[DX-CHAT] bottom few kc

2007-10-16 Thread Charles Harpole
Please pass the word that the bottom 3 to 4 kc of 40m is fully occupied in many places of the world by HUGE continuous signals from non-ham services and thus not usable for ham comm. Tnx, 73 Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ i'

Re: [DX-CHAT] VS9 & 7O Question for old timers

2007-10-16 Thread K2EWB
Hi Urb, Perhaps the following info will be of some help: I had a QSO with VS9AAA on 13 April 1963. The card says R.A.F. Steamer Point, Aden. VS9A, P, & S, were used until the end of 1967. Thereafter the prefix was 7O. I later referred to it at 7O "old" in my rewords. May 21, 1990 is DXCC

Re: [DX-CHAT] VS9 & 7O Question for old timers

2007-10-16 Thread Zack Widup
It appears that QST is available on CD-ROM for most of these time periods. Maybe someone else has copies of the CD-ROM QST's for 50-59, 80-84, 95-99 and 2000-04 which are currently listed as "sold out!" on the ARRL website? Perhaps they can be borrowed? 73, Zack W9SZ On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, U

[DX-CHAT] Republic of Yemen

2007-10-16 Thread Gene S.
The questions we'd like to try to answer include... When did the country name for VS9A, etc. change from Aden to the Republic of South Yemen &/or People's Democratic Republic of Yemen? It would seem the name changed from Aden to PDR Republic of Yemen in 1967 when it gained independence from t

[DX-CHAT] VS9 & 7O Question for old timers

2007-10-16 Thread Urb LeJeune
The following is posted at the request of CQ magazine editor Rich Moseson, W2VU, who apologizes for its length: We are currently working with author Ed Richmond, W4YO, on an article about the stories behind various deleted DXCC entities (some of you may have noted that Ed has done several of t