I really believe that the OQRS system is a real benefit for getting QSL's from
major DXpeditions. I am sure it is much easier for the DXped QSL managers and
provides a small donation to the group . It has worked very well for me on all
previous DXped's. It is, however, only as good as the
Anyone know the status of QSLing from ZK2C??
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I am trying to find someone who can repair the metering circuit on a Nye Viking
MB-V-A Antenna Tuner. Also, if you have one in good physical and working
condition, please forward the contact information to me.
Thank You
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Gentlemen, I hope I didn't light this flame a week or so with my request for
info re ST0R and LOTW. My apologies if I am guilty.
This worn out thread needs to be buried. Please read what Ryan said in his
email (below) as he is right on the mark. Most DXpeditions are not going to
instantly
My thanks to the many people who responded to my request for info re ST0R QSL's
and LOTW credits. I appreciate your responses and info.
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Did anyone who QSL'd direct with an IRC to ST0R get their physical card in the
mail and also a LOTW mathchup???
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I need an antenna analyzer that provides impedance information. I have the
predecesor to the MFJ-259B, and have been disappointed in it when the frequency
of interest is near the band overlap areas of the various range segments. Works
great mid range in those bands, but becomes unreliable
Does anyone have an email addess for DU1IST??
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Looking for someone who has designed their own QSL card using GlobalQSL. When I
initially tried to download and run their design software, it had problems
running on my computer. I now have 2 card design that they created using photo
image files that I sent them for the front and rear
Am I the only one who is having trouble getting any kind of QSL response out of
N1SNB. Three SASE mailings, and 2 emails and nothing back in return. A NIL
would be fine if that is the case, but Nada. This is for a contact with him as
VP9/N1SNB on 160SSB on January 24, 2009. Is he a SK or a
If this was previously posted, my appologies. I need the email address for
OH1VR. Help would be appreciated.
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Looking for email addresses for VK6DXI and JD1BMH. Any help would be
appreciated.
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My thanks to the many who responded to my question of a site that lists LOTW
user's. HB9BZA seems to be pretty universal and it should satisfy my needs.
Thanks again and a Merry Xmas to all.
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Is there a DX Cluster that I can access via the internet that allows me to make
queries (eg. SH/DX FT5GA) and shows me an active cluster with DX Spots, etc. I
need something that allows DX Cluster access/interaction while I am away from
home using my laptop via wireless links.
John
My thanks to the many who responded to my email and request for ino on DX
Clusters. I now have that problem solved and thank all of you for helping.
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Anyone have a current email address for Hans - DK9KX. The 2 year old one I have
for him doesn't work. I want to thank him and others via him for their eventual
success on getting 7O1YGF approved by DXCC.
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Jim:
Enjoyed reading about your CW rebirth experiences. I have had similar ones. At
70YO now, I have been licensed since 1958. Originally, after getting my General
Ticket in 1959, I preferred CW and got pretty good at it. Family and Career got
in the way and I became inactive from 1963
Thanks very much to the many who offered help on email adress for K6III. What a
great bunch of guys.
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Does anyone know where I can get the email address for K6III, Help would be
appreciated.
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I see you got you QSL route info, but you might consider the following site for
looking up DX QSL routes. I have found it to be one of the best.
John Owens - N7TK
http://www.ik3qar.it/manager/man_result.php?call=3B7SPs=n
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Has anyone heard anything (rumor, inuendo, solid known facts, etc.) regarding
the delayed or cancelled DXpedition to Glorioso Island. Theier website hasn't
been updated since mid August, and I get no response from emails I sent to a
couple of the operators that are supposed to be there when it
Thanks guys for the feedback. Concensus is that there is still no firm plan and
that if they do decide to go ahead with it, the DX Bulletins will be notified.
Thanks again for taking the time.
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I have sent V51AS 5 QSL cards beween 12/99 and 3/02 without a reply. Most or
all of these were likely sent via he bureau as I already have it confirmed for
DXCC. I have 2 other contacts in 8/05 and 3/06 and I didn't send cards for
these 40 and 80M contacts as I felt I was wasting my time.
I should have mentioned in my email re V51AS QSLing that I am aware that
QRZ.com says to send only direct, but it has not always said that. It was
modified this year.
John Owens - N7TK
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Has anyone received
Zack:
This op has a similar situation to the just concluded VU7 op. During the hours
that HAMCAP said it was a possibility, they were on other bands. Mostly they
seemed focused on 40, 80, and 160M, which means they were focused on EU, and
not NA or SA. I even tried email to see if I could get
JOhn:
I checked the list of sent QSL's on their website, and neither your call or
mine is listed. They haven't updated the QSL status comment in about 1 month,
but at that time they had sent to 11,363 stations out of the 38,502 that are in
the log (I assume that to mean those that are
My thanks to the many folks who responded to my question about VP6DX QSL
status. It seem all have had them for a month or so, and I haven't seen any
postings on the DX-QSL reflector about recent cards. I guess I will never get
one since I can't even get a response to emails re this. Thanks
Does anyone know the status of the VP6DX QSL's. I get no response on email to
their email address. My on-line QSL attempt bombed, and sent direct after that.
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I am hearing or reading nothing regarding the proposed Glorioso DXpedition that
has been tentatively scheduled for September 20 of this year. I know the dates
and even the DXpedition plan are tentative, but it is still listed as a
planned DXpedition with those dates in a couple of lists.Since
As I look at the calendar, I find myself celebrating the 50th anniversary of my
first ham license. Hopefully that qualifies me to participate in this thread
about MisQ's. I haven't heard anyone use QSL in lieu of Over, but I don't
spend that much time on phone. The hobby needs new blood, so if
Jim:
Now we have to hear from the ARRL DXCC folks on their position on this. An
article I read on this said that licenses would be officially available for
issue from April 14 on, so that might mean that any operatiion using the E7
call will not be official until after that date?? ARRL DXCC
Todd:
Online logs preceeded K7C by quite a bit. They are the first op that posted
real-time listing of your call when they were or had just worked you. That is
on-line logs on steroids. The more they give us, the more be expect everyone to
do it and are disturbed when they don't do it quite
Ron:
Well, Chuck wanted to stir us and things up again, and we gladly accomodated
him. The last time I checked, about half of the licensed hams are in JA land so
Asia should be the main continent to aim directional CQ's at if they are in
fact needing the country. I am sure the TX5 folks had
Don:
That is not quite true. My last submittal was what they call a Hybrid
submittal consisting of a few LOTW credits added to the main part of the
submittal which is 92 QSO's that were field checked. My field checked paperwork
was mailed within a couple of days of when they were field checked
David:
You would think so. Given the large backlog lately, I made a very friendly
suggestion to Bill Moore that they sort the submittals into 2 piles (Field
Checked and Physical Cards), and have the bulk of their effort directed at
Physical Card submittals. My belief was that the time required
One aspect of the problem hasn't been discussed before that I know of. A lot of
the aps are people who were at the Top of the Honor Roll who are simply
submitting an ap to cover a new entity that came along (FJ, etc.) and they want
to get back on top. These aps are 1 or 2 cards at the most.
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My thanks the many people who responded to my question about Kosovo DXCC
status. Sounds like one of those WFWL situations.
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Even though Kosovo has declared independence, doesn't it have to pass
additional criteria (UN Recog, ITU, etc.) before it become a legit new DXCC
country??
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Did anyone else see the cluster spots on P5/4L4FN yesterday at 2330Z by A5FU
and K1TX. What is that all about. I naturally doubt its validity, and does
anyone know these spotters and what their motive is??
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Has anyone on this reflector worked VP6DX on 160M SSB. As near as I can tell,
they have not been on yet. If you have had a contact with them or heard them on
160M SSB, can you tell me the time and date??
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Mike:
I am not sure it is correct to make that assumption about dupe contacts. If you
have an ESP contact and the logs are not yet online, it is fairly normal to
work them again (or for the first time?). Once the logs are online, dupes
should not happen. My 20M CW,SSB,and RTTY contacts are not
Ron:
Want another level of confusion?? Enter the call letters in the online log
check for one of the leaders of the band/mode slot leaders that hey list and
you would expect to see all of those contacts spread out across the page?? No
so. I did N4NN and it looked like he only worked 30M. there
Superbly stated!
John Owens - N7TK
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Many of the problems already cited in these current threads are certainly
contributing factors in today's chaotic world of pileups. Civility in general
in society is woefully
Jim:
I am pretty sure that VE7CC does not maintain the list, and relys on the HB9BZA
list as the source. I think the VE7CC website mentions this down in the notes.
I wrote HB9BZA about not being on his list with my new call, even though my log
for that call has been in LOTW for quite a while.
Jim:
There is nothing complicated about LOGGER32 with regard to exporting/importing
files and logs. First, I would recommend you direct your question to the
LOGGER32 reflector and I am sure Geoff or one of the other guys will help you
with your problem.
I originally converted my logs that
I just had a strange experience. A QSL card that I sent G3XAQ in 2003 via the
bureau for a contact on 40M CW on 4/13/03 was returned to me via the US Postal
Service. It was outside the original bureau envelope it was sent in, and did
not have an address or stamp on it for that reason.
It has
As a followup to my earlier email on this, I heard back from G3AXQ that I am
the second person in a week to report the same problem. Stranger yet.
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It is just as bad even when the DX is working split and listening up 5-15Kc. He
will clearly call a particular station, and if you tune up the listening
spread, you will hear hundreds of stations still calling even though the DX is
on a particuar listening freq and wanting only that call. How
I would like to find one of my old QSL cards as a Novice from Mid 1958 to
around 1960 with the call of WV6AJE from Culver City, CA. If you were active
during this time, would you please check your log to see if I worked you. If
you have one of my QSL cards, I would love to have a scan of it, or
Shelby:
This topic gets regurgetated periodically and the answer will be the same as
before. Froom Hans (DK9KXA or DK9XX?) who was part of the group that went there:
No documentation was sent to DXCC because they never got actual paper
confirmation of permission to operate there. They had
My log shows it to have been P51BH.
John Owens - N7TK
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Wasn't that the call used in P5/OH2AM ??
GERRY wrote:
It's clear that OH2AM is a club call and therefore Class C.
call name address
I think all clusters allow you to set the filters you want in place. Not all
clusters use the same software so the command syntax will be different between
nodes. The node should be able to help you do this.
GOOD logging software like the freeware LOGGER32 allow you to control this
locally so
Is ther anyone with experience using GlobalQSL that is willing to talk about it
off the reflector??
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Looking through some old paperwork, I found some DX cluster printouts that
showed a Solar Flux Index of 239 on Oct 26 of the last cycle peak. I found
another on October 23 showing 202, 0, 0. We have a long ways to go to get there
again, and they are predicting one of the best cycles ever
Ron:
All good information. You and Osten have a lot more info that I have been privy
to. This all makes it obviious that it is not a clear cut situation on how to
get properly licensed in Yemen first place, and then get the necessary
documentaion to get DXCC certification. If it is difficult
In looking back at past issues of the DXCC Yearbook, I find that the 1993 (my
first year in it), the DXCC Listing was 19 pages long. The 2002 issue had 27
pages to the list. It is obvious that participation has grown quite a bit over
the years, and you would think that ARRL DXCC would enjoy
Mike:
I couldn't have expressed it better than you have. DXCC has a 40+year (that I
know of) history and it is the pinnacle of DX awards. I don't participate in
DXCC Challenge as it takes way to much time to make a dent in the standings.
More power to those who do like it. I have, however, put
Has anyone heard anything on the grapevine regarding a possible DXpedition to
Glorioso in the near future?
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I was unable to find this contest listed anywhere, including QST. What is BERU??
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My thanks to the very many who told me what BERU meant. Too bad the contest
lists don't identify it that way. Thanks again guys.
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Moldovia is one of the better Russian Breakup federations for getting QSL cards
from. I have 7 confirmed out of 10 sent and 15 worked, most of those via the
bureau. That is pretty good for a BU Federation.
John Owens - N7SEJ
Does anyone know the country ID for 3Y9SDA?? My loggin S/W seems to think it it
Bouvet Island, which is doubtful. There is usually at least a trumpet blast
when en entity like Bouvet gets activated. Haven't heard one yet.
John Owens
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