's the status of those contacts? Have there been further
political changes that make the Timor Leste stations on now different
from those I worked before?
Dan,
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I read that there are a couple of permanent licensees in the Andamans
now. I imagine it will be some time before they venture out into
pileup-land on a regular basis, but I wonder what calls they'll end up
using. They're both assigned VU3 calls.. Will they be required to do
the VU4AN/VU3xxx thin
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