[DX-CHAT] Best Practices for DXpedition Operating
First of all i don't like the way leaderboard works. The leaderboards help activity of big pistols who want to satisfy their ego and they work a dxpedition agn and agn even they have worked agn in all modes and bands that country. But i don't think clublog blames on it. Clublog does a perfect job, it helps all of us with propagation, online logs, etc and it is finally a very useful tool. We are the problem when we don't use as it should. It's about the same when ARRL introduced dxcc challenge. Now is tougher to work a dxpedition than before challenge. And maybe was similar when they introduced dxcc modes... If ARRL makes a dxcc blabla where we must work 3000 entities in several modes and several bands... then all will be ok? It will make more difficult a little pistol to catch a new one. The other way it is sure that if a dxpedition selects a different approach on leaderboards, the activity will be reduced. Maybe a solution is Clublog publices the number of unique calls worked and not the number of qsos. This will be a motive for the dxpeditioners. But i insist that the problem, first of all is our ego... Let's try to see our hobby in a different way... -- 73...Kostas, SV1DPI --- 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] Is This Old News????? DJ6SI arrested in Greece
According RAAG’s site the Court decided yesterday that Baldur is innocent for the first accuse (operating his rig). According Court for the 2nd accuse (destroy of his computer and possible evidence of his activity), he was guilty (I hope the qsos are not missed = hi hi). This second case will be examined again in the future and I hope they get the right decision in future. Baldur was of course in Germany (he left after the first judge) and only his lawyer was at the Court. My opinion is that what is happened was by mistake in an island (Kos) very close to Turkey (the 2 coasts are only some meters far) where the Authorities were too much suspicious... When Greek or foreign hams ask for special calls from the Islands which are too closed to our borders, Navy is been asked for approving. If Greece would like to have this policy for some of the islands, should have signed the CEPT with the exception of these islands but we didn’t. So everyone should have better knowledge of the laws and stop asking these papers in general because it has no sense. But unfortunately it seems that we have more important things to do during this time frame... All SV hams, we ask from Baldur to forgive our country for the bad behavior... 73 Kostas SV1DPI From: Tom Wylie Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 9:45 PM To: crownha...@bellsouth.net Cc: DX Chat Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Is This Old News? DJ6SI arrested in Greece Yes! Tom GM4FDM On 12/06/2012 15:49, Crownhaven wrote: Steve, N4JQQ RADIO LAW: FAMED GERMAN DX'ER DJ6SI ARRESTED IN GREECE In what has to be one of the strangest international legal issues involving a ham radio operator, famed German DXpedition leader Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI, has been arrested in Greece. But in a strange turn of events he was permitted to return to Germany if he promised that he would come back to Greece for trial. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom trying to sort it all out: -- Let me start by saying that it is very hard to know what has really taken place because most of the news sources are foreign language ham radio blogs and other news reports that have been electronically translated into English. Also, as we go to air there comes a purported statement in German from the person in the center of the controversy, DXer Baldur Drobnika, DJ6SI. It was posted to QRZ.com by YO4PX after being translated by DK5KF. As that is the latest information, lets start there and then take a look at the rest of the story as it seemed to unfold. The statement credited to DJ6SI reads as follows: "June 3rd, 2012, 20:46 (UTC 2) Dear Michael, I wasn't charged with espionage. As a reason of my arrest it was stated that: 1. I performed radio traffic without the approval of the Greek authorities; 2. I owned transmitting equipment which enabled the reception of other frequencies; To the accusation was later added an other point: I hindered the visualization of the content of my notebook. I would like to ask you to eliminate the information that I was arrested for espionage, or to replace it with my statement. Vy 73 Baldur DJ6SI" Now, the back story: According to news reports, 75 year old Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI was on holiday on the Greek island of Kos. That's where he was reportedly taken into custody for the crime of espionage which was quickly reduced to operating amateur radio equipment. This, even though both Greece and Drobnika's home country of Germany are both signatories to the CEPT pan-European Amateur Radio licensing agreement. Even so, Greek news reports appear to indicate DJ6SI was actually arrested under a 1929 Greek law covering illegal operation of radio telegraph equipment even though the CEPT agreement would likely superscede the older law. According to Greek ham radio blogs the accusation of espionage was based on a complaint that he was "producing strange noises" with his computer. Those strange noises turned out to be CW and RTTY. This was corroborated by many who notice reports of his operation on Internet-based DX spotting clusters. Quite quickly the espionage charge appeared to disappear and the reduced charge under the 1929 law implemented. And in a strange turn of events, DJ6SI was permitted to return to Germany but he was told that he must return to Greece to stand trial on June 7th. That hearing is likely taking place as this newscast goes to air. But as several Greek hams have pointed out, DJ6SI would have not been permitted to leave the country if there were any real case or even a suspicion that he was engaged in spying activities. And one Greek ham radio blog took the matter a lot further. The Radio Amateur Association of Greece issued an angry statement defending DJ6SI. It claims that the responsibility for the entire matter shou
[DX-CHAT] SZ1A IN CQWW
Our club, Radio Amateur Association of West Greece (RAAWG) will participate in cqww in a multi single hp effort with the club's call SZ1A. We hope to work all of you. Qsl via buro ok or via RAAWG, PO Box 84, 30100 Agrinio, Greece. LOtW ok also. Kostas SV1DPI
[DX-CHAT] HELP WITH QSLS
I am trying to find help to get qsls from YV3AZC 8P6GE Also i want to ask if anyone has get a qsl from RW6HS I have send him via buro, direct several times and also a registered letter without reply. I don't work anymore stations that have qsl manager him. If anyone know a way to get qsls from him i 'd like to know... 73 Kostas, SV1DPI Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] buro is working or not
I have send a lot of directs (for 870 qsos) and i have received requests for 226 qsos. From the requests i have sent only 679 qsos confirmed. That is a 78% confirmed for directs but you must think that with many dx stations i had only 1 qso and the dxpeditions (always reply) have more qsos. So the real percentage is smaller. That means also that the real percentage for my buro cards is significant smaller but you must estimate that i am active and the last year's qsos can not confirmed yet from the buro. Of course the problem is big with the qsls generally and not only with the buro. I don't want to say something different just thoughts abt why i am a good qsler and the others (or at least the more of them) are not. I could have one more rig if i add the 600$ for printing and sending the buro cards, the 500$ or more that i spent to send directs and substract the 100$ from the requests. After all these i still believe to buro and i am going to print the cards for the last 600 unprinted qsos. Kostas Stamatis, SV1DPIElectrical EngineerPO Box 66 - 30100 AgrinioGreece - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] buro is working or not Kostas -Your statistics are interesting. However, you must also answer the following questions:1. Is the QSL rate a product of the Bureaus or the stations you may have worked?2. Is the QSL rate the product of a combination of Bureaus and the DX stations?3. Are you aware of the fact that some stations do not QSL but never let you know?Many of us have sent $$$ for cards and never received them or did receive them...via bureau. What are we to think?Statistics can be made to say anything you want them to say!73,Jay/AF2CAt 08:46 PM 8/27/03 +0300, you wrote: Hi everybodyIn last issue of the magazine SV News (the official magazine of RadioAmateur Association of Greece) there is an announcement about the foreignburo.According to this, the following buro (among others) has never sent apackage with cards to Greek buro:3A, 8P, 9V, BY (only 100 cards once), BV, C6, CE, CO, CN, CP, CX, DU, ET,EY, EZ, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HP, JT, JY, LX, OA, OD, P4, PJ, PZ, SU, T7, TG, TI,VP5, VP9, YK, YN, YS, ZA, ZB, 4U1ITU, EK, EP, EX, UK, UN, VP8, ZC4, ZD8The best buro are JA, DL and very good I, USA, F, EA according to the aboveannouncement.My question "why not" especially for BY, CE, CO, CN, CP, CX, DU, JY, TG,TI, UN, 4U1ITU.After all these i looked in my log to check some things about buro. Mylogging program (dx4win) helped meI have more than 18000 qso in my log and i have send all the cards untilnow. Here is my results from some countries:JA 48% 171/357 (confirmed/total)DL 45% 518/1147PA 41,4% 92/222EA 42% 189/451SP 39,4% 188/477SM 37,6% 56/149ON 34% 72/213I 32% 179/561OK 30% 74/248PY 29,3% 69/235F 29% 98/338LU 28,4% 60/211EI 27,4% 17/62OH 26% 44/170GM 26% 26/99USA 25% 1474/5888GI 22,2% 8/36UA9 21% 54/256GW 20% 16/81G 20% 123/611UA 19,5% 137/703LA 19,5% 17/87EM 13% 48/365TOTAL 29% CONFIRMED 5403/18642 (this number will be increased if i stop nowto make qso)After all these my thoughts are if i must send cards via buro or at least ifi must send only to 10 first buros (USA is not included).I want to note that when i worked my last state from USA (was ND) and i toldhim that it is my last state, he told me to send him direct.I am still waiting for a card via buro from one of the three stations i haveworked from ND.I was believing to buro system and i like very much to have qsl from otherstations. I don't like eqsl or lotw, but i am thinking and especially afterthe above numbers that buro is only for the romantics now. If i had used allthe money i have spent to print qsls to send direct requests i would havebetter dxcc numbers for sure.Note that i have spent more than 600euro (abt 600$) to print and send 18000qsls. I am thinking seriously to reply only but this means that my totalnumber of 29% will be decreased and that some guys who are interested for mycard will get it 2 or 3 years after our qso (we are not big qslers here inGreece and there is not frequent response). Any thoughts?Kostas Stamatis, SV1DPIElectrical EngineerPO Box 66 - 30100 AgrinioGreeceSubscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chatTo post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED]This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] buro is working or not
Hi everybody In last issue of the magazine SV News (the official magazine of Radio Amateur Association of Greece) there is an announcement about the foreign buro. According to this, the following buro (among others) has never sent a package with cards to Greek buro: 3A, 8P, 9V, BY (only 100 cards once), BV, C6, CE, CO, CN, CP, CX, DU, ET, EY, EZ, HB0, HC, HH, HI, HP, JT, JY, LX, OA, OD, P4, PJ, PZ, SU, T7, TG, TI, VP5, VP9, YK, YN, YS, ZA, ZB, 4U1ITU, EK, EP, EX, UK, UN, VP8, ZC4, ZD8 The best buro are JA, DL and very good I, USA, F, EA according to the above announcement. My question "why not" especially for BY, CE, CO, CN, CP, CX, DU, JY, TG, TI, UN, 4U1ITU. After all these i looked in my log to check some things about buro. My logging program (dx4win) helped me I have more than 18000 qso in my log and i have send all the cards until now. Here is my results from some countries: JA 48% 171/357 (confirmed/total) DL 45% 518/1147 PA41,4% 92/222 EA42% 189/451 SP39,4% 188/477 SM 37,6% 56/149 ON 34%72/213 I32% 179/561 OK 30%74/248 PY29,3% 69/235 F 29% 98/338 LU28,4% 60/211 EI 27,4% 17/62 OH 26% 44/170 GM 26%26/99 USA 25% 1474/5888 GI22,2% 8/36 UA9 21%54/256 GW 20% 16/81 G 20%123/611 UA19,5%137/703 LA19,5% 17/87 EM 13% 48/365 TOTAL 29% CONFIRMED 5403/18642 (this number will be increased if i stop now to make qso) After all these my thoughts are if i must send cards via buro or at least if i must send only to 10 first buros (USA is not included). I want to note that when i worked my last state from USA (was ND) and i told him that it is my last state, he told me to send him direct. I am still waiting for a card via buro from one of the three stations i have worked from ND. I was believing to buro system and i like very much to have qsl from other stations. I don't like eqsl or lotw, but i am thinking and especially after the above numbers that buro is only for the romantics now. If i had used all the money i have spent to print qsls to send direct requests i would have better dxcc numbers for sure. Note that i have spent more than 600euro (abt 600$) to print and send 18000 qsls. I am thinking seriously to reply only but this means that my total number of 29% will be decreased and that some guys who are interested for my card will get it 2 or 3 years after our qso (we are not big qslers here in Greece and there is not frequent response). Any thoughts? Kostas Stamatis, SV1DPI Electrical Engineer PO Box 66 - 30100 Agrinio Greece Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] Mount Athos bad(?) news
I don't like to post on the reflector but i think that we are not right. Monk Apollo has not a radio for 2 months now. Has he asked anything? I (sv1dpi) just told something that i learned and i think is interesting for all of us. If we want to give him a radio we can do it. If we don't he will continue to live in Virgin Mary's garden in Mount Athos. He is on the air when the other monks are sleeping. He is doing all the job that the other monks do and he is trying to be on the air at his spare time(Has he really?) for all of us. Ron asked if he will accept a new radio. He was accepted his antenna like a donation from Cushcraft and i asked him for this. He told that is ok if you are not asking a license. The main reason: he can not help to get a license. Finally i think that we must stop with all of this. We hope that he will find a new rig quickly and he will be some hours on the air again. Kostas Stamatis, SV1DPI Electrical Engineer PO Box 66 - 30100 Agrinio Greece Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
