[DX-CHAT] Digital
I took a 1st phone course from NRI back in 1965 and took two courses in electronics from the physics department at UNC at Chapel Hill in 1966 and 1967. There was some things we learned about ones and zeros back then, but that was over 40 years ago. I worked in broadcasting until 1984, but everything was analog. It seems to me that if we can put 80 minutes of high fidelity stereo music on a compact disk, a whole movie on a DVD, and three seperate channels of digital TV on one previously analog channel, we should be able to transmit high fidelity and qrm free phone signals on the ham bands. I wish one of you digital Geeks would invent something like that for amateur radio. I know CW and psk, etc is called digital, but it seems to me that someone who has more training than me could come up with something better. In a pile-up the receiver could lock on one digital signal that was the strongest. Or, you would have a spectrum like is on digipan and you could click your mouse on the signal and copy it. Why not? Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] call signs
When calling a station I always give my whole call in phonetics and in the report exchange I always use phonetics for my call, I have worked them all and have them all confirmed as a result of being a ham for over 50 years. This problem doesn't exist for CW or Digital.I have heard nets asking for the last two many times and I have listened as they were finally called upon and it was over 10 minutes later and it is illegal to make a transmission and let more than 10 minutes lapse before giving your ID. You may know who is talking and they may know you. But the OO's and the FCC may not know who you are. Bob Furzur, who wrote Logger 32, would run pileups from 9K2ZZ and if you gave only your last two he would only acknowledge the last two and he would never QSL or log that station. Because I give my whole call twice during an exchange with the DX, I have gotten not in the log only once or twice in my 50 plus years. I was assuming I was working the DX and it turned out to be someone else. Also, what is this lid remark of Contact doing in ham radio? A friend of mine was chastized by a couple of lids on 40M ssb for not calling in the right way by saying Contact. I cannot find anything in the ARRL's operating manual about Contact. Excuse me for my attitude this day. I probably will get an adjustment when the XYL comes home. Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette
KL7A in Bhutan WAS looking at the cluster. I saw several spots he self-posted as from KL7A spotting A5A. What you said is not always the case. KL7A is listed on the A5A web page as one of the operators there. - Original Message - From: Barry w...@comcast.net To: telw...@telusplanet.net Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Spotting Etiquette Bingo! Even better is a spot asking a DXped to QSY to another band/mode. We all know they monitor the Cluster and respond immediately to such requests, NOT. Barry W2UP On 6/7/2012 10:35 AM, GERRY wrote: Spotting etiquette has bugged me for a long time so I thought I'd vent. I really don't understand why some folks want to tell us that they can't hear the DX where they are. I thought the purpose of DX SPOTTING was to tell us where (and by whom) the DX IS being heard. Imagine the traffic if everyone who didn't hear the DX reported it. I have my program set to tell me when the DX is being heard in NA and it's darn annoying to get an alarm and highlight from someone in BC (I use BC as an example not to offend other NA non-spotters) telling us he also can't hear the DX. FWiW 73, Gerry VE6LB/VA6XDX VE6 QSL Bureau Team DXCC Field Checker ve...@telus.net mailto:ve...@telus.net 403-251-0384 http://www.qsl.net/ve6lb --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Spotting etiquitte
KL7A in Bhutan spotted himself several times. I saw him spot himself on 10 mHz asking if there were any NA. He also spotted a pirate using A5A callsign on 40 M and he commented, We are still in daylight here. I don't buy even one of your arguments, because I am going to operate my station the way I want , and it is none of your business the way I operate. I expect you to do the same. Been operating my station this way for 54 years and I have come to respect you as to your way of operating. I owned and operated the cluster when it was still on packet from Augusta, GA 20+ years ago, and anyone who didn;t like someone's way of operating could just find another way of connecting. Jim --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] LOTW
I submitted my LOTW credits on-line Saturday and we had Memorial day yesterday. My LOTW were accepted and confirmed when I looked about 1PM today, Tuesday. Fast turn around!! Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] 7o6t
I fannaly got the correct information from Wayne Mills. All you other folk left out all information I need. You only supplied part of the info. TO make this transaction: 1. go to the 706T web page. 2. under log put in your call and the chart with your Qs come up 3. Scroll to the bottom of that page and there is a chart with all your Qs 4. Fill in the QSO info for each Q. 5. Finalize the page and submit. 6. click Checkout and paypal will come up where you can make a $3.50 Donation or more which I did. 7. print your receipt. If all the info I got had all thes stepts and not have directed me to QSL and Support. I could have done this sooner. BTW I was filling out the QSO information and we had a Thunderstorm and lost power for 2 hrs. and I had to re-enter the data again. Thanks for all your support and especially to Wayne Mills. N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Contribute to 7O6T
On their webpage it says you can donate via paypal, but it does not say to whom we are supposed to donate. It says to put your call in the comment box of paypal, but where do we send the money? Am I missing something? Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Contribute to 7O6T
1've already been there and Fred Soto PY7ZZ says send it to mailto:d...@citypoint.ru But paypal says the email has to end with dot com. It will not take this email address. I've gone to both the QSL and The support page. The support page has a list of credit cards and when I hit donate, it sends me to paypal. I guess I'll have to wait to the end of November. I guess I'm too stupid to use a computer. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: N3XX n...@charter.net To: 4...@prtcnet.com; dx-chat @njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Contribute to 7O6T On the 7O6T website, go to the Support page and scroll to the bottom. Then click on Donate and it will lead you through making your donation. I think they will miss out on some donations because it's hidden at the bottom of the page. 73, Tim - N3XX - Original Message - From: JIM Abercrombie 4...@prtcnet.com To: dx-chat @njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:35 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Contribute to 7O6T On their webpage it says you can donate via paypal, but it does not say to whom we are supposed to donate. It says to put your call in the comment box of paypal, but where do we send the money? Am I missing something? Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] 7O6T
I have credit cards and a paypal account. As I said earlier I have been to the 7O6T web site, searched both QSL and Support sites, have been to the bottom of each page. At the bottom of the Support page is a Donation button I click on it and it immediately brings up my paypal account page. But dispite what one ham said to do, to send money you have to put in an email address where you want it sent and that email address has to have a paypal account. Nobody on dx-chat seems to know where I'm supposed to send money by paypal. Fred Soto gave me an email address, but paypal will not accept it. I sent UA3DX an email this morning and I have yet to get an answer. On QRZ.COM, there is a statement to send only IRC's for return postage. For me to get IRC's, my post office has to order them from our nearest regional post office. I really don't want the cards as the drawer where I keep QSLs is full. I already have Yemen confirmed on 20M SSB. I thought that if I make a donation that would expedite me receiving LOTW confirmation. Thanks for reading, Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Copy of email sent to UA3DX
Here's a copy of the email I sent to UA3DX: On your webpage there is not a link for OQRS and I do not know who my paypal account is supposed to pay. I can go to my paypal account and put my call into the comments box, but I see no place to add where this money is going. I don't need the cards, I already have Yemen confirmed on 20M SSB, therefore you can send my confirmations to LOTW. Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?
What about the rule 97.113 (a) (2) I think we are getting into a grey area here. Also, does the dx operator think we should pay for part of his vacation? After all I know of many dxpeditions to the Carribean resort Islands. With tongue in cheek, maybe the Socata Island could be thought of as a vacation spot in the Indian Ocean. There are hotels there and I'm not saying it is. It was very difficult for them to operate around the clock I am not saying they are charging for QSL's because they will eventualy put their logs on LOTW. Don't misunderstand me, I do think we SHOULD donate what we can to support a DXpedition. I just put what I said above for something to think about. Gus Browning only collected for postage after he married a rich widow and went all over the world. I knew Gus very well, but he spent all his money and died a pauper. There are hams over the world who are $$$ collectors and never send cards. While I'm on my soapbox, there are hams in certain European countries who will QRM the DX station. When 7O6T was on 15M on RTTY he worked Europe for many hours. Then he went to the JA's and Asia. Finally he asked for only NA. Then he was QRMed for several hours by a station who kept transmitting only NA NA NA continously over and over. I rotated my beam until he was nulled out. Guess what? The end of my beam element was pointing to EU!!! And I would bet a dollar or two that I know what country he was in. Jim - Original Message - From: Crownhaven crownha...@bellsouth.net To: w9sz.z...@gmail.com Cc: dx-chat dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS? I'm thinking we all can make the choices we want to make. In terms of DXpeditions costing a lot of money, if you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen?? However, any operator has the right to set his own rules for QSL cards, etc. And the rest of us have a choice as to whether we want to abide by those terms. Let's call it free enterprise. We're beginning to sound likeI won't say it here. Steve, N4JQQ Zack Widup wrote: First off, great presentation Don! I thought it gave a great perspective of what these icebreaker DXpeditions and others to exotic places cost. Someone has to pay for them. The operators on some DXpeditions often bear a great deal of the cost themselves. I know a few people who have gotten involved in a DXpedition without knowing what it would cost them personally. They put forth an amount of money that hurt them personally financially, hoping they could get at least some of it back. Some didn't - they have not been on a DXpedition since. Live and learn, I guess. And our loss when a fine operator can't or won't go on another DXpedition. I know some of the people who were on the VP8ORK DXpedition. Some of the fees they had to pay were downright weird - and sounded exorbitant to me. But what are you going to do? Refuse to pay a fee to get your equipment out of storage? You would be in a bad position thousands of miles from home, trying to meet an expedition timetable and unable to speak the language of the country, trying to negotiate with those people. If you want the DXpedition, if you want it there for you to work, it seems only right to me that you voluntarily contribute what you can. Not that it has to be $5 per QSO, but every little bit helps. None of the DXpeditions I wished to have confirmed recently have demanded any fees for QSL'ing. But I do voluntarily send them something. I hope it helps just a little. If enough people do that, it increases the chance that they will go on another DXpedition to a rare place in a few years. And I agree - if the DXpedition so chooses to send out confirmation to contributors first, that is their choice and it doesn't mean that non-contributors are not going to get their confirmation. If you had to wait for 20 years for an entity to be put on the air, what's a couple extra months waiting for the confirmation? 73, Zack W9SZ On 5/20/12, Don Greenbaum d...@aurumtel.com wrote: 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
[DX-CHAT] put it to bed
Let us now, since I got off my soapbox, put this discussion to bed. 73 and I think after getting my blood pressure up over the rudness of some operator, who we all know where he's from, I think I'm going to be operating nets on 2M, 40M, and 80M. The XX was up this AM and I didn't bother with leaving the QSO I was in on 75SSB. I am at #1 on the honor roll and I am not going to fill in the blanks on bands and modes. As we say in the south y'all have fun now, you hear? Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] poor folks
I went to Dayton 8 years in a row. My wife is from the area We stayed with her brother. The last year I went was in 1991. Now we have her family reunion around the 4th of July and we go there. Being poor folk, we can only afford one trip up there a year. It is a 9 hour drive from here to her brother's house near Brookville, IN. That is about an hour SW of Dayton. If I had a better income in my retirement years, maybe I could go back there. But we beat a dead horse to death over making contributions to DXpeditions earlier, so I won't go back there. Let's forget that thread. I hope all who went to Dayton had a good time. I stayed home recovering from working the 7O 15 times. BTW. I made a 2nd contribution of $5 to the HK0NA crew today. I have now sent them $10. Jim --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?
What about us who have limited incomes? I was preparing for retirement, but unfortunately I became disabled before I was vested in the retirement system. How are we supposed to buy our QSL's? I have a fairly good station and I have been able to work all the recent DXpeditions. I was at #66 in Zone 5 from Yemen. I got my station by being very frugal with my money. If I were able I would be glad to donate and I have donated small sums. There are those who are less fortunate than me. How are they going to buy their cards? It seems to me they think everyone is fortunate financially as the guys who go on DXpeditions. I belong to the ARRL and LOTW. It reminds me of the ham I know who told me the other day that everyone could be able to invest money so they can retire, when I know there are thousands who have more month left after the money is gone. I guess if you can't afford this hobby, you should go buy yourself a kite and a ball of string. --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Republic of Wadiya - New Country?
You guys are forgetting one important thing: The UN must accept it for a new country before the ARRL will recognize it. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: Gary K9GS garyk...@wi.rr.com To: DX Chat dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:46 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Republic of Wadiya - New Country? Could this be a new one? http://www.republicofwadiya.com/?gclid=CPPPxbvngq4CFS6FQAodpw413w In the upper right corner there is an English language button. It looks pretty easy to get to via Miami. -- 73, Gary K9GS Check out K9NS on the web: http://www.k9ns.com Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] WHA DID YAH
We are only past Ground Hog Day. Its too early for April Fools Day. Jim N3JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Missing QSO'
My 80 M CW QSO on 1/25/12 at 01:15 is missing. It must be in the lost log all of you are talking about. J im N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] ST0R LOTW
I sent $5.00 to manager and got cards and LOTW confirmed quickly. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: jcowe...@comcast.net To: WWDXC Cc: DX Chat Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 2:46 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] ST0R LOTW Did anyone who QSL'd direct with an IRC to ST0R get their physical card in the mail and also a LOTW mathchup??? John Owens - N7TK Celebrating over 50 Years in Ham Radio No. 1 Honor Roll --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Solar Condidions?
There were Radio Blackouts posted on the VE7CC-1 cluster page. Solar flares, proton events, etc cause radio blackouts. This is a common problem in years with high sunspots numbers. I've seen all bands go dead during years with high sunspots numbers. These number also cause aurora. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: Bill Hawkins To: DX Chat Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:51 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Solar Condidions? Yesterday 10m and 12m were basically dead here but I could not find anything indicating solar conditions that would cause it. Almost no EU stations and could barely hear TX7M! This morning I read that last night there was a spectacular Northern Lights display across Northern USA all the way down to Arkansas. Any correlation? Bill W5EC --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] print qso lables.
I am running Logger32 and I would like to download for free or purchase a program that I can flag qso's to print lables to attach to qsl cards. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I like Logger32 because I can click on calls in the telnet window and, if I make the qso, all I have to do is hit enter on the keyboard. I don't have to type in his call, etc. It reads the frequency, mode and time from the radio through the computer. I would like a program that doesn't have a long learning curve. Reply off here to n...@arrl.net. 73 and thanks in advance. Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Lable maker
Thanks for all the replies. I've gotten some good suggestions. Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] xv stations
Last night at 00:12Z The packetcluster reported XV4D on 14009.1 I worked him longpath. Could not get him at all on shortpath. I assumed it was XV4D since that's who the packetcluster said he was. I heard him sending CQ NA and read that much, but I did not read his call, which I am prone to do when working CW DX, since I can only copy solid at 20WPM. I can copy my call and 5nn at 40WPM. Later by only 5 minutes there was a spot on the same frequency for XV2RZ. Can any of you people in the 6th or 7th call area verify which XV station it was who I worked? I know I can QSL them both and get a card from one of them, but I want to know who I worked from South Carolina. Email me direct and save the criticizms of me not copying his call for next time. Jim N4JA 4...@prtcnet.com --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Attention W4 area DX Clubs
We have a new DX club here in South Carolina. Gus was from SC in the Orangeburg area. The Name of our club is South Carolina DX Association, SCDXA. I have forwarded this email to the club officers. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: Zack Widup To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Attention W4 area DX Clubs I think it would be great if a DX club got that call! Better than someone who has no idea of its history. 73, Zack W9SZ On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Urb LeJeune u...@w2dec.com wrote: The call W4BPD is available. Gus, W4BPD, was one of the great all time DXpeditioners and DX operators. It would be a great call for a DX club. If you need help on trading in your club call to acquire W4BPD drop me a line. It's a very simple process. A club can also have 2 calls. Urb, W2DEC --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] working DXCC on CW
Saw where Ron notarius got his 15 meter DXCC. Thought I would share my experience on working CW DXCC. I was able to copy 20 wpm on paper in 1968 when I took my Extra and had to pass a 20 wpm sending test with a straight key, but gave up on CW after that. Last year I thought it was time for me to become a real DX'er by getting my CW DXCC. I have a Vibroplex paddle and a built-in keyer in my radio, but I can't send worth a darn with it at over 15 WPM (too old, no dexterity). So I have 3 CW memory slots in my radio and I programmed each one for a qso exchange, and I can set the CW speed with my radio. In my head I can copy my call and my report to at least 45 WPM and that's all I need to make a contact. The other day, VK9GMW copied my call, sent me my call and 5nn and he was S-0 on my radio. I wasn't sure I got him because he was ripping the code out so fast and he was so weak, but that contact was in his log. Making contacts this way has increased my code receiving speed, but I still can't send with the paddle. I am posting this info to maybe encourage someone to try CW regardless of their code ability. N4JA (got'em all on phone and mixed) --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] desecheo
The E in Spanish is always pronounce like the E in they. It never is pronounced like the E in eh?. The eh sound does not exist in the Spanish language. Therefore, dessa-CHE-oh is how it is prounounced with an American accent and is incorrect.. Reference:Diccionario espanol-ingles published in 1948 by the University of Chicago, originally published by Simon and Schuster, Inc. I speak Spanish without an American accent and have spoken Spanish for 55 years. The correct pronounciation is day-say-Chay-oh. Note this pronounciation pronounces everyE the same way-like the e in our word they. By the way most Americans misprounce the Spanish article el' meaning the'. Americans pronounce it like we say the letterL. The correct prounciation is like our word ale, because the E in Spanish is ALWAYS pronounced like the English long A. The Spanish I speak is called castillano or the Spanish from the Castile section of Spain. I can also speak the Spanish dialects spoken in Cuba, Venezuela, and Argentina. The only difference in those dialects is a slight difference in a few consonants. But in those countries the vowels are pronounced the same. Remember the correct prounciation is day-say-CHAY-oh. --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] LOTW credits
I am at the top of the honor roll on phone and mixed. I thought it was high time I became a real dx-er and work them on CW. I have worked all the dx I have been able to find who use LOTW and I have worked well over 100. I have 93 LOTW CW contacts confirmed and 6 QSL's in the box for a total of 99 confirmed. All you LOTW users need to upload your logs so I can get my first CW DXCC. I don't even have Canada confirmed on CW and I worked 3 VA/VE stations who use LOTW during the RAC test a week ago. Looks like one of you would upload a log.. I even worked my first G that weekend and he hasn't uploaded his log. I can see all the LOTW users on the VE7CC cluster, because the LOTW users have a + sign in front of the call. Come on guys, upload those logs. I am not going to send you any greenstamps, because that's why I became a LOTW user. Thanks in advance, Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] A5100A
He was coming through long path on 7005 last night early about dark 30. Called him but an A61 answered me. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: Zack Widup [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX Chat dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:27 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] A5100A Has anyone in the USA on this group (well, let's even say North America) worked/heard A5100A yet? All the spots I've seen for them have been from Asia and EU and I haven't heard a peep from them. 73, Zack W9SZ --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] subscribe dx-news
subscribe dx-news --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] yi1i
I found someone else who worked YI1I. AC4GT worked him on 10/24/08 at 17:03 on 14005.5.. Pirates do get around! I worked him on 10/31/08 at 15:28 on 17 Meters CW. He was on only anout 10 minutes. Jim --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] yi1i
The ham that senr me the url for yi1i as being n9nic and said he worked yi1i on 20 meters ssb please send me your call again. I have lost that email. Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] sb221 cover?
turn it face down on a thick book and the cover will slide up and off. to put the cover back on reverse the process - Original Message - From: Steve Litwins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 8:20 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] sb221 cover? Anybody know how to get the cover off a heath sb221 in order to change the tubes? steve, k8wk --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] China
Can someone send me the url to see the logs of the BT china olympic stations? --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] E7
Is E7 a new and seperate country from YU now? --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Ducie cards
Mine came in the mail today. Have had them confirmed by LOTW about a month. Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] kp2m
I worked KP2M on May 8th, 2008 on 17 meters. Sent a QSL to the QRZ.com address and the envelope was returned by the post office in The Vergin Islands. Does anybody out there know the correct address? Or does anybody know who was operating the station on that date since it is a club station? Jim N4JA --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
[DX-CHAT] Rwanda
I found all my Rwanda qsls on LOTW today when I logged in. They were put there over the weekend of the 4th. I don't recall the call just now becaused I closed the LOTW page. I think it was 9X0A. Hray for LOTW! I only wish I had become a member earlier! If you are not using LOTW you are missing out on confirmations since the creation of the IRC! Jim n4ja --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] Radio Procedure-on phone
By my last line I meant hams as far back as I can remember. Also, one of the other terms which crept in from CB is what is your personal?. I even heard an Australian ham ask someone that question on 10 meters SSB a couple of years ago. Also we have had newbys come on a roundtable frequency trying to break in by saying QSK or CQ. I've heard both. Maybe the technician test should have one of the questions on the question pool as to the proper way to break into a QSO (another Q-signal term hi hi!). Also, in what book does it say the term break, referring to a VHF repeater, mean emergency? All of that is perfect nonsense. Jim - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Radio Procedure-on phone Did you mean they have as in CB'ers saying 73's or hams? The misuse of 73's goes back a lot further than the advent of Citizen's Band radio. Just do a Google Image search of W1AW QSL or 1AW QSL and you'll see The Old Man himself was guilty of this faux pas. Case in point, he signed the back of his QSL card Best 73's 1AW H. P. Maxim see link to image: http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/images/Maxim_signature.JPG Another example appears here: http://picasaweb.google.com/w8jyz.Bob/OldQSLCardsTheEarlyDays/photo#5136931525198515858 vy 73, K2CD, Mike Jim Abercrombie wrote: They have always said (although incorrectly) 73's which means plenty of best wishes. Jim Abercrombie N4JA (an original non-vanity call) ex- K4BMS --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] antenna question
I wonder why M squared gets by with mounting 3 seperate 2 element beams resonant on three non-resonant bands on the same boom. If they are not resonant on the same bands, stacking distance is irrevalent. Jim - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] antenna question 2-3 ft seems a bit tight. I would look for at least 6ft. I am not familiar with the antenna, but know when I installed an 80M rotating dipole ant from Force 12, they said it should be mounted in-line with the boom of other antennas. I mounted it between a TH-11 and 2 el 40M beam with about 6 ft between each and things worked out fine. A bit of a pain doing the math all the time to determine heading, but not so bad. Good luck John Owens - N7TK -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I plan on mounting a CushCraft D3W dipole on the mast above my Mosley TA-33JR. What distance should seperate the two antennas to avoid interaction. As of now I have between 2 - 3 feet. I can replace the mast with a longer one if needed. Thanks, Jerry WW0E _ Click here for the latest quotes on great fixed mortgage loans! Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.12/1374 - Release Date: 4/11/2008 4:59 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] Re: Antenna Question
In my last email I said M Squared, but after thinking, maybe it was Force 12. But it was one of them and still my answer is the same: If they don't resonate with the other antenna, stacking distance is irrelavent. I know this from experience and from lookng at many antennas with interlaced elements for different bands being on one boom Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] ft-950
Has anyone found a way to run the SteppIR in the general mode using the FT-950. It runs fine with my TS-2000 kenwood.. I can't get the radio to talk to the SteppIR at any baud setting. I can't find any info in the radio manual. any help appreciated. Jim N4JA answer me direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] LOTW
On the VE7CC network, if you are a member of LOTW, there is a plus sign in front of your call. Also, there is a LOTW checker that says yes or no to show if you are a member. I have emailed VE7CC and the HB9 who keeps the list, but neiher have answered as to why I am not listed and have ignored my emails. VE7CC and his network has an LOTW update every couple of days, but I'm not showing up. Does anyone know how to get me listed? Jim N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] LOTW problem solved Maybe!
I emailed my LOTW log file to HB4BZA. I hope it solves the problem of not being listed. Jim N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] dxkeeper
After uploading some log data to LOTW, I cannot get updated logs to load . I got in touch wit AA6YQ who wrote the program and I have lost his phone number. If he can email me direct, maybe we can resolve the problem. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] logs
I am computer illiterate when it comes to converting log files. I cannot get logger32 to load my logs into LOTW. I keep getting an error message saying to download files from All operators, Jim, or N4JA. Whenever I try any of those three, It says there are no logs for those operators.. Is there a free logging program that is not so complicated that all I have to do is click on export files to LoTW that isn't do darn complicated. I don't want to buy a program that may turn out to be more complicated than the ones i am trying to use. I was able to load the log in dxkeeter to logger32, but I don't see a way to load old qso's and put old dates and times in logger 32. Well I don't guess it matters if i cannot export logs from logger32 to LOTW. Help please! |I have downloaded 300+ qsos to LOTW but I cannot do an update. Those logs were loaded from DXkeeper, but I was just hacking and I don't know what I did. Jim from computers for dummies. N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] dxkeeper log
I cannot export DXKEEPER log data to LOTW. I can export an adi file and when I try to put it into tqsl, I get a message that there is no data in my adi file. If someone could walk me through this, I would appreciate any help you can provide. Reply to me direct at [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS the help file with this program has been no help at all. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] why repeated QSL ?
It may be that they did not get the other card. I had to send for another card from you when I did not receive the first one you sent me. By the way, I did get the second one, but never did get the first one. We had several emails over this. Strange things going on with the mail system. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 1:47 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] why repeated QSL ? Is there some reason a ham would want more than one QSL card for the same contact ? I am now on the THIRD mailing of VU4AN/VU3CHE cards to several still asking for card. Is it just the mail system or what? 73 Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-usocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_HM_mini_pcmag_0507 Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.25/926 - Release Date: 7/29/2007 11:14 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] DXCC Yearbook
I'll say again, you assume all dx'ers have the internet. The internet is not available for most African locations unless you live in a large African city. The same is true for South America. A lot of rural locations in the US does not have internet available-thus the FCC wants BPL. Nothing strokes the ego like seeing your call in print in a publication that you share with the other top dx'ers. Jim - Original Message - From: Tim Heger To: DX Chat Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] DXCC Yearbook Why not just make the Yearbook available as a .pdf file. It could easily be whatever number of pages is needed for all listings to be shown. Then anyone wanting a paper copy just needs to print it out. 73, Tim - N3XX - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX Chat Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] DXCC Yearbook In looking back at past issues of the DXCC Yearbook, I find that the 1993 (my first year in it), the DXCC Listing was 19 pages long. The 2002 issue had 27 pages to the list. It is obvious that participation has grown quite a bit over the years, and you would think that ARRL DXCC would enjoy this and want to nurture it. DXCC Challenge is something new that they came up with and started promoting heavily around 2004. Its 12 pages replaced the DXCC listing in that issue, and the DXCC Listing has never returned. The DXCC Challenge list has now been removed and replaced by the 5 page 160M DXCC List (what do we need this for with its limited number of participants). The rest of the 32 page Yearbook contains DXpedition related articles like we get every month in How's DX. There are many DX reports that contain this kind of information and we don't need the DXCC Yearbook to just get more of it. Let Bernie do it in his column, and put the DXCC Lists back in the Yearbook. It is what the Yearbook was all about a few years ago, and it should be returned to that status. Sincerely John Owens - N7TK Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.19/917 - Release Date: 7/25/2007 1:16 AM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] DXCC Yearbook
After standing out by the mailbox all night, my DXCC Yearbook finally came today. I was so looking forward to seeing my call in there for the Challenge award. I thought that was the reason we had to have all of our cards in by 12/31/06 so they would count for this years Challenge Award. This year's yearbook was the worst piece of junk I have ever seen since I have been getting the book. I promptly threw mine in the trash to be recycled. I hold DXCC Phone award number 2298 and I have been at the top of the honor roll for several years. I was ahead of K4MQG in the phone listings because I had already had BS7H confirmed from 1995. I'm sure he has caught me by now. The only thing I have to work for now is the Challenge Award and that's why I was greatly disappointed in this year's yearbook. The ARRL can save money by not sending me a yearbook next year. It is useless in it's present form. Jim Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine
What are all those DX'ers who do not have the internet supposed to do? I guess they are gonna hafta whine like me. Jim - Original Message - From: Gerry Hohn To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:28 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine I'm perfectly happy to see the standing on the WEB page. They are updated regularly and show the current standings rather than a once a year (outdated) snapshot. That being said, the Database that shows these standing is still unavailable! Gerry VE6LB/VA6XDX DXCC Field Checker-Southern Alberta VE/VA6 QSL Bureau Team (403) 251-0384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.qsl.net/ve6lb/ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.16/914 - Release Date: 7/23/2007 7:45 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine
There are many locations on the face of this where there is no internet available or you will have to travel many hundreds of miles to the nearest large city for an internet cafe. - Original Message - From: Gerry To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine They could go to the nearest Internet Cafe or public library and see/print them there. Gerry - Original Message - From: Jim Abercrombie To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine What are all those DX'ers who do not have the internet supposed to do? I guess they are gonna hafta whine like me. Jim - Original Message - From: Gerry Hohn To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:28 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine I'm perfectly happy to see the standing on the WEB page. They are updated regularly and show the current standings rather than a once a year (outdated) snapshot. That being said, the Database that shows these standing is still unavailable! Gerry VE6LB/VA6XDX DXCC Field Checker-Southern Alberta VE/VA6 QSL Bureau Team (403) 251-0384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.qsl.net/ve6lb/ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.16/914 - Release Date: 7/23/2007 7:45 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.16/914 - Release Date: 7/23/2007 7:45 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine
A few minutes ago that page was not available on ARRL.org - Original Message - From: Gerry To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine They could go to the nearest Internet Cafe or public library and see/print them there. Gerry - Original Message - From: Jim Abercrombie To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine What are all those DX'ers who do not have the internet supposed to do? I guess they are gonna hafta whine like me. Jim - Original Message - From: Gerry Hohn To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 6:28 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Yearbook whine I'm perfectly happy to see the standing on the WEB page. They are updated regularly and show the current standings rather than a once a year (outdated) snapshot. That being said, the Database that shows these standing is still unavailable! Gerry VE6LB/VA6XDX DXCC Field Checker-Southern Alberta VE/VA6 QSL Bureau Team (403) 251-0384 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.qsl.net/ve6lb/ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.16/914 - Release Date: 7/23/2007 7:45 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.16/914 - Release Date: 7/23/2007 7:45 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] dxcc yearbooks
Its agreed upon that the books are in the mail so I guess mine is stuck somewhere in the USPS. Will now go outside and wait all night with anticipation by the mail box. Thanks for the replies, Jim N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] DX Yearbook
The deadline for the DXCC yearbook as I remember it was 12/31/06. The deadline for the QST list of honor roll was 3/31/07. I think I'M right on this. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: RUSSELL KELLAM JR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:40 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] DX Yearbook We were given a deadline of 3/31/07 to get QSL cards in supposedly for the DX yearbook. Just got mine and the only DXCC stats in it are for 160 meters?? 73 Russ W4UBC Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.8/906 - Release Date: 7/17/2007 6:30 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)
Scarboro Reef meets the criterior because the rocks are above the water level at high tide. The deleted country that has the JD prefix was only above the water level at low tide. It was submerged at high tide. That is one of the rules that governs what is a country, not whether or not you can set up a table on the rock. Jim N4JA - Original Message - From: Joe Subich W4TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts) Barry wrote: For me, it's not a question of danger. It's a question of does it make any sense? Here we have a few rocks sticking out of the ocean and the only way to inhabit them is to build scaffolding. This is a stupid country. How is it different from Okino Torishima (aka Baldwin's folly?) Agreed ... where it s not possible to even set up a table for operating without first building a platform to create a level surface, that entity certainly fails any test of common sense. I cannot see how this is any different than Okino Torishma, Sealand - or granting country status to oil and gas EP platforms. BS7H should be removed from the DXCC list as failing to meet any reasonable standard for acceptance - it should have never been added under any objective rule set. 4u1un 4u1itu - both for obvious reasons. Otherwise add every embassy and American Indian casino. That's a little different - 4U1UN and 4U1ITU met objective criteria when accepted. The criteria (separate administration) was later deleted just to prevent turning DXCC into worked all embassies and reservations. Swains - a privately owned island becomes an instant country due to a rule change (brings up the frequently bantered topic of a few prominent DXers making countries.) Agreed ... again private islands and sanctuaries where public access is not permitted have no business being made countries. The same should be said of Palmyra now that it s privately held (The Nature Conservancy). 73, ... Joe, W4TV -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:48 AM To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts) For me, it's not a question of danger. It's a question of does it make any sense? Here we have a few rocks sticking out of the ocean and the only way to inhabit them is to build scaffolding. This is a stupid country. How is it different from Okino Torishima (aka Baldwin's folly?) Off the top of my head, there are other stupid countries, created by stupid rules. This is not meant to be all inclusive. I'm sure there are others: 4u1un 4u1itu - both for obvious reasons. Otherwise add every embassy and American Indian casino. Swains - a privately owned island becomes an instant country due to a rule change (brings up the frequently bantered topic of a few prominent DXers making countries.) When the stupid rule is corrected, the stupid countries should not remain on the list. To me, it doesn't matter if a country is removed or deleted. The all-time DXCC list is a showing of how old someone is, nothing more. 73, Barry, W2UP P.S. In case you're wondering, I have them all and didn't need BS7 (except on RTTY.) Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/795 - Release Date: 5/9/2007 3:07 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] a six pack of SteppIRs
A friend of mine sent me the link below of pictures of what is claimed to be the world's largest SteppIR antenna stack. There are many pictures and the file is 11 meg., so you will need a fast connection to download it. Click on the link below and you will see why your verticals didn't snag the BS7. 73, Jim http://www.1982crew.com/PHP-Nuke/PDF/K9LTN.pdf Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] n7yp
I live in South Carolina and N7YP who lives about 30 miles north of me worked the BS7 on both 17 and 20 SSB. But thats not the real kicker, he was running 100watts and a 135 ft dipole at 70 feet. He uses an old TS-430S Kenwood transceiver. The dipole has to be tuned through a tuner and is fed with ladder-line. He is now the big gun DXer around these parts. I listened every day and I only had propagation one day for about 2 hours on twenty meters. During that time the SSB station peaked at S-9. I missed the only opening we had on 17 meters because I was at work, so I only made one 20 meter SSB contact. I heard the 20 meter CW station loud enough to work, but the operator had to be sending 50 wpm. I can read my call and 5nn sent at 40 wpm, but not at 50wpm. I would have liked to have worked him. I have my call and report in my memory so I can send it perfectly at any speed. I am really not a CW operator, but I can manage to work most DXpeditions using 2 keys on my transceiver. My rig is a TS-2000, AL-1200 and a 3-element SteppIR at 65 feet. I am not one of the big guns, but I did get through by being there when we had propagation and by calling on the right frequency, a very important part of working DX. I did have to call him for over 1 hour to get through and I got through about 45 minutes before we lost propagation. I could hear him most days, but not well enough to have worked him again. 73 Jim Abercrombie N4JA STILL AT #1 on the DXCC Honor Roll Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] dxkeeper
I downloaded dxkeeper. My question is how do I add old QSO\s from my paper logs? I see everything I need except the place to add the date of a long past qso. 73. Jim N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] dxkeeper solved
Thanks to all who replied. Got it working. Now the tedious task of transferring from my paper log. Jim N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] n8s logs
Below is the message we on the East Coast are getting from logsearch.de and the website. I just copied and pasted this at 02:00Z on 4/12/07 Service Temporarily Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] 10 meters
I have intermittent line noise and it is loudest on 10 meters. I am telling you this to explain why I was on 10 meters. The noise is loudest pointing south toward the noisy pole. I heard several stations from MD and NJ calling CQ I called the MD station and turned the antenna toward him and lost him. I was working him by back-scatter. To make a long story short I worked other stations in TN, TX, and NC all on back-scatter. In order for these stations to hear me better, I was running my linear. When I finished talking to NC station, I had a pile-up of South American stations calling me. Before I went QRT I worked several of them. I thought this is interesting because most hams believe 10 is dead and I didn't know back-scatter occured at the sunspot minimum. Because there was a group of code free Technicians working 10 meters I found out ten meters was open. Give these code free Techs a thrill by giving them a 10 meter QSO. BTW, the line noise stayed quiet to allow me to make these contacts. Jim N4JA
[DX-CHAT] Washington, DC
Washington D.C.- It was announced today that Kellogg's and the Federal Communications Commission have signed a pact to issue Amateur Radio Licenses on specially marked boxes of Corn Flakes. In this unprecedented move the FCC believes this will not hurt amateur radio but allow all individuals to receive an amateur radio license without having to demonstrate any skills with the exception of being able to use a pair of scissors to cut out their operating permit from the breakfast cereal box. Kellogg's spokesperson commented that they were proud to have been selected by the government to be the issuer of licenses for amateur radio in the US and hope to soon make an agreement with other cereal loving countries. They also expect that will be issuing certificates of achievement for DXCF for confirmed contacts with 100 corn flakers. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.23/591 - Release Date: 12/17/2006 3:17 PM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] TS-870
I am using a 7 year old Kenwood TS-870. I was tuning around a few days ago and found a very strong carrier at 20.000 mHz. I don't remember hearing it before. It is inside the rig and is not coming from the antenna. Antennas switched off and input grounded. Is this common to this rig or has it developed a problem? If you have an 870 please email me direct and tell me what you have found. I had this rig worked on a year or so ago and in calibrating it there is a jumper you connect to be able to hear the master oscillator and I am wondering if the person left that jumper connected. Thanks in advance for reading this. I don't know any other site I can ask this question. Jim N4JA
Re: [DX-CHAT] Icom 275-H Mods and Repair/ Good source ?
Paul Hansen has an authorized repair and warranty Icom shop in his home. He only fixes Icom radios. He is located at 1140 Watkins Rd., Anderson, SC 29625. Telephone number is 864-222-3539. He is a licensed ham with a 6 call, but I don't remember it. Jim N4JA
[DX-CHAT] vu4an/vu3che qsl?
Charley, K4VUD, announced he had mailed out these cards. Has any of you received yours yet? I haven't gotten mine and wondered if the mail is that slow from Thailand. Jim
Re: [DX-CHAT] [Dx-qsl] DXCC application
Like another person has noted: Read the application paper where it clearly tells you how to sort the cards when you send them. I followed the directions when I sent in about 180 cards at my last submission with no problems. If you follow the directions you will have no problems. The application says you must pay extra if you send in more than 125 cards, which I payed. N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] thanks for the replies
People say ARRL does this and does that. What you are missing is the ARRL is the members, not a seperate entity. You elect the directors which govern how the league functions, just as the US government does with it's elected representatives. If you don't like the direction the directors are taking, elect some new directors ar at least let them know how you feel about an issue. Have you ever spoken to your director? I bet most of you have never expressed your views to yours. I saw a post on here the other day saying such and such is the reason he no longer belongs to the League. How unfortunate! The League is the only organization standing up for us fighting BPL and other interests who want to own the frequencies we now have. Only a strong voice from a united front will help us keep what we now have. Look at BPL and how moneyed interests has brought the most serious threat we've had to our hobby. Yes it IS money that's doing the talking there. It's big business and lots of money with BPL and the FCC. N4JA Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] After effects
I don't see the problem with moving the digitalsw down below 3600. Those modes are narrow-banded and don't occupy the space a phone signal does. Neither does CW. For the digital operators I would suggest they narrow up their I.F.'s to prevent them from copying adjacent signals, after all PSK only occupies 30 hZ and the other digital modes a little more. Who says the Canadians need protection from U.S. QRM (only the Canadians). We here have dealt sucessfully with QRM from each other for generations. The Canadians on many occasions in the 50's and 60's prevented expansion of our fone bands. If you don't remeber this, you haven't been a ham as long as I. Digital may be in, but fone is where it's at. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] 406dx
I worked 406dx on 15 meters yesterday. This was supposed to be a big DXPedition having k8lee as the qsl manager. I want to work them on 17 meters and haven't seen them spotted today. Do any of you know what the story on them is? Jim
[DX-CHAT] kh8si log search
I see on the kh8si log search that I have one contact on 20 and 17 meters each. I also made contacts with them on 15 and 40 meters and those contacts are not in the logs. I am wondering if the entire logs have been uploaded, or I am not in the log on those bands? Actually, since their signals were so weak here on the East Coast, I made (one each) bonus contacts on both 17 and 20 meters and I have them logged six times. Jim N4JA
[DX-CHAT] Montenegro's new prefix
I notice on the spots on the cluster that Montenegro's new prefix is Z7, but YU6AO is still usinghis sameoldcall. I want the DXpedition using the call 4O6DX to come back on because his mngr is K8LEE and I will have a better chance to get a QSL. Sent YU6AO a card for a contact back in July, but as of yet no reply. I saw where a station in Sweden had gotten a card and had submitted it for DXCC. I sent $$with my card, but as you know pilfering goes on at some post offices. Jim
[DX-CHAT] Cry-Babies
I've been reading this thread about the operation of KH8SI and all I've got to say is instead of being a cry-baby, you should sharpen your DX skills. I've had no problem working them 5 times on 3 bands-all SSB. What I've noticed is callers parking on one frequency and calling over and over even while he is working somebody. I've got news for you- he's not listening on your frequency. What you need to do is listen up the band and try to find the frequency where is is answering callers. Park your VFO there and call him there. He usually will answer all he can hear on that frequency until he can no longer hear anyone there. I don't care if he said 200 to 220, He will find someone and park there on that frequency. There are some operators that move the QSX frequency after each contact, but if you listen, you will find his pattern and can anticipate where you need to call him. The secret to working DX is listen more and call less I give you the example of Martti Lane, His usual method of operation is to work the pile-up on one frequency while all the un-initiated are calling blindly. I can say this with authority because I am at the top of the honor roll on both mixed and phone. I don't have a huge station: an AL-80B and a 5-band two-element cubical quad up 65 feet. I worked all my dx using the skills mentioned above. Working the Swains Island on 17 meters yesterday was like shooting fish in a barrel. I got 'em with one call with 100 watts. You guys complaining about propagation need to realize every area of the earth has good propagation at certain times. I am recalling someone said here the South East has better propagation than the 1,2's, and 3's.. They have better propagation to the four oscar than I do, but I worked him even with 100 watts. So grow up and qwitcherbelliachin'. Jim N4JA
[DX-CHAT] steppir
I was listening to the 4O3T on 15 meters. I read somewhere that they were using Steppir antennas loaned by the NCDXA. If they were using the Steppir on 15 meters today, it speaks well of the antenna. They were the only European station I could hear. I am ordering one Monday. Jim N4JA
[DX-CHAT] problems
I havent seen any posts on the reflector today. Is it down? Jim N4JA
[DX-CHAT] XMLog
Does XMLog have files that can be uploaded int LOTW? I just downloaded it and the help files don't say? Answer direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim
[DX-CHAT] outgong bureau
I haven't sent cards out through the bureau in several years andI have a bunch of cards I am answering through the bureau. I called the ARRL the ther day and there was no one there who knew how much it now costs to send cards out. The last time I saw anything on this, a pound of QSL's was $4.00. Is this the price now? Answer me direct. Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[DX-CHAT] fake contacts
I hope all of you worked the 3y who needed him. I have another problem. Some one worked him using my call on 40 meter cw and 80 meter ssb. I did not work him on those two band/modes.Also someone worked him on 17 meter ssb using my call. All of my legitimate qso's are there except a 15 meter cw contact that I know I made. Jim N4JA
