Re: [DX-CHAT] Re: LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-15 Thread Don Berger


Having read most of the comments critical of the time lag, I am reminded of 
the time when it took forever to get confirmations via the mail and some 
bureaus.


This whole issue seems to me to be centered among those who either can't 
recall those days or the younger folks who suffer from what is hopefully not 
a communicable form of the disease knows as instant gratification-itis.


Don K1VSK 




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Re: [DX-CHAT] 1A0C

2012-08-28 Thread Don Greenbaum

Urb:

My 6 meter confirmation came via LOTW.  Nothing direct yet.

Don
N1DG

At 11:16 AM 8/28/2012, Urb LeJeune wrote:

Has anyone received a 1A0C QSL where a donation was made online?

Thanks Urb W1UL ex W2DEC



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Re: [DX-CHAT] 7O6T

2012-06-09 Thread Don Greenbaum

I did OQRS and made a paypal donation last Sunday.

Nothing here.

Others are waiting that I know of as well.  

Don
N1DG

At 11:41 AM 6/9/2012, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote:

Just curious, did anyone NOT get their 7O6T confirmations via LoTW yet? My 
contacts showed up in Clublog and I've sent for a card with a modest donation, 
so I'm ok that I will get the confirmations. However, I haven't (yet) gotten 
the confirmation on LoTW and I'm just wondering if anyone else is in the same 
boat?

73,
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On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Scott Manthe 
mailto:n...@arrl.netn...@arrl.net wrote:

My QSOs showed up in LoTW today, too. I made a very modest donation, so it 
looks like everyone who donated any amount via the OQRS system can expect 
their confirmations soon. 

73,
Scott, N9AA


On 6/6/12 8:51 PM, JIM Abercrombie wrote: 

Received LOTW confirmation today. Yes, I made a $25 donation via paypal.

Jim



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Re: [DX-CHAT] F Y I

2012-05-21 Thread Don Greenbaum

Commercialisation:

Does that include writing books about your dxpeditions and then selling those 
books?  I wonder where the profits of my purchase of up 2 went?   Maybe I 
should have demanded my copy for free.
73
Don
N1DG

At 01:17 PM 5/20/2012, ragnar otterstad wrote:

Hello Don
 
I dont know more than what I read, but I am sure you will put everything in 
perspective.   We are an who look forward to that.
 
Perhaps it yet again all boils down to the old  trans-atlantic cultural 
divide. QSLing habits, charitable donations, commercialisation are all 
different in USA than anywhere else in the world. 
 
 
73  Rag   LA5HE 
 
 
Well do you know the context of the sentence being quoted?

Or the fact that I was referring to a study of over 20 dxpeditions including 
one that uploaded within a week of the end of operations?

You will note the phrase uploading early is not in the sentence you quoted me 
as saying.  I was asked about a six month upload timeframe.

I think you might ask someone for some Clarification of his remarks before 
publicly questioning what he does or does not know.

Don N1DG



On May 20, 2012, at 7:37 AM, ragnar otterstad 
mailto:la...@yahoo.nola...@yahoo.no wrote:


How would N1DG know that income immediately dries up when uploading early to 
LoTW? He has never tried it!
Tom is right: it makes no difference to anything, in my experience anyway.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.


From: Tom Wylie 
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:06 PM
To: Trevor Dunne 
Cc: Roger Western ; mailto:c...@yahoogroups.comc...@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [CDXC] 3C6A and 3C0E

  
Doesn't sound exactly right to me, becuase according to the ARRL there 
are only 50,000 users of LOTW many of whom are unactive or historical 
logs. Sounds like a lot of hoo hah to me to try to justify their 
position, and can be considered a red herring.

In my experience of meing a QSL Manager and on going on expeditions 
myself, those who want a paper card, will STILL want a paper card no 
matter the state of LOTW. I have no noticed any visible change in the 
number of direct requests 1 year after my last trip to Senegal, when I 
uploaded the logs to LOTW each day. I am still receiving
hundreds via the buro in addition.

Tom
GM4FDM

On 20/05/2012 12:01, Trevor Dunne wrote:
 Seen this intresting tweet from one of the DX dinners at Dayton last
 night it was a talk on DXpedition funding,

 NCDXF (@NCDXF)
 19/05/2012 20:10
 Great discussion about #DXpedition funding! N1DG: ”The minute the LOTW
 upload happens, you might as well close the bank account.”

 Goes against the general feeling posted here,

 Trevor
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Re: [DX-CHAT] F Y I

2012-05-21 Thread Don Greenbaum

Hi Tom:

I agree with your stance on timely LOTW submissions.   I support the 6 month 
rule.   

However, it is your choice to ask for a confirmation now or wait for it.   The 
Colvin Award (administered by the ARRL) states 12 months uploads.  

Complaining about the $5 is that red herring.   What's next, demanding free 
admission into Hamfair 2012 in Friedrichshafen because you have a right to see 
the shiny new boxes that cost thousands of dollars and buy the great beer (also 
costs $5)?

See where this goes?

See you in FN next month and we can discuss this further over that beer.  I'll 
buy.

Don
N1DG



At 08:49 AM 5/21/2012, Tom Wylie wrote:
Isn't the sea full of red herrings just now.   Its you're choice whether or 
not you buy a book.If I want to keep my
No 1 Honor Roll, then I need confirmation of a QSO.I have two choices - 
wait for 1 year on an LOTW upload, or send OQRS $5
for a card I dont want and then have to find a field checker and send a paper 
claim to ARRL.   I thought this was
supposed to be the electronic age.


Tom
GM4FDM



On 21/05/2012 13:18, Don Greenbaum wrote: 

Commercialisation:

Does that include writing books about your dxpeditions and then selling those 
books?  I wonder where the profits of my purchase of up 2 went?   Maybe I 
should have demanded my copy for free.
73
Don
N1DG

At 01:17 PM 5/20/2012, ragnar otterstad wrote:

Hello Don
 
I dont know more than what I read, but I am sure you will put everything in 
perspective.   We are an who look forward to that.
 
Perhaps it yet again all boils down to the old  trans-atlantic cultural 
divide. QSLing habits, charitable donations, commercialisation are all 
different in USA than anywhere else in the world. 
 
 
73  Rag   LA5HE 
 
 
Well do you know the context of the sentence being quoted?

Or the fact that I was referring to a study of over 20 dxpeditions including 
one that uploaded within a week of the end of operations?

You will note the phrase uploading early is not in the sentence you quoted 
me as saying.  I was asked about a six month upload timeframe.

I think you might ask someone for some Clarification of his remarks before 
publicly questioning what he does or does not know.

Don N1DG



On May 20, 2012, at 7:37 AM, ragnar otterstad 
mailto:la...@yahoo.nola...@yahoo.no wrote:


How would N1DG know that income immediately dries up when uploading early 
to LoTW? He has never tried it!
Tom is right: it makes no difference to anything, in my experience anyway.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.


From: Tom Wylie 
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:06 PM
To: Trevor Dunne 
Cc: Roger Western ; mailto:c...@yahoogroups.comc...@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [CDXC] 3C6A and 3C0E

  
Doesn't sound exactly right to me, becuase according to the ARRL there 
are only 50,000 users of LOTW many of whom are unactive or historical 
logs. Sounds like a lot of hoo hah to me to try to justify their 
position, and can be considered a red herring.

In my experience of meing a QSL Manager and on going on expeditions 
myself, those who want a paper card, will STILL want a paper card no 
matter the state of LOTW. I have no noticed any visible change in the 
number of direct requests 1 year after my last trip to Senegal, when I 
uploaded the logs to LOTW each day. I am still receiving
hundreds via the buro in addition.

Tom
GM4FDM

On 20/05/2012 12:01, Trevor Dunne wrote:
 Seen this intresting tweet from one of the DX dinners at Dayton last
 night it was a talk on DXpedition funding,

 NCDXF (@NCDXF)
 19/05/2012 20:10
 Great discussion about #DXpedition funding! N1DG: ”The minute the LOTW
 upload happens, you might as well close the bank account.”

 Goes against the general feeling posted here,

 Trevor
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Re: [DX-CHAT] Vedr: funding the DXpedition

2012-05-20 Thread Don Berger
 
This seems to me a manifestation of the entitlement mentality as it relates to 
ham radio and dx-peditions? Financial support should be gratuitous, not a 
pre-requisite and a group which withholds qsls pending receipt of money from 
individual for confirmation of a contact is essentially extortion (e.g., ST0R). 
Just my 2 cents
k1VSK 
  - Original Message - 
  From: ragnar otterstad 
  To: Charles Harpole ; DX Chat ; d...@dxhf.darc.de 
  Cc: dx qsl qsls 
  Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:41 AM
  Subject: [DX-CHAT] Vedr: funding the DXpedition




  Dr Charles

  IMHO there is no human right to go on a DXpedition.  If we cannot afford it, 
there will no operation.  If somebody has or can get the means,  and has the 
inclination, all very good.

  I just dont like the idea of not uploading to lOTW unless.

  It goes against the spirit of  hamradio, in my wiev.



  73  and good luck

  Rag la5he

   Hey Rag, the problem for me in S E Asia and being retired, it is the lack of 
funding UP FRONT during the planning phase.  I am struggling to find about 
$6,000 usd to travel repeatedly to Myanmar Burma to talk to the right people in 
the right way to launch a big DXpedition there.  I think money can come in, BUT 
MY PROBLEM IS WHAT IF THE PLAN FAILS?  The money is spent, no refunds possible, 
and no operation.



  Advance funding is somewhat possible, but if the effort fails, there will be 
no money to refund.  Do u have any ideas about that situation?



  de HS0ZCW, Charly



  Harpole
  k4...@hotmail.com


  
   Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 12:37:30 +0100 
   From: la...@yahoo.no 
   Subject: [DX-CHAT] F Y I 
   To: dx-chat@njdxa.org; d...@dxhf.darc.de 
   CC: dx-...@mailman.qth.net 
   
   
   How would N1DG know that income immediately dries up when uploading 
   early to LoTW? He has never tried it! 
   Tom is right: it makes no difference to anything, in my experience anyway. 
   73 de Roger/G3SXW. 
   
   
   From: Tom Wylie 
   Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:06 PM 
   To: Trevor Dunne 
   Cc: Roger Western ; c...@yahoogroups.commailto:c...@yahoogroups.com 
   Subject: Re: [CDXC] 3C6A and 3C0E 
   
   
   Doesn't sound exactly right to me, becuase according to the ARRL there 
   are only 50,000 users of LOTW many of whom are unactive or historical 
   logs. Sounds like a lot of hoo hah to me to try to justify their 
   position, and can be considered a red herring. 
   
   In my experience of meing a QSL Manager and on going on expeditions 
   myself, those who want a paper card, will STILL want a paper card no 
   matter the state of LOTW. I have no noticed any visible change in the 
   number of direct requests 1 year after my last trip to Senegal, when I 
   uploaded the logs to LOTW each day. I am still receiving 
   hundreds via the buro in addition. 
   
   Tom 
   GM4FDM 
   
   On 20/05/2012 12:01, Trevor Dunne wrote: 
Seen this intresting tweet from one of the DX dinners at Dayton last 
night it was a talk on DXpedition funding, 

NCDXF (@NCDXF) 
19/05/2012 20:10 
Great discussion about #DXpedition funding! N1DG: ”The minute the LOTW 
upload happens, you might as well close the bank account.” 

Goes against the general feeling posted here, 

Trevor 
EI2GLB 
   
   
   
   
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Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?

2012-05-20 Thread Don
 
Go or don't go. But demanding a fee for a qsl is still extortion in the true 
sense of the term

Sent from my iPod

On May 20, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wn3...@verizon.net wrote:

 
 Lou,
 
 Once again, context is important.  
 
 Don's presentation was not talking about the casual DXpedition that might 
 cost one or two people a few thousand.  Yes, this was mentioned, but it was 
 not the main focus.  
 
 And within THAT context only, if I can't afford to go on a vacation to the 
 Caribbean that happens to include a radio op for $5K, I'm not going to go 
 either.  If I do go, I'm not going to expect to recoup my vacation costs from 
 those who worked me, either.
 
 But -- that's not what the main focus here is.
 
 You're not going to Heard Island, or Bouvet, or Navassa, or Baker  Howland, 
 etc., for $5000 either.  Between logistics, licensing, boat chargers, food  
 fuel, you're talking in the neighborhood (today) of US$500,000.  
 
 Don's plea, as I recall (and Don, please correct me if I'm wrong) was that 
 the DX community as a whole, world-wide, find a way to continue to fund these 
 trips.  Or they will stop, and the rarest of the rare will be off the air for 
 decades to come.  
 
 The cost-per-QSO breakdown simply gives you, or should give you, an 
 appreciation for what was involved.  It was not meant (at least as I heard 
 it) as a suggestion that this should be a mandatory minimum amount that you 
 should include along with your QSL request.
 
 Don also had a comment that more should join their local DX associations, 
 societies, foundations, etc., in order to strengthen those organizations, and 
 permit THEM to continue to help fund future super-rare operations.  Let's not 
 let that get lost in the discussion either.
 
 The bottom line is that we as a community simply can't expect others to go to 
 these places that we seek to contact purely for the thrill of a pileup.  
 Because when the costs to go far outstrip the means of the operating team, 
 they won't be able to go whether they want the thrill or not.
 
 73
 
 -Original Message-
 From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Mecseri
 Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:11 PM
 To: li...@w2irt.net
 Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org
 Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?
 
 
 -pjd is making a valid point, but.
 
 On the other side of the coin, how can you put a price on the thrill of 
 being on the receiving end of a huge pileup for a week or two???.
 If it cost me $5,000 to go to a Dx Expedition, I would not compute my 
 cost per contact. If I would have to, I should not be going..
 
 Just my 2cents worth
 
 Lou   KE1F
 
 
 
 On 5/20/2012 3:47 PM, Peter W2IRT wrote:
 
 Ryan hit the nail on the head, gents. Please download and analyze Don's 
 PowerPoint presentation when it becomes available on the site. There are two 
 facts that become blatantly obvious. One, the cost-per-QSO incurred by the 
 DXpeditions to bring you that rare on is very high. In some cases, the cost 
 they bear to bring you that new one is over $5.00 USD PER CONTACT. In other 
 less-difficult-to-get-to places it's in the $3 range. So those who toss $2 
 or an IRC into the envelope and nothing more are putting more of the burden 
 on your fellow hams. This is not sustainable as prices to put these 
 operations on increase. I can see it if you work a guy once or twice, 
 request a bureau card or wait out the LoTW hit or toss a couple of bucks 
 into an envelope. It's not right if you picked up 20 greenies on Clublog. 
 Sorry. They're not telling you that you have to *pay* $5 or $3 per Q, but 
 that's what THEY HAVE SPENT to bring you the chance.
 
 The second issue is that certain parts of the world are more readily willing 
 to lend financial support through QSL-request donations than other parts of 
 the world. I didn't take notes during Don's presentation but I'm pretty sure 
 the European donation percentage was infinitesimally small as compared to 
 the NA donation base (again, as averaged over 20-odd years by major 
 DXpeditions). Less-than-1% if memory serves--Don, if I'm wrong, please feel 
 free to beat me about the head with a large abacus.
 
 Regardless of the exact percentages, it's irresponsible and outright selfish 
 to sit there and work these big-league ops and not toss something into the 
 hat not as a way to say thank you (which is a great gesture in and of 
 itself) but as a way to ensure they'll be able to commit to going to that 
 one place you need that'll put you over the top and into the Honor Roll or 
 to HR#1, maybe.
 
 If you're so poor that you can't afford $10 or $20 a couple of times a year, 
 when you've bagged a biggie across a bunch of bands and modes, then there's 
 something wrong and I definitely think you should reconsider your choice of 
 hobby, or your desire to be a DXer.
 
 Yeah, there are DXpeditions that I work once or twice and I'll send an SASE 
 or an IRC or even request

Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?

2012-05-20 Thread Don Greenbaum

Who is demanding any fees for a QSL?

Name one DXpedition that refuses to answer bureau cards?   Or a major 
DXPedition that doesn't post their logs to LOTW (most within 6 months).   Most 
foundations require that in return for funding.

Just because someone who donates $5 gets his card first does not translate into 
extortion for those who opt out of supporting dxpeditions and wait for the slow 
method.

73

Don
N1DG

At 06:45 PM 5/20/2012, Don wrote:
 
Go or don't go. But demanding a fee for a qsl is still extortion in the true 
sense of the term

Sent from my iPod

On May 20, 2012, at 6:31 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wn3...@verizon.net wrote:

 
 Lou,
 
 Once again, context is important.  
 
 Don's presentation was not talking about the casual DXpedition that might 
 cost one or two people a few thousand.  Yes, this was mentioned, but it was 
 not the main focus.  
 
 And within THAT context only, if I can't afford to go on a vacation to the 
 Caribbean that happens to include a radio op for $5K, I'm not going to go 
 either.  If I do go, I'm not going to expect to recoup my vacation costs 
 from those who worked me, either.
 
 But -- that's not what the main focus here is.
 
 You're not going to Heard Island, or Bouvet, or Navassa, or Baker  Howland, 
 etc., for $5000 either.  Between logistics, licensing, boat chargers, food  
 fuel, you're talking in the neighborhood (today) of US$500,000.  
 
 Don's plea, as I recall (and Don, please correct me if I'm wrong) was that 
 the DX community as a whole, world-wide, find a way to continue to fund 
 these trips.  Or they will stop, and the rarest of the rare will be off the 
 air for decades to come.  
 
 The cost-per-QSO breakdown simply gives you, or should give you, an 
 appreciation for what was involved.  It was not meant (at least as I heard 
 it) as a suggestion that this should be a mandatory minimum amount that you 
 should include along with your QSL request.
 
 Don also had a comment that more should join their local DX associations, 
 societies, foundations, etc., in order to strengthen those organizations, 
 and permit THEM to continue to help fund future super-rare operations.  
 Let's not let that get lost in the discussion either.
 
 The bottom line is that we as a community simply can't expect others to go 
 to these places that we seek to contact purely for the thrill of a pileup.  
 Because when the costs to go far outstrip the means of the operating team, 
 they won't be able to go whether they want the thrill or not.
 
 73
 
 -Original Message-
 From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Mecseri
 Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:11 PM
 To: li...@w2irt.net
 Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org
 Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?
 
 
 -pjd is making a valid point, but.
 
 On the other side of the coin, how can you put a price on the thrill of 
 being on the receiving end of a huge pileup for a week or two???.
 If it cost me $5,000 to go to a Dx Expedition, I would not compute my 
 cost per contact. If I would have to, I should not be going..
 
 Just my 2cents worth
 
 Lou   KE1F
 
 
 
 On 5/20/2012 3:47 PM, Peter W2IRT wrote:
 
 Ryan hit the nail on the head, gents. Please download and analyze Don's 
 PowerPoint presentation when it becomes available on the site. There are 
 two facts that become blatantly obvious. One, the cost-per-QSO incurred by 
 the DXpeditions to bring you that rare on is very high. In some cases, the 
 cost they bear to bring you that new one is over $5.00 USD PER CONTACT. In 
 other less-difficult-to-get-to places it's in the $3 range. So those who 
 toss $2 or an IRC into the envelope and nothing more are putting more of 
 the burden on your fellow hams. This is not sustainable as prices to put 
 these operations on increase. I can see it if you work a guy once or twice, 
 request a bureau card or wait out the LoTW hit or toss a couple of bucks 
 into an envelope. It's not right if you picked up 20 greenies on Clublog. 
 Sorry. They're not telling you that you have to *pay* $5 or $3 per Q, but 
 that's what THEY HAVE SPENT to bring you the chance.
 
 The second issue is that certain parts of the world are more readily 
 willing to lend financial support through QSL-request donations than other 
 parts of the world. I didn't take notes during Don's presentation but I'm 
 pretty sure the European donation percentage was infinitesimally small as 
 compared to the NA donation base (again, as averaged over 20-odd years by 
 major DXpeditions). Less-than-1% if memory serves--Don, if I'm wrong, 
 please feel free to beat me about the head with a large abacus.
 
 Regardless of the exact percentages, it's irresponsible and outright 
 selfish to sit there and work these big-league ops and not toss something 
 into the hat not as a way to say thank you (which is a great gesture in and 
 of itself) but as a way to ensure they'll be able to commit to going to 
 that one place you need

Re: [DX-CHAT] Most Wanted

2012-01-27 Thread Don Berger




Longevity and persistence pays.Yet others like
Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves.

If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding.



Absolutely and I am happy it is difficult, otherwise, there would be do 
challenge nor a feeling of accomplishment. By the way EZ8BP was on 10M last 
week. I assume he is good as he is quite active.
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Re: Vedr: [DX-CHAT] ST0R-LOTW

2011-12-21 Thread Don Berger


Out of ignorance I ask this question of the group -
Having confirmed every entity on  the list and never contributed anything in 
advance of receiving a confirmation, my experience leads me to believe there 
is no such thing as extortion to get confirmation.
What am I missing? Are there/have there been such examples and if so, where 
and who?

Don
K1VSK
- Original Message - 
From: Ryan Jairam rjai...@gmail.com

To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: Vedr: [DX-CHAT] ST0R-LOTW




If you cannot foot the bill, why go ?


If no one donated, do you think any large DXpeditions would happen?
Maybe you have a few hundred $ laying around but most hams don't. The
donations make DXpeditions happen. Most hams are happy to donate. If
you aren't then that's your problem. No one is holding a gun to your
head and saying work this one OR ELSE!

Most who do go do foot the bill for their own travel, lodging
expenses and even meals. The other costs are what make up the most
expensive part.

If you expect the fraternity to pay , it is starting to look like a 
business

to me. ( How to get a fee holiday in the sun,


If you think it is a free holiday in the sun by all means organize
your own DXpedition, raise the cash beforehand to go and try to recoup
it all with a few measly green stamps. Might I also suggest
Scarborough, Peter One, Bouvet or Marion Island as ideal candidates
for a free holiday in the sun.

Reality is that it is far from being a free holiday, and most
DXpeditioners spend nearly all of their time on the radio, just
because some DXpeditioner wants a new one in the log.

Contributions should be a choice, not a precondition for a confirmation 
IMHO


It is a choice. If you don't donate, you will get a free card via the
bureau.  IMO, even that is pretty generous. What you want is fast
service for no money.

Ryan, N2RJ

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 3:15 PM, ragnar otterstad la...@yahoo.no wrote:

If you cannot foot the bill, why go ?

If you expect the fraternity to pay , it is starting to look like a 
business

to me. ( How to get a fee holiday in the sun,

Contributions should be a choice, not a precondition for a confirmation 
IMHO



73 Rag


http://tinyurl.com/c6g6g4k




http://de.visittelemark.com/
or
http://www.telemarkskanalen.no/nor/Kanalen
where we are located riverside.


Ubi Morsum verba tacent
Fra: Ryan Jairam rjai...@gmail.com
Til: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sendt: Onsdag, 21. desember 2011 20.11
Emne: Re: [DX-CHAT] ST0R-LOTW


Are you sure they did it?

Their webpage says this:

Donors and Sponsors will receive LoTW CFMs after the DXped ends.

http://www.tx7m.com/sponsors.php

Maybe they changed their minds afterwards but the initial expectation
was that LoTW was a perk of donating.

It is apparent that some don't realize the massive costs of a major
DXpedition. It's not simply two guys taking a boat with a rig and a
wire antenna. Some of these operations cost tens or even hundreds of
thousands of dollars.

And with that cost, there must be a means of recouping some of it.

I have no problem with tossing a few bucks in the tip jar if I get a new
one.

Bureau is and likely will always be free. Many of them upload to LoTW
after 1-2 years after the expedition ends anyway.

But to expect everyone to spend tens or hundreds of thousands and then
not expect to recoup some of those costs is just silly.


73
Ryan, N2RJ

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM, rag...@otterstad.dk
rag...@otterstad.dk wrote:




That's not the point at all Rag. And don't change the subject.
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The subject being: Why was the log not uploaded to LOTW immediately ??

The Russians at TX7M did it- very commendable IMHO

73 and Merry Christmas

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Re: [DX-CHAT] What ever happened to FR5DX?

2011-12-04 Thread Don Berger


I'll send you mine.
73
K1VSK
- Original Message - 
From: DAVE WHITE mausop...@btinternet.com

To: w...@comcast.net; Dx-Chat dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] What ever happened to FR5DX?




Maybe now we should write for all those QSLs that we never received.  (a) 
he's got time to write them and (b) we know where to find him


Dave G0OIL

- Original Message - 
From: Barry w...@comcast.net

To: Dx-Chat dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] What ever happened to FR5DX?





Google Roman Vega and there's a bunch of info. For example: One of the 
first individuals to create a sustainable business model based on 
cybercrime was a certain Roman Vega of Ukraine, a.k.a. Roman Stepanenko, 
a.k.a. BOA (now known as inmate #59198-004 in the Federal Bureau of 
Prisons), who started a website called Boa Factory 
(http://www.boafactory.com) in the late 1990s. Boa Factory was a one-stop 
clearing house for buying and selling virtually all assets produced by 
financially-motivated online criminal activity of that time. One could 
get plastic cards, raw dumps (magnetic stripe data from bank and credit 
cards), traveler's checks and even counterfeit passports. Vega was 
eventually arrested while vacationing in Cyprus (a popular European 
destination for Russian and Ukrainian tourists) in June 2004, extradited 
to California and charged with a 40-count indictment of wire fraud and 
trafficking in stolen credit cards. Another indictment in New York for 
access device fraud and money laundering followed 2 years later and 
convictions eventually secured. Barry W2UP


On 12/4/2011 7:33 AM, Zack Widup wrote:  That's a good question about 
Romeo. It's been several years since I  heard he was in jail for credit 
card fraud. If he's waited that long  for a trial, something is really 
wrong. But I haven't heard anything  about him since then so I don't 
know what the rest of the story was.   73, Zack W9SZOn 12/4/11, 
DAVE WHITEmausop...@btinternet.com wrote:  At least one went to 
prison.   Are you talking about Roman Stepanenko? I think it was 
more a case of  stolen credit card details and money laundering in that 
particular case (the  usual Russian business).   Last I heard he 
was awaiting trial.   What happened?   Dave G0OIL   -  
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AD1Cjjreis...@alum.mit.edu  To: DX CHATdx-chat@njdxa.org  
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 11:45 PM  Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] What 
ever happened to FR5DX?p.s. I don't know of anyone who has 
become rich on dollars and IRCs.  At least one went to prison. He 
doesn't have to worry about mortgage  payments and where his next meal 
is coming from.   --  Jim Reisert AD1C,jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, 
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Re: [DX-CHAT] Up

2011-10-25 Thread Don Greenbaum

I think the w3lpl spots are off his skimmer, maybe the skimmer software needs 
to learn cw too?

Don
N1DG

At 12:40 PM 10/25/2011, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
 
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Crownhaven crownha...@bellsouth.net wrote:

 Do we think there are just an entire generation of DXers out there who are
 using CW programs and can't actually copy CW???  I can't think of any
 other explanation.  Up isn't hard to figure out.  Or do they just not know
 how to use their radios??

I contend that it's the packet spots (just DX call and frequency) and
nothing else.  People blindly go to them and if they hear the DX, just
start calling.  W3LPL spots compound this problem because they *never*
mention split operation.  Here's an albeit pathological case from TX7M
today - only 2/5 spots mention split frequency operation:

SP7CXV 18077.8 TX7M lsn up-3
1607 25 Oct
LX1DA  18077.7 TX7M QRM by F-Nino F6AML
1603 25 Oct
IK6JOT 18077.0 TX7M QRMER VIGLIACCHI 
1602 25 Oct
SV2BOH 18077.7 TX7M over than qrm tks
1558 25 Oct
OM3SX-@18077.7 TX7M up1
1551 25 Oct

Also, many DX stations working a pileup rarely sign their call or
mention UP between QSOs.  TX7M was different in this regard, I heard
one op send TU UP after each QSO.

People forget they have VFOs.  If they just tuned up the band a
*little* before starting to call, they'd hear the pileup!

73 - Jim AD1C

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Re: [DX-CHAT] Leader boards

2011-10-24 Thread Don Berger
 
I must admit this leader board is a new concept to me and I've been a Dx'er 
for 50 years. I infer it is a list of the sum total of q's made with a 
Dxpedition. 

If so , I'm perplexed at the name - shouldn't it be the get a life board?

Don K1vsk 

  - Original Message - 
  From: Dave 
  To: 'DX Chat' 
  Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 4:34 PM
  Subject: [DX-CHAT] Leader boards



  Greetings;

  I've stated this before, quite a while ago.

  Whether it be chasing DX or designing equipment, I challenge only myself.

  Hard to cheat that way g. One would need to be somewhat schizophrenic to 
derive any satisfaction from cheating oneself.

  The leader boards can be fun as well as a proof of meeting operating 
challenges. Sort of a contest without need to sit in a chair and yell (or, for 
us mixed mode operators,  work at getting Carpal-Tunnel syndrome) for 24 - 36 
hours at a time. 

  It takes a mind set of someone who is very ignorant or insecure to cheat at 
the leader board game. 

  It appears that, as the years go by,  the concept of Gentleman as coupled 
with DXer is becoming extinct (if they indeed existed) either through 
ignorance, desperation to excel at any price or just sheer malice against 
fellow hobbyists. There are pileups that I just will not wade in to due to the 
aggregation of LIDS, intentional jammers (If I can't work you - no one will) , 
newbies (and old timers) that just won't listen and the nasty traffic cops. 
Admittedly this is a luxury that I can indulge in having reached the Top of the 
Honor Roll. My ulcers however, did pay a price getting there.

  And then there is the Challenge. Still a lot of band - modes to fill in.

  I guess, in a sense what is happening in Amateur Radio is a reflection of 
society today: ME first - ME only - ME now! I'll leave the invectives to your 
imagination.

  Guess I'll go drown my sorrows in a glass of tomato juice. It appears that a 
friend of mine beat me by ONE QSO with the T32C gang. I'll never get over 
it.'till the next leader board contest g.

  Good DX to all.

  Dave, W5WP


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Re: [DX-CHAT] Up

2011-10-23 Thread Don Berger


S! All this helpful information will take it harder for the 
deserving who have already figured it out.

Don
K1vsk
- Original Message - 
From: Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com

To: DX Chat dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Up




At 14:17 10/23/2011, Elmar PD3EM wrote:
A lot of chances to work a DX or DX-pedition are ruined by hams that 
don't listen before they TX.


Here's a mail I sent to my local club and NCDXC a few days after 
Pacificon:



The reminder to LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN that I was given at Pacificon 
worked great for me this AM.
T32C was on 40m SSB and had a pretty good pileup.  40m does not work well 
for me, I think it is a feed-line
issue because my screwdriver tunes beautifully on all bands but 40m. 
Anyway, hearing the pileup made me
think my best strategy was to listen, and I started to hear him 
complaining about his QSOs getting QRMed
by other deserving calling and calling.   Then he said, Give me a second, 
I am going to check around.  He
had been working simplex and I took this as a clue he was planning to 
start working split.  So I set my radio
to split and VFO A to his old frequency, and the mouse cross hairs (I run 
a flex3K) to VFO B.  When he came
back he said I am going to start working split, QSX 7180 and in 2-3 
seconds I clicked on 7180 and hit the
foot pedal, he came back as I was the only one that fast and I got him 
first call (can't use my amp on 40m,
the SWR is too high).   It was a delight and a triumph for LISTENING. 
Thank you all.




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Re: [DX-CHAT] Anyone know when ST0R logs will be uploaded to LOTW?

2011-10-12 Thread Don Greenbaum


Barry:

I read somewhere on their website LOTW uploads in August of 2012.

Better send for the old paper one.  I got mine yesterday.

Don
N1DG

At 01:23 PM 10/12/2011, Barry wrote:


And what's the deal with HR listings?

I recall reading something about deadline being 12/31, but don't they 
update the listings at least weekly?


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Re: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan

2011-07-10 Thread Don Berger
 
I'm confused - if there is no reason, as Ron explains, to work ST0 again, why 
is NCDXF financially supporting a dx-pedition?
K1VSK

 Glenn Johnson, W0GJ, NCDXF Vice President, sent out
  the following on July 6th: The Northern California DX Foundation (NCDXF)
  is pleased to announce a major grant to the Intrepid DX Group
  http://www.intrepid-dx.com/ and the DX Friends http://www.dxfriends.com/
  who have joined together to activate the new entity of the Republic of
  Southern Sudan. Licensing is imminent and operation could begin in the
  next few days.
  - Original Message - 
  From: Ron Notarius W3WN 
  To: DX-CHAT@njdxa.org 
  Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 7:27 PM
  Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan




  Forgive me for being, ah, late to the party, but we were out of town for the 
weekend (anyone want to see pictures of my grandson?) and I'm just now getting 
caught up on my email.

   

  We had to work Germany again, after the reunification?  I must have missed 
the memo on that one.  I THOUGHT that since the former German Democratic 
Republic (East) got absorbed into the existing Federal Republic of Germany 
(West), for DXCC purposes, since the FRG survived, it still counts as the 
same entity, even if we now simply refer to it as Germany.

   

  So there's no reason to re-work the existing Sudan.  For precedent, look at 
Serbia nee Yugoslavia.  As independence came to one, ah, component of 
Yugoslavia after another, the new nations became new DXCC entities, but the 
original entity remained - just smaller.

   

  73, ron w3wn

   


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  To: DX-CHAT@njdxa.org
  Subject: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan

   

  I remember when Germany-East and West was counted as one country. Then they 
were counted as two and we had to work them both again. When they were united , 
we worked Germany again.

  I wonder if we are going to have to work both Sudans again.Only the DXAC 
knows.


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Re: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan

2011-07-09 Thread Don Berger


This what I love so much about DXCC. I worked ST0 years ago and will have to 
waste the time doing it again on a bunch of bands. At some point, this 
becomes silly.


Don/K1VSK



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From: Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu

To: ct1...@mail.telepac.pt
Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan




On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Aurelio Costa ct1...@mail.telepac.pt 
wrote:



Can someone please give the latitude and longitude of this new country?


It's not a new country yet.

Coordinates are same as for deleted ST0 entity, or look up Southern
Sudan on Wikipedia.

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Re: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan

2011-07-09 Thread Don Berger


I still have all the West /Coast DX Bulletins but couldn't find the 
reference to catching the same fish twice!


73
K1vsk
- Original Message - 
From: Tom-KE1JF ke...@verizon.net

To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan




Well Said Paul,  If this didn't happen eventually we would run out of all
time new ones then what would be left.  It's almost like the state 
stocking

the pond to give the fishermen something good to catch.

73,
Tom, KE1JF


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To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan



At 05:25 PM 7/9/2011, you wrote:

This what I love so much about DXCC. I worked ST0 years ago and will have 
to waste the time doing it again on a bunch of bands. At some point, this 
becomes silly.


Don/K1VSK


Many of us are in the same situation, Don.  My feeling is that it is 
a good thing.  As DXers, there is no better thrill than when you send or 
say your call and the DX comes back to you.  Wow!  It's like fishing. 
You sit there all day and then you get a strike.  That's what you go 
fishing, and why you are a DXer.  To catch another one.


We won't have any trouble getting them if the planned operation 
(multiple stations with gain antennas and amps) sets up there for 3 
weeks. I'm looking forward to it.  Sure, we worked the same geographical 
location in 1990 or whenever, but it's now a different political entity 
and essentially a new country.  The FS and all 4 PJs of the past few 
years made a lot of excitement.  If we never got any new ones, it 
wouldn't be much fun.  What is a person going to do with the gear? 
Become a contester?


73, Paul VE1DX


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Re: [DX-CHAT] Sun's Spots Fading

2011-06-15 Thread Don Berger


can we act like adults and keep this to DX rather than dismissive personal 
biases?
- Original Message - 
From: Barry w...@comcast.net

To: James Nipper ja...@jamesnipper.com
Cc: w7...@cox.net; w9sz.z...@gmail.com; 'dx-chat' dx-chat@njdxa.org
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Thank you, Jim
Barry W2UP

On 6/15/2011 9:36 AM, James Nipper wrote:

He is just saying that we frequently see nutty predictions  based on
non-science, with global warming being the biggest of the scams.


Jim   K4PYT




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Re: Re: [DX-CHAT] Sun's Spots Fading

2011-06-15 Thread Don Berger
 

  Remember one thing folks-
  if it were not for the solar minimums, Dxing would be equivalent to calling 
the s pacific, africa, asia, etc on your cell phone, perhaps even a bit less 
challenging.
  The most challenging and enjoyable dx memories I have occurred in low flux 
condition.
  73 K1VSK

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Re: [DX-CHAT] If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country?

2010-12-08 Thread Don Berger


There isn't one factual statement in the message below nor has it anything 
to do with DX, ham radio, electronics, etc. Does anyone filter this crap?

Don
K1VSK
- Original Message - 
From: Doug ve...@sasktel.net

To: jjreis...@gmail.com; 'DX CHAT' dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 1:32 AM
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a 
country?





Everyone is entitled to their opinion.  In my opinion the
United States of America can do essentially nothing to effect
climate change/global warming.  Haven't you heard ... this
supposed global warming caused my man made CO2 emissions is a
scam.  I repeat ... scam, fraud.  Man made emissions effect on
climate change is a paltry 0.25%.  Besides, India and China
are the big polluters.  Ignorance can be fixed, but you can't
fix stupid.

Doug

Those Island days are always on my mind,
Someday soon I leave it all behind


-Original Message-
From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of
Jim Reisert AD1C
Sent: December 7, 2010 6:26 PM
To: DX CHAT
Subject: [DX-CHAT] If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it
still a country?


Editorial (New York Times)
The Urgent Islands
Published: August 29, 2010

If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country?
That is a
question about which the Republic of the Marshall Islands - a
Micronesian nation of 29 low-lying coral atolls - is now
seeking
expert legal advice. It is also a question the United States
Senate
might ask itself the next time it refuses to deal with climate
change.

According to the world's leading scientists, sea-level rise is
one of
the greatest dangers of global warming, threatening not only
islands
but coastal cities like New Orleans and even entire countries
like
Bangladesh.

In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
conservatively
predicted a 20-inch sea-level rise by the end of this century
if
current trends were not reversed. Because of various
uncertainties,
its calculations excluded the melting of the Greenland and
West
Antarctica ice sheets. Some academic studies have suggested
that rises
of four to seven feet are not out of the question.

Officials in the Marshall Islands - where a 20-inch rise would
drown
at least one atoll - are not only thinking about the
possibility of
having to move entire populations but are entertaining even
more
existential questions: If its people have to abandon the
islands, what
citizenship can they claim? Will the country still have a seat
at the
United Nations? Who owns its fishing rights and offshore
mineral
resources?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/opinion/30mon4.html

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Re: [DX-CHAT] If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country?

2010-12-07 Thread Don Berger


This issue is becoming a serious concern to many people and we tend to 
trivialize it with comments about how it affects our petty concern over DXCC 
status.
- Original Message - 
From: Barry w...@comcast.net

To: DX CHAT dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a 
country?





Since we have one current country that was never above the sea (BS7), the 
answer is yes.

Barry W2UP

On 12/7/2010 5:25 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:


Editorial (New York Times)
The Urgent Islands
Published: August 29, 2010

If a country sinks beneath the sea, is it still a country? That is a
question about which the Republic of the Marshall Islands — a
Micronesian nation of 29 low-lying coral atolls — is now seeking
expert legal advice. It is also a question the United States Senate
might ask itself the next time it refuses to deal with climate change.

According to the world’s leading scientists, sea-level rise is one of
the greatest dangers of global warming, threatening not only islands
but coastal cities like New Orleans and even entire countries like
Bangladesh.

In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conservatively
predicted a 20-inch sea-level rise by the end of this century if
current trends were not reversed. Because of various uncertainties,
its calculations excluded the melting of the Greenland and West
Antarctica ice sheets. Some academic studies have suggested that rises
of four to seven feet are not out of the question.

Officials in the Marshall Islands — where a 20-inch rise would drown
at least one atoll — are not only thinking about the possibility of
having to move entire populations but are entertaining even more
existential questions: If its people have to abandon the islands, what
citizenship can they claim? Will the country still have a seat at the
United Nations? Who owns its fishing rights and offshore mineral
resources?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/opinion/30mon4.html



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Re: [DX-CHAT] on line logs

2008-03-18 Thread Don Greenbaum
Right you are Stu.

In fact, in 1997 VK0IR from Heard Island used ham radio satellites to relay the 
logs to me which I put up on our website within hours of the QSOs.

Back then I don't seem to recall the angst when a call wasn't found in the log, 
people just worked them again.

Maybe we make it too easy?

Don
N1DG



At 07:36 PM 3/18/2008, Stuart Santelmann KC1F wrote:
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] on line logs

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 the way we want them 
to. 
 
The Clipperton gang limped back onto their boat a tired and beaten group of 
people. They suffered quite a bit. Can't we just cut them a little slack and 
let them do things when they have time to do them. If you are not in the log, 
there is no way of now trying to repeat a contact. Not all apparent contacts 
end up in the log. There is way too much wasted bandwidth on this topic.
  

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RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

2008-03-16 Thread Don
No difference.

Everything, whether field checked or HQ checked or partial LOTW or full
LOTW, gets processed along with all other submissions received at the same
time.

Now there is one trick to get you in sooner - it eliminates a mail
delay.submit a partial LOTW submission. The minute you push the button on
LOTW submit, you are in the queue with all the other paperwork(field
checked) or HQ submitted (with card checking) or LOTW submits..they all get
processed in order received.





Don

Ac7zg

 

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:08 AM
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

One would think that submitting your QSL's through a field checker

would give a faster turn-around. Can anyone verify this by personal
experience?

Dave Miller W1GDQ

 

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RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

2008-03-16 Thread Don
Please reread carefully

All I said is that the queue date is from LOTW submission, not the date from
field checking.

My example - I submitted 11/29/2007 via LOTW but I didn't even get the cards
to my checker until 12/29 (we meet every month at WVDXC).

My date at HQ was 11/29/2007, not the week after hybrid field checking which
would have been a 1/5 or whatever.

 

So, LOTW DOES give you the advantage - LOTW first then field check. 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: DX Chat
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

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
and when I applied for the partial LOTW credits, and I sit in the same queue
that everyone else is in. That submittal was logged in on Dec 27, 2007 and
is still waiting to be processed. Per their website, they are now processing
applications that were logged in during the week of Dec 7, 2007 so I still
have about 3 weeks to go. 

 

John Owens - N7TK

 

-- Original message -- 
From: Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

No difference.

Everything, whether field checked or HQ checked or partial LOTW or full
LOTW, gets processed along with all other submissions received at the same
time.

Now there is one trick to get you in sooner - it eliminates a mail
delay.submit a partial LOTW submission. The minute you push the button on
LOTW submit, you are in the queue with all the other paperwork(field
checked) or HQ submitted (with card checking) or LOTW submits..they all get
processed in order received.

 

Don

Ac7zg

 


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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:08 AM
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

One would think that submitting your QSL's through a field checker

would give a faster turn-around. Can anyone verify this by personal
experience?

Dave Miller W1GDQ

 

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RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

2008-03-16 Thread Don
And your submittal date should be the LOTW submission date, not the date the
application was received from the field, checker..this is what I have
already stated. You can't have waited until after field checking to do the
LOTW - there is a box on the form that must be checked for hybrid submission
with LOTW

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: DX Chat
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

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
and when I applied for the partial LOTW credits, and I sit in the same queue
that everyone else is in. That submittal was logged in on Dec 27, 2007 and
is still waiting to be processed. Per their website, they are now processing
applications that were logged in during the week of Dec 7, 2007 so I still
have about 3 weeks to go. 

 

John Owens - N7TK

 

-- Original message -- 
From: Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

No difference.

Everything, whether field checked or HQ checked or partial LOTW or full
LOTW, gets processed along with all other submissions received at the same
time.

Now there is one trick to get you in sooner - it eliminates a mail
delay.submit a partial LOTW submission. The minute you push the button on
LOTW submit, you are in the queue with all the other paperwork(field
checked) or HQ submitted (with card checking) or LOTW submits..they all get
processed in order received.

 

Don

Ac7zg

 


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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:08 AM
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

One would think that submitting your QSL's through a field checker

would give a faster turn-around. Can anyone verify this by personal
experience?

Dave Miller W1GDQ

 

[EMAIL PROTECTED]


 

 


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RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

2008-03-16 Thread Don
 So you suggest those that get field checked go to the head of the line?
And the HQ-checked get put off until later?

 

That line's pretty deep. To do so means that the HQ-checked submission would
somehow get less priority. This seems to put those submitters who don't have
access to a field checker at a strong disadvantage.  Maybe someday the field
checked backlog would drop to zero and HQ submissions would get their day?


And if you're not arguing this, then we must presume that the submissions
get checked on the basis of when-logged-in to DXCC whether field checked
or HQ-checked.  So your suggestion would somehow force, on a weekly basis,
having the field-checked submissions processed first during their week and
the HQ-check last?  How does this help the huge backlog?

 

Doesn't seem well thought out.

 

Frankly John, the problem is with the lack of adequate staffing to handle
the backlog. 

 

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: DX Chat
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

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 to unbundle a
wad of cards, sort them into groups, physically review each card, enter the
credit info, and then put that cards back into a bundle and send them on
back to the sender requires quite a bit more time than entering the credit
info from a field card check list. Even with a smaller effort, I would think
that field checked card submittals would move along very quickly, and the
backlog reduced more quickly. 

 

My suggestion was ignored.

 

John Owens - N7TK

 

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One would think that submitting your QSL's through a field checker

would give a faster turn-around. Can anyone verify this by personal
experience?

Dave Miller W1GDQ

 

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RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

2008-03-16 Thread Don
And one clarification - this was my bad. I arrived at the field checking
time on 11/29 inadvertently missing two QSLs needed for the DXCC 80
certificate. I had to put off field checking to the next month's wvdxc
meeting. 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 'DX Chat'
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

Please reread carefully

All I said is that the queue date is from LOTW submission, not the date from
field checking.

My example - I submitted 11/29/2007 via LOTW but I didn't even get the cards
to my checker until 12/29 (we meet every month at WVDXC).

My date at HQ was 11/29/2007, not the week after hybrid field checking which
would have been a 1/5 or whatever.

 

So, LOTW DOES give you the advantage - LOTW first then field check. 

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: DX Chat
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

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
and when I applied for the partial LOTW credits, and I sit in the same queue
that everyone else is in. That submittal was logged in on Dec 27, 2007 and
is still waiting to be processed. Per their website, they are now processing
applications that were logged in during the week of Dec 7, 2007 so I still
have about 3 weeks to go. 

 

John Owens - N7TK

 

-- Original message -- 
From: Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

No difference.

Everything, whether field checked or HQ checked or partial LOTW or full
LOTW, gets processed along with all other submissions received at the same
time.

Now there is one trick to get you in sooner - it eliminates a mail
delay.submit a partial LOTW submission. The minute you push the button on
LOTW submit, you are in the queue with all the other paperwork(field
checked) or HQ submitted (with card checking) or LOTW submits..they all get
processed in order received.

 

Don

Ac7zg

 


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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 8:08 AM
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

One would think that submitting your QSL's through a field checker

would give a faster turn-around. Can anyone verify this by personal
experience?

Dave Miller W1GDQ

 

[EMAIL PROTECTED]


 

 


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RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

2008-03-16 Thread Don
Wayne


That makes good sense - saves someone at HQ entering text for all the cards.


 

And for those submitting cards-only for HQ, why not allow them to send a
CD/DVD with the same data. Your checkers would only have to verify it was
correct. No different actually from the comparison they make now to paper
loggings - except someone does not have to type it in at HQ.

 

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From: wmills [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:29 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 'DX Chat'
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

One of the could be developments associated with LoTW that could be done
to speed DXCC processing is for applicants to enter their apps on a
DXCC/LoTW Website. Once the applicant has entered the data, it is checked
against the cards by a checker, and the checker approves the application.

 

Since the app is now already in electronic from, processing it is just as
easy as is processing basic LoTW apps now. A couple of clicks, and it's
done. This could reduce much of the manpower now required to enter data.
From a business point of view it makes perfect sense. However, HQ doesn't
think this way, hence the 17 week turn-around.

 

This process has been waiting for development for several years. All of the
elements to accomplish this are in place. It had been on the COO's plan each
year. Nothing yet.

 

73, Wayne, N7NG

Jackson Hole, Wyoming

 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:11 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: 'DX Chat'
Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

 So you suggest those that get field checked go to the head of the line?
And the HQ-checked get put off until later?

 

That line's pretty deep. To do so means that the HQ-checked submission would
somehow get less priority. This seems to put those submitters who don't have
access to a field checker at a strong disadvantage.  Maybe someday the field
checked backlog would drop to zero and HQ submissions would get their day?


And if you're not arguing this, then we must presume that the submissions
get checked on the basis of when-logged-in to DXCC whether field checked
or HQ-checked.  So your suggestion would somehow force, on a weekly basis,
having the field-checked submissions processed first during their week and
the HQ-check last?  How does this help the huge backlog?

 

Doesn't seem well thought out.

 

Frankly John, the problem is with the lack of adequate staffing to handle
the backlog. 

 

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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:49 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: DX Chat
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Re: Card Checkers

 

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 to unbundle a
wad of cards, sort them into groups, physically review each card, enter the
credit info, and then put that cards back into a bundle and send them on
back to the sender requires quite a bit more time than entering the credit
info from a field card check list. Even with a smaller effort, I would think
that field checked card submittals would move along very quickly, and the
backlog reduced more quickly. 

 

My suggestion was ignored.

 

John Owens - N7TK

 

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One would think that submitting your QSL's through a field checker

would give a faster turn-around. Can anyone verify this by personal
experience?

Dave Miller W1GDQ

 

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RE: [DX-CHAT] Cable X-perts out of busines ????

2008-02-29 Thread Don
Frankly I have been disappointed with the quality of the Cable X-Perts Coax
ssembly. The center core to connector is barely soldered and the ones I have
disassembled (failures) had only a press-fit for the shield to connector
(not a drop of solder).  

I had 3 of these cable-connector assemblies fail to OPEN at my home station,
and two(2) cables used on some 80m and 40m dipoles at 2007 California QSO
Party N6D operation (M/M County Expedition) failed for the same reason in
the middle of a the cold night during operations.  IN all instances the
connectors were filled with Stuf and the outsides were covered in two layers
of self-bonding rubber tape. There was NO ingress of water into the
connectors.

 

For this reason I have removed and replaced the connectors on all their
cables that are in my possession. 


Maybe you've had better luck with Cable X-perts, but I won't buy another
Cable X-perts assembly for this reason. 


YMMV 

 

73 Don AC7ZG

 

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To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] Cable X-perts out of busines 

 

For over three weeks, I have tried to order some cable from Cable X-Perts.
I have emailed them about a dozen times, faxed them 4 times, and have tried
to call them, with no answer. 

 

I am seeking a custom made low-loss cable with connectors attached .   I
have also looked at   The Wireman  webpage, but I don't think the specs info
is detailed enough for my needs.

 

Is there another specialized company like Cable X-Perts that will respond to
requests for ordering info ?   Does anyone know if they went out of business
??

 

Thanks for any tips !!

73 de  Jim K4PYT


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RE: [DX-CHAT] VP6DX - 160M SSB

2008-02-16 Thread Don
The latest log update shows zero 160m ssb qsos (check the vp6dx site -- QSO
Statistics

 

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Subject: [DX-CHAT] VP6DX - 160M SSB

 

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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[DX-CHAT] IRC's not valid/accepted in Lebanon

2008-01-09 Thread Don

OD5NH informs me that IRC's are not valid in Lebanon
73
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Re: [DX-CHAT] How do you view new DXCC countries?

2007-12-11 Thread Don Greenbaum
Imagine how boring this hobby would be if there were no more new entities 
since 1962 when I got licensed?  So it's complicated?  What in life is not?


I am also into racing cars.  New bigger engines come out and we go 
faster.  Should I be happy driving a 357 ci car when there are 630ci 
engines out there?


I say, let's complicate the life of Bill Moore and push our dxcc totals 
over 400!!!


DX-IS

Don
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At 11:14 AM 12/11/2007, Mike(W5UC)  Kathy(K5MWH) wrote:

At 09:29 AM 12/11/2007, you wrote:
I view it as more of a pain in the xxx having to work them and collect 
QSLs to maintain my position on the Honor Roll.

What's your view?


Barry, I'll vote with you.  Creating entities for the sake of creating 
entities is a waste.
Unfortunately, however, we must consider that the legal status of some of 
these islands is changing, and that complicates the matter with the DXCC 
rules.  IMHO, a more reasonable solution would be to change the DXCC rules 
to allow these entities to remain as they are in their DXCC status. All 
the DXCC Desk needs is something to further complicate their life.


73,
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Re: [DX-CHAT] a different service query

2007-11-16 Thread Don Greenbaum

OPPS

Don
N1DG


At 06:41 PM 11/16/2007, Stuart Santelmann KC1F wrote:
Charles:
 
You use an Alpha amplifier ?  Isn't the maximum power output permitted 200 
watts ?  You must be driving the amp pretty lightly !
 
Regards and Savai de cup
 
Stu KC1F
 
It helps if you are importing a transceiver, which has already been approved 
by PTD, and RAST keeps an approved rig list on this web site. A wide range of 
VHF equipment is approved, a list would be too unwieldy to maintain. However 
bear in mind that the legal power output on 2 metres is 10 watts. The legal 
power output for HF is 200 watts. VHF equipment is widely stocked in Bangkok 
amateur radio shops and prices are reasonable. The shopkeeper will usually 
process the equipment licence for you as part of the purchase as long as you 
have your operator licence 
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From: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Charles Harpole 
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Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 10:12 AM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] a different service query

In my continuing report card on responses to service queries, I emailed to 
Alpha (alpharadioproducts) at about 9:20am and received a cordial and helpful 
response before 10AM same day (USA time), today.
 
That's SERVICE 


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Re: [DX-CHAT] QSLs to EP3HF

2007-09-20 Thread Don Greenbaum

Last year I sent one direct and got no reply.

So, I sent him a card from Dubai on my last trip with the return address 
A61AD, Iranian currency and a hand written letter (no qsl).  The return 
address on an SAE was a PO box back to Dubai.


I followed it up with an email.

I never got a reply and my last two email requests went unanswered.

I give up,

Don
N1DG

At 02:39 PM 9/20/2007, Paul M Dunphy wrote:
Has anyone had any luck getting a card from EP3HF?  Can you just pop 
a letter in the mail to Iran these days?  All the ones I worked years ago 
seemed OK (or had managers elsewhere.)  But things are a tad different 
now . . .


Assuming a card is obtained, does the DXCC Desk accept this one?

73, Paul VE1DX



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Re: [DX-CHAT] QSLs to EP3HF

2007-09-20 Thread Don Greenbaum

Last year I sent one direct and got no reply.

So, I sent him a card from Dubai on my last trip with the return address 
A61AD, Iranian currency and a hand written letter (no qsl).  The return 
address on an SAE was a PO box back to Dubai.


I followed it up with an email.

I never got a reply and my last two email requests went unanswered.

I give up,

Don
N1DG

At 02:39 PM 9/20/2007, Paul M Dunphy wrote:
Has anyone had any luck getting a card from EP3HF?  Can you just pop 
a letter in the mail to Iran these days?  All the ones I worked years ago 
seemed OK (or had managers elsewhere.)  But things are a tad different 
now . . .


Assuming a card is obtained, does the DXCC Desk accept this one?

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Re: [DX-CHAT] my mistake on why repeated QSL ?

2007-07-31 Thread Don Greenbaum
I keep my QSL cards at Gringotts.:-)

Don
N1DG

At 06:29 AM 7/31/2007, Bob Beaudet wrote:
I was a QSL Manager in the 1960-1985 period for more than a dozen DX stations, 
including
a few that were quite rare at the time such as 6O, XV, XU, 1S.
One K1 person who I remember wanted at least two and preferably three QSLs for 
each of his
QSOs with especially rare DX.

He kept one in a locked display case, one in his DXCC album and one for 
submission through
the mail to and from ARRL's DXCC desk. It takes all kinds to make a world, I 
guess.
How many of us have a locked display case for our cards?

73, Bob W1YRC


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Re: [DX-CHAT] What! BS7H LOTW

2007-06-09 Thread Don Greenbaum
Gee Charles.

What has you so excited?  

No one wrote you had to donate.  In fact, we wrote in our press release it 
was a thank you for those who made this operation possible for the 45K qsos.  
After all the direct qsls are answered we are uploading the complete logs to 
LOTW for everyone.

I noticed K4VUD is in the log, yet you were in HS land at the moment the QSO 
was made.  Care to comment on that little feat while you are complaining about 
the DXCC program and abuses?

73
Don
N1DG

At 10:07 PM 6/9/2007, Charles Harpole wrote:
Boy oh boy I got roasted when a friend posted for me a message that 
implied I needed cash for a 9N confirmation (not true).  and now this (see 
above).

Ham radio gotta come to terms with the cash side of DXing  Yes, absolutely 
DXpeditions are for the wealthy (with time to spare, too), but the costs are 
very real regardless of resources.

Issues that need careful thought :

-real value prizes for ham contacts (or birthday celebrations or whatever).
-donations that are really purchases.
-contests that award with real value items.
-cash for QSLs.
-cash for LoTW.

My 2 cents get over the idea that ham radio exists in an economic vacuum 
and just inject some honesty into the don't ask, don't tell game of $$$ for 
QSLs.  One DXer(island op) told me flatly that any incoming card lacking cash 
was trashed immediately.

My point-- we need an open discussion of this issue because it is getting 
worse and will do more so.

73
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Re: [DX-CHAT] More Shepherd Trivia

2007-06-01 Thread Don Greenbaum
I Libertine by Frederick Ewing:

http://www.courttv.com/graphics2/hollywood_heat/articles/hoaxilibertine.jpg

Don
N1DG



At 09:51 PM 6/1/2007, you wrote:
Earlier in the Shepherd thread, In God we Trust a book by Jean Shepherd 
was mentioned.  I'm proud to say that I have a copy of the book and a 1 hour 
tape I did with him back around 1960 for a college radio station.

Now here is a bit of trivia for all Shep fans.  Actually it's a trivia 
question:

During many of his broadcasts he mentioned another book.  The book never 
existed, but the demand became so great, that Shepherd wrote the book under 
another name.

What was the title of the book and what name did he use he wrote the book?

Oh yes!  I have a copy of the book.

73,
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Re: [DX-CHAT] BS7H QSO Stats

2007-05-17 Thread Don Greenbaum

Mark:

I ran the stats based on US zones.  Yes, not all W7s live in 7 land, but I 
think as many 6s live in 4 land as 4s live in 6 land.

No said the stats I posted were 100% accurate, but they are statistically 
accurate if not perfect.

hey, this is a hobby...

Don
N1DG, BS7H webmaster

At 09:02 PM 5/17/2007, you wrote:
quote BS7H impossible from the east coast?  Zone 3 only had 600 more QSO's
than zone 4 and zone 5, which were equal end  quote


How did they figure the US zones - by call sign which isn't too accurate now. 
My friend  a W4 worked BS7H but he lives in 9 land - did his contact count as 
a 4 land contact - I am sure that it did. I wonder how many Zone 5 and Zone 4 
calls are resident in Zone 3?

A friend of mine who runs a big contest station thought that he would be in 
and out but spent 16 hours before he worked BS7H and he has stacked mono 
banders for 20m.

There was no JA wall as far as I was concerned just very limited propagation 
times and too many stations trying to call in the very limited open band times.



Mark N1UK G3ZZM




- Original Message - From: Dan Zimmerman N3OX [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] BS7H QSO Stats


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 east coast?  Zone 3 only had 600 more QSO's
than zone 4 and zone 5, which were equal.

21kqso to Asia, 16kqso to EU, 7kqso to NA... sounds like they did a
good job working the propagation...

Lots of selfish hams stealing away the chance for people to get a QSO
from BS7H by working them over and over again?  I don't think so.

2.5 times  as many people got only one QSO as who managed to get two.
2 times as many people managed to get 2 QSO's as got 3.  This includes
*all* regions.

Whoever got 24... wow.

73,
Dan


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RE: [DX-CHAT] BS7H thoughts

2007-05-10 Thread Don Greenbaum
If you delete BS7 based on danger, then you need to look at all the other 
entities that are not safe.  Peter I, South Sandwich, Baghdad, Los Angeles, 
VU4 (Tsunami Danger).

See where this is headed?

Don
N1DG

At 07:58 AM 5/10/2007, Mike(W5UC)  Kathy(K5MWH) wrote:
Good Morning Bernie  All:

After seeing the video from 1997 I too questioned whether BS7 should be on the 
list. My conclusion is that it should never have been a new entity(don't ask 
me why, I don't have a good answer).  However, now that it is on the list I do 
not believe it should be removed.  In retrospect, a land mass clause probably 
should have been an original part of the rules, but it wasn't/isn't.  You 
can't un-ring the bell.

Move on.

73,
Mike, W5UC





At 05:59 AM 5/10/2007, Bernie McClenny, W3UR wrote:
HS0ZCW, who sometimes operates as K4VUD said Maybe it is time to re-think
the DXCC status of this place?

This would set a terrible precedence!  We must follow the DXCC rules
otherwise we will destroy the very fabric of the integrity of the DXCC
program.  If we do as Charles suggests for BS7H what will be next?  This is
a slippery slope.  Anyone could then make the same case for many other
counters on the DXCC list.  I won't give examples but one could easily list
many more countries for their own personal reasons.  We have gone down
this road many times over the years.  So there is no need to repeat this
thread.  There is one and only one way for a DXCC Entity (country) to be
removed from the DXCC list.

Notice I said removed!  I don't think many people realize the next country
that does not meet the DXCC criteria will be removed, not deleted, as there
will be no more deletes because of the results of DXCC 2000.  That's right a
removal, which will be as if you never worked it!  More on that discussion
later.

Back to the one and only way to remove a current counter from the DXCC list.
The only way is if the said entity no longer meets the criteria in which put
it on the list to begin with.  Rules that are made up afterwards do not
affect its status.  Remember BS7H was added to the list back in the mid 90s.
Then afterwards in an effort to not have any others added to the list like
Scarborough Reef the 100 meter high tide rule was added.  Believe me you
don't want to remove anything off the DXCC list, unless it does not meet the
criteria.

I wonder how many have actually read the DXCC rules?
http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html
Notice I said read them, not understood them all!  Some are hard to
understand, but then again so are some of the counters on the list!

See you in the next pileup?
Bernie, W3UR



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Subject: [DX-CHAT] BS7H thoughts

Fellow DXers Prior to the latest BS7H op, I had not given the Rocks any
attention and had only a vague notion of what is there.  But today I read
the web sites, saw the photos,  and listened to James' super interview while

on site.  I come away of two minds... one with great appreciation and awe at

the accomplishment and second with a deeper understanding of how truly
dangerous this op was.

Of course, I congratulate all who make this happen and especially to men who

were willing genuinely to risk their lives to do the op.  Let nothing take
away from that.

However, I have to ask if this set of rocks is worth the risks?  I know
mountain climbers die in their efforts and there are many other very
dangerous sport activities, but should we as a hobby sanction placing our
fellow hams into a place where the slightest bad weather, lightning strike,
or just a nasty fall would have been an easy-to-happen disaster.  How would
we feel as hams if the worst had happened there?  How much should we depend
on LUCK? I think anyone can go where ever they please, but not with the
sanction and official stamp of our great avocation.

Maybe it is time to re-think the DXCC status of this place?

Charles Harpole
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Re: [DX-CHAT] more on BS7H

2007-05-10 Thread Don Greenbaum
Here is the beginning of the photo album showing the 4 operating positions.

http://www.scarboroughreef.com/srphotos.html


Don
N1DG, BS7H webmaster

At 11:01 AM 5/10/2007, K2EWB wrote:
More than likely the picture was taken by one of the crewmen from the ship. 
However, there is a possibility it was taken by one of the many Mermaids that 
inhabit the reef. Now you know why so many chaps applied to become operators 
at Scarborough.
 
Leon,   (K2EWB)  
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Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:33 AM 
Subject: [DX-CHAT] more on BS7H
A new photo of this entity is up on their site now, showing all the ops (who 
took the photo?)

http://www.scarboroughreef.com/http://www.scarboroughreef.com/
Make up your own minds.
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Re: [DX-CHAT] BS7H on 80M

2007-04-30 Thread Don Greenbaum
Guys, there is no antenna set up yet for 80...you must be working a slim. 

Don
N1DG BS7H webmaster

At 09:19 AM 4/30/2007, Charlie, W0YG wrote:
They had a good signal into Colorado this morning.  I heard several Stateside 
stations from CA to MN get through so they were being heard all over the 
western US.  I hope they have as good a signal on 160M because now I think we 
stand a chance of hearing them on this band.  It will probably be late in the 
DXpedition before they try TOP though. 
 
We have also been able to hear them easily on 20 and 17M so prop seems to 
favor this area.  Haven't listened for them on 40M yet.
 
73,
 
Charlie, W0YG..

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RE: [DX-CHAT] Help Request

2007-04-22 Thread Don
Kay

Have a quick look at DXKEEPER -- its freeware along with the rest of the
DXlab toolset.

It interacts quite well with the LOTW, although he will have to use the
standard path to take an ADI file through the LOTW software. This isn't done
by DXkeeper (or any other logging program)

It will quite easily interact and download the actual QSL's granted by LOTW
and keep track of how he's doing against DXCC, WAS, County Hunter, and a
myriad of others.

And its Free and works quite well. He'll still have to enter the QSOs from
his paper logs...

73
Don
AC7ZG


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Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 3:41 PM
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Subject: [DX-CHAT] Help Request

 

Good morning,

A friend of mine, who has been loosing his sight for a few years is now
termed as Legally Blind, although he can see and use his computer with the
aid of a magnifying glass.

He wants to put his logs on Logbook of The World, but has never had a
computer logging program that he entered his contacts in.  This means he
needs to enter the contacts into a logging program that is compatible with
the format required by LoTW... I believe either the adif or the cabrillo
format is acceptable.

I have initiated the paperwork needed to get him started and he says he is
able to make the entries from his paper logs into a logging program.

What we need is a simple logging program... Doesn't have to be able to track
awards or anything else, just a basic program that will allow him ease of
use and the ability to interact with LoTW.  It needs to be either in a
format acceptable to LoTW or one that has a conversion program with it that
will convert it to an acceptable format.

Does anyone know of a shareware or reasonably priced simple program I can
download and install on his computer so he can start making his entries.

Thank you... Please answer off line to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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RE: [DX-CHAT] YW0DX RTTY WPX log

2007-02-17 Thread Don
All three of mine are in the log (3 bands)


Don

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Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 1:20 PM
To: DX-Chat
Subject: [DX-CHAT] YW0DX RTTY WPX log

 

Anyone else missing their WPX RTTY QSO?  My number received was 440 yet my Q
does not appear in their on-line log.

 

73,

 

Charlie, W0YG..



Re: [DX-CHAT] Is this for real???

2007-02-10 Thread Don Greenbaum
YEP..

www.bs7h.com

Don
N1DG


At 11:18 AM 2/10/2007, harris_ruben wrote:
Received today (via Google alert)
http://www.southgatearc.orgSouthgate Amateur Radio Club RSS Feed - 
http://www.southgatearc.org



Scarborough Reef DXpedition
Announcing the 2007 DXpedition to Huang Yan Dao - better known as Scarborough 
Reef

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RE: [DX-CHAT] N8T N2EE Tesla RC QSLs

2007-01-27 Thread Don
Same situation -- but N8T is back on the air last night in 160m contest.
Still no QSL here either
Don
AC7ZG

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Osten B Magnusson
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:05 PM
To: Dave G4GED; dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] N8T  N2EE Tesla RC QSLs


My QSL with SASE for N8T  (February 2006)  to K3BU 
has NOT been answered, so I'm now trying to find another 
West Virginia station. 

73/DX de Osten  SM5DQC[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
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From: Dave G4GED [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 10:04 PM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] N8T  N2EE Tesla RC QSLs


 Hi,
 Cant get thro to dx-qsl reflector at present so maybe help here?
 Has anyone needing WV for WAS had any luck with these N8T  N2EE QSLs ?
 My direct QSL request to the QSL mgr K3BU dates from Feb last year
following
 the CQWW 160 and ARRL DX tests.
 Most recent email enquiry has gone unanswered?
 Tnx es 73 Dave
 
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Re: [DX-CHAT] VU7MY

2007-01-19 Thread Don Greenbaum

There will be no online log for VU7MY due to internet issues.

Don
N1DG
VU7RG pilot

At 03:08 PM 1/19/2007, you wrote:
Does anyone know if the on line log for VU7MY  Minicoy Island is working? 
I thought I had read somewhere that they have internet problems on the 
island and wouldn't be able to up-load logs but I see there is an on line 
log on the VU7RG page? I~ had a QSO with Bharathi yesterday but my call 
isn't in the data base yet so was wondering if they are using it.


73
Mike Giddings G3XLB


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[DX-CHAT] 31EA qsl???

2006-11-27 Thread Don


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Charles Harpole
Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2006 8:31 PM

Has anyone received a 3E1A QSL through DL6MYL???

I saw some snipes on the packet cluster (example---1826.5 HP1/DJ7AA Was
3E1A and don't QSL ...) while he is operating from HP during this weekend's
contest -- seems like a lot of dissatisfied QSLers (and I may be one too
after two direct (one $$ one SSAE) requesting QSL.  Emails sent direct have
been ignored. A google search of 31EA QSL turned up only instructions
where to QSL, unlike other operations where such a query turned up QSL
received)

Maybe no one has?   If someone has received one, please let all of us know
(before I try one more time...I don't want to fatten his wallet.  The German
Post Office does NOT lose that many letters...and its been long enough to
get the QSLs printed...)

As always we must believe the best in people, until proven otherwise. If
anyone has received a QSL it would reinforce the former...lack of anyone
coming forward would seem to indicate the opposite

Best regards
Don
AC7ZG

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Re: [DX-CHAT] XF4 80m and topband last night

2006-10-24 Thread Don Greenbaum
Peter I too worked them on 160 around 3 UTC.  I was not in the web logs 
uploaded today on their site, BUT, there is no cutoff time noted on the logs so 
who knows.

Now they appear to be qrt for the storm as forecasted but a presence on two 
bands sorta rules out a slim.

Both signals were coming from the correct direction and West Coast was working 
them far easier than East Coast so I believe they were real.

73
Don
N1DG

At 08:32 AM 10/24/2006, Peter Dougherty wrote:
Hi guys,

Worked what I thought was XF4DL on 80 and 160 CW tonight, but a few cluster 
spots were saying pirate (WFWL and all that). Anybody know definitively if 
they were in fact QRV on the low bands? Their Web site is less than clear on 
the subject.


Thanks
Cheers,

Peter,
W2IRT 

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RE: [DX-CHAT] query quad companies adr

2006-10-16 Thread Don
A simple google of GEM QUAD immediately yields www.gemquad.com.
On their header page is a mailbox symbol, just under the word
Homepage.  Click this and the email is setup and ready to go.  Shows as
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

A simple google of Cubex Quad immediately yields www.cubex.com. On the
left hand column, the hot link REACH US BY EMAIL brings up the email setup
and the address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Googling Lightning Bolt Quad  yields some spreaders at
http://www.mgs4u.com/fiberglass-cubical-quad-spreaders.htm  nothing to do
with sales of LBQ, but...if you want spreaders...

And http://radioroom.org/public/deltaquadreview.htm (note on assembly and
that they are out of business)

73
Don
AC7ZG

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Charles Harpole
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:12 AM
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] query quad companies adr

I am having little luck finding GEM quad company email address.  Anyone 
help?

Apparently Lightning Bolt is permanently out of business  correct?

Norm must have transferred his Cubex quad business to another man...  email 
address anyone?  Getting quad spreaders to Thailand may be a real hard job?

And, yes, I did search via google and metacrawler to vy limited success.  
Thanks for any help  73,

Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
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RE: [DX-CHAT] What the heck is...

2006-08-15 Thread Don
China harmonic from 7130

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Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 6:29 AM
To: DX-CHAT@njdxa.org
Subject: [DX-CHAT] What the heck is...

...on 14260?

Jack Hartley
K4WSB / VP2MSB
ARRL - QCWA - OOTC
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RE: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers?

2006-07-31 Thread Don
Excellent SSB OP this morning on 3798/3804) --- he heard AC7 and kept
beating back the pileup until he heard AC7Z, then AC7ZG, then kept beating
back the pileup until he completed the QSO.  Many Many times Standby
Standby Standby...AC7 ONLY AC7 ONLY.  After this, lots of JA's and 6's
calling over the 7's (he was calling 7's only)

(and the op on CW 30m last night was superb -- he had a high runrate, and
was worked quickly. Wish he would move to 20m tonight to give that pileup a
chance).

73
Don
AC7ZG

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Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:57 PM
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers?

A few made a good point, it is up to the DX station to control the 
pileup.  I didn't want to go down that path.  But a couple of points 
to keep in mind:

- We (the callers) are the many, they (the DXpedition operators) are 
the few.  They are the ones who have invested the time and money in 
getting there and operating.  We should be responsible enough to 
behave ourselves.  Ease the burden on the few.

- Frustration is caused by the belief that you will not work the DX 
station.  Frustration breeds desperation.  Imagine how much less 
frustration there would be if the out-of-turn callers just kept quiet 
and let the DX operator work someone in the clear.  The rate will 
go up, as will the hope of everyone else in the pileup.  Just because 
WX9QRO calls overtop of everyone, and in frustration and/or 
desperation, the DX operator works him to get him out of the way 
does NOT make it right, and does NOT mean that we have to follow that
example.

73 - Jim AD1C

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RE: [DX-CHAT] Airmail Envelopes?

2006-07-31 Thread Don








Plum currently has a special price on some overstock of Euro airmail
send and the nesting return envelopes

73

Don

AC7ZG











From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Garth
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:05
PM
To: DX-Chat
Subject: [DX-CHAT] Airmail
Envelopes?







Anyone know a good source of Airmail Envelopes? Wal-Mart and
the big-box office supply stores no longer carry them.











Thanks,





Garth, KW4MM










Re: [DX-CHAT] KP5

2006-06-29 Thread Don Greenbaum


Actually the KP1-KP5 guys got the Congress involved last fall in a great
attempt to get the FWS to open up KP1 and KP5.
In fact, it was Rep. Rahall  who was the sponsor of H.R.
1183.
Whoever has his ear obviously contributed big time to the Club Fed
report. It was very critical of the FWS for failing to be
consistent on not permitting ham radio operations for others.
The problem is, by criticising the hams that did operate and causing the
fuss while they were on the island the hams that are behind Rahall this
time gave all ham radio a black eye.
It may very well be a different ham who had this temper trantrum and
nothing to do with the earlier group.
73
Don
N1DG

At 08:24 PM 6/29/2006, you wrote:
Well
Chuck it did give us a BLACK EYE because it got the U.S. Congress
evolved. 

Rod WC7N



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Re: [DX-CHAT] Working yourself on DXPeditions

2006-04-03 Thread Don Greenbaum
and if you bust the call, who's to blame?

73
Don
N1DG

At 09:59 PM 4/3/2006, Steve-KF2TI wrote:
On a different slant, I read, recently, in QST that you can set up 
some software that will allow remote operation of your own radio from 
anywhere in the workd, provided you have access to the internet and 
another computer

So, I set this up and what??

the Tango Italy station go ahead

Thank you  This is KF2TI u r 59, name is Steve  over

Tnx Steve this is kp2/kf2ti, I am also 59.  BTW how do i sound over

Kp2/kf2ti, this is kf2ti I sound great over

Rgr me, do i qsl buro or direct

up to you

73 have i hope i have a good operation

Rgr that I am sure I will


On 3 Apr 2006 at 18:13, Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote:

Date sent:  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 18:13:12 -0700
To: dx-chat@njdxa.org
From:   Fred Stevens K2FRD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: [DX-CHAT] Working yourself on DXPeditions

 Seems to me if one isn't home to serve as control operator, then the actual 
 operator would be obligated to use his/her own callsign even if it's the DX 
 operator's gear. I haven't bothered going into the Part 97 Rules to 
 determine the specifics on this.
 
 I might also have an ethical problem with this, even if this is a loophole 
 in DXCC rules, since it's not really working yourself; rather, it's you 
 working your own equipment and somebody else.
 
 There's also the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle which, in essence states 
 that one object (or person) cannot be in two places at the same time. =-O
 
 It took me several years to make contact with CQ Zone Two from home even 
 though I have run mini-DXpeditions to VO2 land in Zone Two.
 
 All this said, I *DO* talk to myself a lot these days in my encroaching old 
 age. :-[
 
 73 de Fred K2FRD, VO2FS
 
 At 20:37 -0400 03/04/2006, Bill wrote:
 What are your thoughts of you working yourself on DXPeditions.  I have been 
 told that you can have someone come to your house and work you while you 
 are on a DXPedition using your call and you will get DXCC credit.  Wow, you 
 can get DXCC and never work a station yourself?  Let someone else use your 
 station and call and do it for you! Would a DXCC for Hire Person be in 
 order?
  
 How does this sound? HH4/W4WX de W4WX 59 over.  According to the rules this 
 is legal. 
  
 See rule #10 of the DXCC rules on the ARRL web site.
  
 Bill W4WX
 
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[DX-CHAT] DX-NEW KP5

2006-02-23 Thread Don Moore, K4CN
Copied  pasted from http://www.arrl.org/  Looks like KP5 is approved.  Way 
to go Dave!


DXCC Desk approves operation for DXCC credit (Feb 23, 2006) -- The ARRL 
DXCC Desk has approved this operation for DXCC credit: K3LP/KP5 and 
N3KS/KP5,  Desecheo Island, December 16-17, 2005.


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[DX-CHAT] VU4 QSL'S

2005-03-19 Thread DON



I DELETED THE ADDRESS BY MISTAKE FOR THE VU4 CARDS. 
FOR STATESIDE ROUTE. I SENT THEM TWO SEPARATE ENVELOPES FOR THE TWO 
OPERATORS I WORKED VIA NIAR. THEY HAVE ME IN THIER LOG BUT SAY THEY DID NOT 
RECIEVE MY QSL CARDS.(MAILED JAN.21,2005)
 WHAT IS THE ADDRESS FOR THE 
STATESIDE ROUTE?

  




  VA7DJ


[DX-CHAT] VU4 QSL INFO

2005-03-19 Thread DON



Tnx fellows for the prompt answers to my request. I 
must have misunderstood the other bulletin I deleted. I will re-submit qsl's agn 
to NIAR. Just don't understand how my two SEPARATE envelopes got 
lost.

  



VA7DJ-Don