[DX-CHAT] Logging, spotting PC

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

Fixing to finally upgrade the shack with a logging and spotting, RTTY, PSK31 
etc. PC.

Any suggestions what I need to look for as far as extras, like a video card, 
etc?

My experience has been mainly with PCs and laptops that do word processing and 
similar type work attached to a printer.

Do I need to get one loaded to the hilt. or I've seen some Dells, HPs, etc. 
that are way less than $500.  Others loaded to the hilt are $1,000+

73 de Tom, WW5L

PS:

For anyone who worked my as FS/WW5L and PJ7/WW5L recently I'm trying to get the 
received cards answered before the postage increase.  However, if you sent an 
SASE and I don't get it out before the 2 cent increase I'll absorb the postage 
increase myself for my procrastination, but my main home PC crashed as did the 
one I took to Saint Martin, but never fear the logs are safe for all 1,000+ of 
you in the log as I was able to have the HD copied onto an external HD that 
just has to be plugged into a PC or Laptop and the labels run.



 





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[DX-CHAT] HB9-Kandersteg

[Tom Anderson]

 

Fellow DXers:
 
Any HB9 ops online who live near Kandersteg Switzerland?  I will be at the 
Kandersteg International Scout Center for 8 days in July (through the 17th) and 
would enjoy meeting any local hams.  I hope to have a Buddipole and either a 
Kenwood TS480SAT or Yaesu FT857D with me at the time.
 
For non HB9 ops, Kandersteg is about 75-100km + or - south of Bern.

For any HB9 ops, any chance of getting an HB9??? license this late or is a 
HB9/WW5L CEPT license the easiest and most convenient way to go now?

Any help greatly appreciated. 

73 de Tom, WW5L



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[DX-CHAT] OT-Route 66 On the Air

[Tom Anderson]

 Anyone know what the 2 meter frequencies are in Joplin Mo,
 Riverton KS, Tulsa Ok, Oklahoam City OK, Elk City OK, and
 Amarillo TX being used as Route 66 OTA repeaters during the
 special event this next week?

It isn't DX, but the pileups are something else at times.

Tnx for any assistance.
 
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Re: [DX-CHAT] HS mailing times

[Tom Anderson]

Charles:

The problem is not only in Thailand.

Back in the mid 1990s when I was in graduate school at TCU in Fort Worth 
TX finishing my masters I left a stamped priority mail envelope with my 
major professor to return my semester research paper and final grade 
(before they were posted).  It took a week by the postmark to go from 
one side of Fort Worth to the other priority mail, a distance of maybe 
15 miles and I even had put a USPS certified barcoded address label on 
it also.  No one could ever figure out where it was for 5 days.


73 de Tom, WW5L



Charles Harpole wrote:
Regular air mail from various parts of USA to my Thailand home:  6 
days... Postmark date to being in my hands here.


Regular air mail from Thailand to USA:  from ten days to five weeks, 
unknown reason for the variance.


FedEx small box, USA to my hands:  6 days !

Charles Harpole, HS0ZCW
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Re: [DX-CHAT] Dxcc yearbook

[Tom Anderson]

Jim:

My XYL and I received ours last week.

Tom, WW5L



Jim Abercrombie wrote:
Has the league started mailing out the DXCC Yearbook yet? If not, when 
can we expect them, if you know?

Jim N4JA

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Re: [DX-CHAT] Dxcc yearbook

[Tom Anderson]

Jim:

My XYL and I received ours last week.

Tom, WW5L



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Has the league started mailing out the DXCC Yearbook yet? If not, when 
can we expect them, if you know?

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Re: [DX-CHAT] Re: London Calling - Problem Solved!

[Tom Anderson]

Ron:

Don't feel bad about the weird cell phone calls.   My XYL and I were in 
Reno on a mini-vacation four years ago and while I was there and for 
months after I got back I received phone calls and voice mails for some 
over-the-road long haul trucker.  I got calls and voice mails from his 
girlfriends, dispatchers wanting him to pickup a load, and shippers 
wondering where their loads were.


My cell phone account wasn't hijacked or anything like that because I 
never had a sudden increase in minutes used.  What was the most bother 
was I had to listen to all of "his" messages and delete them before I 
could get to the ones left by my family. Listening to voice mail 
messages however did use up my minutes.


Even weirder than that was a year or so ago apparently a student at a 
predominately Hispanic high school in West Fort Worth (some 25 miles 
from us) listed my XYL Cheryl's (WY5H) cell phone number as his "home" 
number. She received I don't know how many calls and voice mail messages 
in Spanish from the attendance office about the student cutting class. 
My limited Spanish (from high school in the early 1960s) couldn't 
decipher much of the voice mail, so I had to listen to it several times 
to finally translate all the digits in the attendance office phone number.
I called the attendance office and said 1. we don't live in West Fort 
Worth, nor the Fort Worth Independent School District, 2. We don't have 
a son attending this high school (our youngest was in college in East 
Texas at the time) and 3. listening to all those calls and voice mail 
messages ran up my minutes.


The attendance office secretary promised to remove my XYL's cell phone 
number from that particular student's records.  However, when the calls 
continued for several more weeks I called again and threatened to write 
the school principal and the school superintendent a letter complaining 
about it.  That finally got some action.


73 de Tom, WW5L



Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:

My thanks to all who helped out in my quest to track down my brother, and
especially to Dave G4GED and Dave G0OIL, both of whom independently and
almost simultaneously let me know what the problem was:  The area code for
the part of London my brother lives in changed!

And I thought that only happened here (my cell phone STILL gets phone calls
for a commercial ceramics business -- the SW PA area code split "only"
happened about 8 - 9 years ago!)

73, ron w3wn



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Re: [DX-CHAT] Those scaffolds

[Tom Anderson]

Dave:

I was told that it was disallowed in 1995 because the scaffolding was 
"in the water" at high tide.  Some of the photos from this operation 
posted show some scaffolding "in the water".  You have to look, but its 
there.


Tom, WW5L



DAVE WHITE wrote:

They do seem like an impressive job.
 
Just thinking back to 1995 for a moment, didn't the ARRL disallow the 
first BS7 expedition because the operators had artificially created land 
above high water with scaffolds - and then the second operation was 
allowed because they perched on the rocks?  Or did I get that wrong.
 
I wonder if they built nests and laid any eggs? :-)
 
Dave G0OIL


Gary Danaher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Nobody else has mentioned this so I feel the need. How did those guys
get those platforms erected so quickly? They appear to be quite sturdy.
Wonder if they borrowed somebody's back yard, had a dump truck full of
rocks dropped off, and practiced doing this a few times. Ya' know this
wasn't very easy, even if they were able to wade hip deep next to the
rocks. If somebody could get the actual dimensions and forms of the
rocks, the next trip out they could have foam-fitted platforms to just
drop over the rock and start working! Ah, the dream

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[DX-CHAT] Hygain 3750 SSB/CW Transciever

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

I hope this is appropriate for DX-Chat, if not may I receive 1,000 well 
applied lashes with a piece of RG-8, and accept my apology.


I'm helping the XYL of an SK DXer in the Dallas/Fort Worth area dispose 
of his equipment (no I'm not receiving anything for my help, nada, I 
don't ask and refuse $ if offered).  She was given my name and she asked 
me to help.


Her OM had the following radio: Hygain 3750 SSB/CW Transciever, Hygain 
3855 VFO, and matching Hygain Speaker 3854.  It was manufactured in the 
1970s but is in immaculate condition.  I'm not offering it for sale 
here, but simply trying to figure out some kind of price to ask.  In the 
1970s apparently it was a high end rig, but that was 25+ years ago and 
she wants to dispose of it now.  I'm also not listing his equipment on 
Ebay period since I don't want to crate it up and ship it.


Again if this is an inappropriate post, accept my apology.

Tom, WW5L








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Re: [DX-CHAT] DX QSLing question

[Tom Anderson]

Rod:

I used a white NO. 10 with a USPS Air Mail sticker to send it and a 
white #8 for the return with Air Mail stamped in Red ink.  The 8 nested 
inside the #10 for the Swains Island QSL.  The #8s are available in most 
office supply store like Office Max and Office Depot.  They are 3 5/8 in 
tall by 8 wide and nest fine inside a #10.



Tom, WW5L



KA5EJX wrote:

I have been out of the loop for YEARS! I have not sent a card
overseas for a long time, so I need to ask a couple questions.
I need cards for 4O3T and KH8SI (going to Japan)
What return envelope size do I need for either? Seems the
Japanese stations always wanted an oversize return envelope. 
Also how many greenstamps do I need to send for the return postage for either country?


Thanks!
de
KA5EJX
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[DX-CHAT] Re: DX Coins

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

Just a follow up on my info query last week about DX Coins who made the 
commemorative DX coins for 3Y0X and VU4.  Through information several 
people here on the list gave me I contacted Jon, K7CO at 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and he promptly sent me the two VU4 coins that my XYL 
 Cheryl (WY5H) and I had bought from them last year at Dayton.


Thanks to all who supplied me with the information.  Jon was also very 
apologetic.  He did not mention if they were still producing 
commemorative DXpedition coins.


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Re: [DX-CHAT] Radio-Amateurs+ART

[Tom Anderson]

Jim:

What a bunch of hokey.  ON4AW started the mess, but now isn't willing to 
take responsibility for it.  The whole thing reads like some of the 
answers I used to get from some Texas politicians when I was a newspaper 
reporter for 20+ years.  He started it, but isn't willing to fix it.


I can't see how he's gotten 165,000 favorable replies when his e-mail 
address bounces like an NBA basketball.


This e-mail is like one I started receiving several years ago when I was 
in graduate school at TCU in Fort Worth.  The assistant women's 
basketball coach somehow got into the university's computer server and 
sent an e-mail to any and all students and former students that still 
had a tcu.edu e-mail address. She was looking for male students to form 
a practice team the women's basketball team could scrimmage weekly.


You almost had to have a university e-mail because that was how the 
university notified you of overdue library books, unpaid school 
accounts, etc.  This also was in the days before cable and DSL, although 
students on campus had access to T-1 lines.  I was taking some 
post-masters classes at the time.


Anyway the computer geeks who worked at the university never figured out 
how she did it because those addresses were behind several layers of 
protection, they said.  She was supposed to send her e-mail to the 
computer office at TCU and they would send it to one big mail list under 
one e-mail address, not 8,000-10,000 separate addresses.


The e-mail she sent out had something like 10,000-15,000 e-mail 
addresses listed for current and former students and for some reason I 
would get two copies of it almost daily for months. Even setting filters 
on my e-mail browser didn't help. I finally got some help from the tech 
folks at GTE/Verizon who told me how to access my e-mails without using 
Netscape's e-mail program.  The university finally even deleted the 
forwarding plan I had (like arrl.net e-mails), but somehow this doggone 
huge e-mail still found my inbox.


With a dialup system it took 10-15 minutes to download.  I once tried to 
reply to it and tell the coach to quit sending it out and after 15 
minutes of waiting for all the e-mail addresses to load (unfortunately I 
had hit reply all) I finally just killed the thing. When I did reply to 
just her, she never did take responsibility for it, as she was more 
interested in finding a practice team than taking responsibility for the 
computer problems she caused.


Tom, WW5L





Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:

Here is a response I received back from ON4AW.  I had to laugh at the "p.s.".

73 - Jim AD1C

[content edited for punctuation and spelling]

Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:56:27 -0700
From: "marie acke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Radio-Amateurs+ART

Dear OM Jim, thank you for your message. I cannot remove you from a
list, because I have no list. It has never been my intention to send
you more than once that mail. But I am searching for Radio-Amateurs on
the Internet with Google. That means, that without doubt, Google has
found you several times, and then, your mail is sent, together with
others, in a package. It is impossible for me to control if I have
already sent this mail to you, because up to now, more than 165000
hams from 121 countries have given me favorable answers. So if you
would receive the same mail in the future, this is not meant to bother
you or to annoy you. In such a case, please simply throw it into the
trash. Thank you.

Till we meet in a QSO on the 20 m band or the 15 m band, where we are
most active / 73 ON4AW

P.S. the simplest solution would be to remove your email from the
Internet. Your true friends and family-members know your mail. If some
radio-amateur-group has put you on the net, probably without your
consent, ask them to remove you.



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[DX-CHAT] Re: [lsdxa] DX Coins????

[Tom Anderson]

John:

That's what I was afraid of they had gone QRT permanently so to speak. 
Guess I lost out on the VU4 coins I bought from them at Dayton last year.



Tom, WW5L

W5JMW John wrote:
Well Tom,It appears the website is no more.I did find some blogs that 
address GEOCOINS,That sounds maybe right But they are no-more...73 john


- Original Message -
From: W5JMW John <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [lsdxa] DX Coins

Tom,The peter 1 website used to have a ad for them.I orderede mine
off the website.I will do some looking and see if I have anything
with the tele or a address...might google 3yox also..The qsl path
guys might have a link still..73 john

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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: [lsdxa] DX Coins

John:

Do you have an e-mail for DX Coins or do you suggest the Peter 1
group?

Tom

W5JMW John wrote:
 > Tom,I ordered 2 of them last year.I have received both.That
was the
 > peter 1 expe.I suggest you contact them.I have received mine
but again
 > that was last year..73 john
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 > I mistyped one call it was 3Y0X, not 3Y0PI, my fault. I guess
turning
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 >
 > Tom, WW5L
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 > > Anyone know what happened to the company "DX Coins" who
sold the
 > 3Y0PI
 > > coins and the ones for the VU4 stations last year? My XYL
Cheryl
 > (WY5H)
 > > and I each ordered a VU4 coin from them at Dayton and they
said they
 > > would have them later in the year. But so far nada and
their e-mail
 > > address bounces.
 > >
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 > > 73 de Tom, WW5L
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[DX-CHAT] Re: [lsdxa] DX Coins????

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

I mistyped one call it was 3Y0X, not 3Y0PI, my fault.  I guess turning 
60 next month, my brain is starting to falter.


Tom, WW5L



Tom Anderson wrote:

Fellow DXers:

Anyone know what happened to the company "DX Coins" who sold the 3Y0PI 
coins and the ones for the VU4 stations last year?  My XYL Cheryl (WY5H) 
and I each ordered a VU4 coin from them at Dayton and they said they 
would have them later in the year.  But so far nada and their e-mail 
address bounces.



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[DX-CHAT] HI operating

[Tom Anderson]

Anyone ever operate in the Dominican Republic from a resort called Casa 
de Campo near La Roma on the Southeast coast of the country?  XYL and I 
are due to go there and was wondering if anyone else had operated from 
the resort?



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[DX-CHAT] DX Coins????

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

Anyone know what happened to the company "DX Coins" who sold the 3Y0PI 
coins and the ones for the VU4 stations last year?  My XYL Cheryl (WY5H) 
and I each ordered a VU4 coin from them at Dayton and they said they 
would have them later in the year.  But so far nada and their e-mail 
address bounces.



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[DX-CHAT] Repeating message

[Tom Anderson]

Does anyone keep getting several times a week an e-mail from a 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] that is a HUGE file especially when I'm on dialup?


This sure seems suspicious and I have never clicked on any of the links 
in this message and don't intend to. It just takes several minutes to 
download.  It always contains several "photos" of the same person 
supposedly operating at 4U1ITU, etc.


Once was all right, but not several times a week

Tom, WW5L


The opening is always like the paragraph below.

Dear Om , Happy NewYear.  Since the beginning of this year 2007,
I am licenced 53 years as Radio-Amateur. I succeeded
in the exams in 1954.Herewith inclosed, some interesting
QSL's and photos of 4U1ITU and from ON4UB at the International
Exhibition (1958) in Brussels .+ QSL's  and painting ( Maria ).
Please take a look at the following Radio-Amateurs
-URL :
http://blog.seniorennet.be/paintinghistory/archief.php?ID=40


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Re: [DX-CHAT] Don't you hate when guys use the Cluster for DXped operating suggestions?

[Tom Anderson]

Chances are the DX will never even see the spot, so why post it?.  When 
I was in C9 this summer there was just one location in Bilene, 
Mozambique that had internet access we knew about or could use and it 
was a ways from the hotel where we operated.  We used it to communicate 
with our families for almost 3 weeks, not keep up with what folks were 
wanting us to do on cluster spots.
Besides while we were grateful to have it, it did cost us 1 South 
African Rand per minute or $1 U.S. every 7 minutes, it was much slower 
than stateside dialup although it was billed as DSL. I didn't even read 
what folks said on DXscape until after I got back and did a search on C9 
spots being posted and comments.


73 de Tom, WW5L/C91TL

N4BAA - Jose Castillo wrote:
I can NOT tell you how upsetting this isThey are DX CLUSTERSnot 
CHAT ROOMS
It is amazing.actually...I don't think they understand what they are 
causing


I address this at every Hamfest or club I visit to speak to...

73
Jose - N4BAA

Barry wrote:

So I'm sitting across the room in the shack, doing something else, 
then some nimrod does this:
DX de N4PN:   1834.0  1A4A Hw about 160m - Condx good!
0124Z GA
and gets me to run across the room after DX4WIN announces it to see 
what's going on.  I see it's a false alarm and go back to whatever 
else I was doing...


I'd start blocking individual spotters who do this, but there are too 
many of them  :.(

73,
Barry





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Re: [DX-CHAT] Don't Tell Me, It "Fell Off The Truck"

[Tom Anderson]

Ron, Randy:

When and "if" the tower arrives, don't sign the delivery receipt or bill 
of lading that you received it until you've gone over the tower with a 
magnifying glass.


Years ago I ordered a W-51 crank up tower from TriEx, in fact my 
blueprints were signed off by Mr. Tashjian himself as a PE who worked 
for TriEx.  When it arrived on Carolina Freight I gave it a once over as 
it was being unloaded, but didn't notice that a couple welds on the base 
were broken in shipment. Apparently someone somewhere had used a 
forklift to lift it from the base and cracked the welds at the tower base.


While the freight truck was still on our street I called TriEx and 
Carolina to file a claim or get a new tower. Carolina ended up sending 
out an "inspector" who wrote a mealy mouthed report he couldn't tell how 
the tower was damaged.  Carolina took this to mean that I damaged it 
within 30 seconds of receiving it so they refused to pay or return the 
tower to TriEx. Yeah, sure I paid $1,300 or so just so I could crack the 
welds, I told them, but got no where.


I contacted Lanny, K5LP, an attorney I knew and we ended up filing suit 
against Carolina.  What was funny about the thing was Carolina sent one 
of their VPs here to "represent" them in court, but he wasn't a licensed 
attorney anywhere.  Carolina didn't know that Lanny was a member of the 
State Bar of Texas' Bar Grievance Committee, the organization that 
investigates and files barratry cases against people who unlawfully 
claim to be licensed attorneys (I'm sure every state has a similar 
organization or agency).  Of course he checked this VP out and found he 
wasn't an attorney.


Anyway we ended up prevailing finally during pre-trial on Carolina to 
pickup the tower and pay TriEx for a new one without having to go to 
trial.  Lanny also made the Carolina VP sweat a while making him think 
he was going to be charged in Texas with the unlicensed practice of law.


When the new tower arrived it was crated in wood, something the original 
one hadn't been by the time I got it and it had "Do Not Forklift" 
stenciled all over it.  Turns out Carolina had splintered all the wooden 
crating in fork lifting and shipping it.


Carolina paid all of my attorney expense and I sent Lanny and his 
secretary each a 20 pound smoked East Texas "ham" as a thank you. Lanny 
is or was an ARRL volunteer counsel at one time and has represented many 
Texas hams in tower cases.   Even the ARRL says he's one of the best 
Part 97 and PRB-1 attorneys in the country.


Tom, WW5L



Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:

Here's the 'official' word on what happened with Roadway Express... must be
run by former FCC personnel...

-
"I am happy to say that the Tilt-Over Section and base plate of the tower
made it to Pittsburgh in 1 piece. However, the tower is nowhere to be found.
While on its way from California to Pittsburgh, it appears that the two
packages somehow got separated. How you ask? I have no idea and neither does
Roadway Express. It seems that the 12 foot X 36” X 24” CRATE got lost.
Roadway tells me that it never made it to Akron or Pittsburgh; the last 2
stops it made.

Anyways, Roadway is looking for the crate with our tower in it and Tashjian
Towers has filed a missing cargo claim, just incase they have to build us a
new one. Thank Goodness for Shipping Insurance!! I have made all the
necessary phone calls to the shipping company and the manufacturer to ensure
we get what we paid for.

If it is truly lost, Roadway will pay Tashjian Towers and they will build us
a new one. I know that is not what I or you all wanted to hear, but at least
our investment is protected."  -- de Randy N3ZK
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Re: [DX-CHAT] [Dx-qsl] DXCC application

[Tom Anderson]

Larry:

Many times I've kept a "running" account of my upcoming DXCC submission 
in MS Word so I wouldn't have to sit down for one long period and typed 
the whole thing out.  I just printed off the "running" account when I 
got ready to make my DXCC submission wrapped it up with the QSL cards 
and never had a problem with DXCC.My submission in MS Word followed 
the suggested DXCC submission format and the spaces on the DXCC form, 
call, date, band, mode, multiple QSOs on one card, etc.


Tom, WW5L



Larry Alkoff wrote:

I have some questions on how to fill out the DXCC application.

1.  My understanding of the FAQ is that the stations and entities within 
a band-mode category can be in any order - is that correct?


2.  How do I delete a line if there is an error I can't fix?

3.  Am I permitted to have blank lines separating a band-mode in case I 
miss something in a band-mode?


4.  Can I type my own form that looks as close to the ARRL form as 
possible?  It's much easier to sit down at a computer and type in the 
information rather than fill in a form by hand,  especially with my 
current handwriting 


5.  My last submission was in 1950 something.  My understanding is that 
I would have to submit current cards in order to qualify for band-mode 
awards.  That is, submit new cards where possible.


Larry




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Re: [DX-CHAT] enough

[Tom Anderson]

Steve:

On 7/31 about 0745 UTC the KH8SI op asked me after our 40m SSB QSO 
exchange how his signal "really" was and , not the usual DXpedition 5/9. 
I told him a little on the weak side, but still copyable with no 
problem here in North Texas.  He said thanks for the reply and went back 
to the pileup.  


Tom, WW5L



Steve Litwins wrote:

I usually do not get into these for obvious reasons.  And...I'm sure I 
will be sorry having done it this time!  But...enough already!
I do not recall seeing/hearing that the guys on Swain's Is. asked us 
what they were doing right or wrong.  Did anybody else hear that they 
were soliciting opinions?  Who cares if their rate is only 2 per 
hour?  Who cares if they want to train future DX ops?  Who cares if 
they ID at every Q?  Who cares if they want to work some JA or USA or 
EU?  In fact, who cares what they do as long as we can get a Q if we 
need it?  The Swain's ops have a tremendous amt. of experience among 
them.  And they are giving Qs to 1000's on as many bands as they can 
hear on.
I suggest that those offering their expertise abt what the Swain's 
guys shud or shud not be doing wait until after the event is over and 
then, if still inclined to speak...do so to the ops personally.  73/dx

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Re: [DX-CHAT] Airmail Envelopes?

[Tom Anderson]

Also the USPS stickers come in at least two sizes, maybe more.  Just ask 
for them at any Post Office window, they should have them in their stamp 
drawer.


Tom, WW5L



Bill wrote:

Post Office will give you free "PAR AVION AIRMAIL" stickers..If you 
want to spend money W4MPY, The QSL Man,  has very nice ones!!

Bill
 


- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
To: Garth 
Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org 
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Airmail Envelopes?

Garth -

A number of years ago I went the route of having an rubber stamp
made with "PAR AVION  AIRMAIL" on the stamp.  I use a red ink pad
and use standard 3 5/8" x 6.5" envelopes.

In the long run...It's cheaper unless you need lightweight envelopes.

73,
Jay/AF2C



At 07:04 PM 7/31/2006 -0500, you wrote:


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

Garth, KW4MM







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Re: [DX-CHAT] How do we make better DXers?

[Tom Anderson]

Jim:

I and the other ops in C9 earlier this month and part of June had the 
same problem, its nothing particular to KH8SI.  If I was calling for say 
USA or by the numbers only, ops in one country especially would keep 
coming back, no matter what I said.  If I asked the offending station if 
they were a say 6 and they were a 1 or if they were in the USA and they 
were in Europe, they just gave me the signal report like they never 
heard me calling by the numbers or anything else.  Often I had to work 
them because they were so strong they would blot out my entire listening 
range of 5-10 khz. up and they wouldn't give up no matter what I said.


One of our ops, NE5EE/C91EE Dave, had a novel reply back to them.  First 
he said he was blacklisting their call in his log, then if they 
persisted he said he was blacklisting their entire COUNTRY and would 
tell everyone who was the offending operator. He actually did it a few 
times, but I'm not sure how effective it was hi hi.  


73 de Tom, WW5L/C91TL

PS:  All C91TL cards received direct so far have been answered..



Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:


It was frustrating and sad to listen to the KH8SI and 4O3T pileups
this weekend (mostly SSB).

When the DX station says, "The station with 7 in the call, ending in
Germany" why do unrelated calls from all over the country continue to
call?  When the DX station comes back to a full callsign, why does the
pileup size diminish only by half, rather than "all but one"?  It
makes it impossible for a better DXer to find the station being worked
because so many others are still calling.

The rate of these DX stations is being hindered by out-of-turn
callers.  When the rate is hindered, fewer people can work the DX
station.  Especially limited-time operations like KH8SI.

It made me sad to be a DXer this weekend.  My QSO with KH8SI on 17
meters took THREE go-arounds because they could not get my call
(presumably because of all the people still calling).  That's TWO MORE
possible QSOs that were wasted by the out-of-turn callers.

OUT-OF-TURN CALLERS ARE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE, RUINING IT FOR
THEMSELVES AND EVERYONE ELSE!

73 - Jim AD1C





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Re: [DX-CHAT] Why the new DXCC rule

[Tom Anderson]

Barry:

Kan has been lobbying the ARRL for some time to make Swain's Island a 
new one.  He ws the  behind the first Ducie Island DXpedition that 
Tom Christian VR6TC led a few years back, even though he wasn't on 
Ducie, he was the $$$ behind it.


Tom, WW5L

.  


Barry wrote:

Just wondering why DXCC changed the rules to seemingly create one new 
country for JA1BK.  I didn't hear anything about rule change 
discussion until rules were changed.  Reminds me of the Okino 
Torishima situation...

73,
Barry





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Re: [DX-CHAT] 4O3T

[Tom Anderson]

Ron:

GL on the DSL.  I had SBC DSL for one day last spring and they so messed 
up both my phone lines with the DSL hum or whatever it is that  I had 
them take it out the next day and got 0 help from their technical 
service people, like somehow I caused the problem.  They said if I 
wanted any filters I had to buy them they weren't going to do anything 
about it.  Then after returning everything in THEIR return box and 
shipping label they tried to accuse me of  stealing their modem, etc.  I 
told them to check with their returns department because I sure as heck 
didn't have it and if they continued to send me letters, make 
accusations, put it on my monthly phone bill, etc. I would see them at 
the courthouse or at least file a complaint with the Public Utility 
Commission or the FCC.The PUC or FCC complaint probably wouldn't do 
any good, but at least one of their attorneys would have to answer it, 
maybe.


73 de Tom, WW5L



Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:


GL on your end of the trip Tom.

With any luck, I'll have an antenna operational at the new QTH by then!
That is, once I find where the coax was buried (in amongst the boxes, that
is), get a desk cleared off, unbury the rig...

...hey, at least Verizon was here today to get my Internet connection back
up & running.  Now, you could say the techs were lazy... instead of running
an Ethernet line from the basement demark to the computer, they "gave" me a
wireless USB adapter for the computer.  OK, so it's Part 15 802.11b, but RF
is RF, right?  

73, ron w3wn

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
Of Tom Anderson
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 5:58 PM
To: Russell Kellam Jr
Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] 4O3T


Russell:

I'm scheduled to be one of the 4O3T ops the last week of operation.
4O3T with a Texas accent hi hi.  I'll try to listen well up in the
general class band when I operate. Just listen for 4O3T with a Texus
twang.  Ghee haw!

73 de Tom, WW5L



Russell Kellam Jr wrote:

 


Nice of the 4O3T guys to stay outside thge General Class portion of
the bands on 40 & 20 meters. Luckily I got them on 17 meters very
easily. 73 Russ W4UBC
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Re: [DX-CHAT] 4O3T

[Tom Anderson]

Russell:

I'm scheduled to be one of the 4O3T ops the last week of operation. 
4O3T with a Texas accent hi hi.  I'll try to listen well up in the 
general class band when I operate. Just listen for 4O3T with a Texus 
twang.  Ghee haw!


73 de Tom, WW5L



Russell Kellam Jr wrote:

Nice of the 4O3T guys to stay outside thge General Class portion of 
the bands on 40 & 20 meters. Luckily I got them on 17 meters very 
easily. 73 Russ W4UBC

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Re: [DX-CHAT] Pro-set plus headset

[Tom Anderson]

Duane:


I used mine in 2003 from 7P8 and it performed flawlessly, not a bit of 
problem.  Used it with a Yaesu hf rig.  Also took an HS5, but used the 
Proset Plus most of all.  

I'm going to C9 Mozambique in 2 weeks and plan on using it again, but 
this time with an ICOM  IC7000.  Just got the new AD-1-IM adapter from 
Bob Heil and a copy of the rig settings with the IC7000 he suggested I use.


Tom, WW5L/7P8TA


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[DX-CHAT] DX QTH Rentals

[Tom Anderson]

I seem to recall there was/is a website that listed QTH's one could retn 
for contesting, vaction dxpeditons, etc, but so far not much luck 
searching.  Any one by chance have the web site?  Looking mainly in the 
Carribbean, Bermuda, etc.


Tom, WW5L






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Re: [DX-CHAT] KP5 ?

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

Having been a newspaper reporter covering law enforcement for 20+ years 
I can tell you whoever this is will spill the beans so to speak 
eventually.  People just like to brag.  I've written about 100's of 
cases where it wasn't necessarily good police work that solved it 
(although once the information was out officers ran with the information 
to develop the necessary information for filing charges, but it was 
actually the suspect opening his mouth to his wife (who he may have 
gotten mad later), a jilted girlfriend, or just bragging that lead to 
the break in the case..  

Heck back in the late 1960s I covered a double homicide/robbery where 
two men were fatally shot in the head during the robbery of a mom and 
pop grocery.  Well the police gave me a description of the wrong caliber 
weapon used, and a few days later the suspect shot another man during a 
poolroom argument in the same way as the two robbery victims (between 
the eyes), then waited for the sheriff to arrest him because he thought 
he could get off on self defense since the other man was "armed" with a 
pool cue..  He turned in the gun that police matched to the earlier 
robbery.  While in jail he started blabbing to everyone locked up in the 
small county jail that he was the big man in the double 
homicide/robbery.  So officers did a ballistics test and 'viola the 
bullet striations on fragments from the robbery and the poolroom killing 
matched.  He ended up getting the death penalty in 1970, but it was 
changed the life imprisonment when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the 
death penalty about 1972 or so.  


Tom, WW5L



Scott Manthe wrote:

Actually, according to information posted on Bernie's Daily DX site, 
it was not "some bureaocrat/political appointee," but rather a 
licensed amateur who complained to his congressperson, who then 
complained to the FWS.


So, it is a licensed amateur, motivated by reasons known only to 
him/her at this point, that "allegedly" was responsible for getting 
the KP5 operation shut down. It would be nice to know who this amateur 
is...


73,
Scott, N9AA

Norm Gertz wrote:

Not surprised.some bureaocrat/political appointee was mad that he 
was not consulted etc
The sad part is that dope runners and others go ashore there all the 
time without getting caught.


73   Norm   K1AA




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Re: [DX-CHAT] Sun's next 11-year cycle could be 50 pct stronger

[Tom Anderson]

Here's another:
Info from the NASA Solar web page.

Tom, WW5L

NASA Science News for March 6, 2006

Something's happening on the sun: all the sunspots have vanished. Solar 
physicists say this is a sign that solar minimum has arrived.


FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/06mar_solarminimum.htm?list801221

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Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote:


That's one prediction. Here's a whole bunch of other  predictions for Cycle 24 
which is truly Machiavellian with forecasts to satisfy optimists and pessimists 
alike:  http://www.lund.irf.se/rwc/cycle24/

At 6:25 -0600 07/03/2006, Bill Hawkins wrote:
 


Here's an interesting prediction in today's headlines.
We can only hope.  I remember 1959!
Bill W5EC

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2006-03-06T204858Z_01_N06327000_RTRUKOC_0_US-SPACE-SUN.xml&rpc=22
   



 





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[DX-CHAT] Ham Radio TV program

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow Hams and DXers:

The RFD-TV channel (Channel 9409 on Dish Satellite TV) and is listed on 
many cable TV systems is currently carrying and interesting program on 
ham radio.  Entitled "South Dakota Life" and the ham radio segment was 
produced by South Dakota State University Public Television in 2003 it 
shows the stations of probably a half dozen hams in South Dakota.  It 
does talk quite a bit about DXing and public service.


I don't think I got all the names and calls, but most of them.  Its on a 
program that also carries segments on auctionering entitled "Best Bid 
Caller on the Block" and a family that builds mazes out of plants 
entitled "Maze Daze".


Some of the hams featured are W0UD Bob Wood, K0STF Jack Brand, W0SD Ed 
Gray and his antenna farm, and Jim Smith W0MJY of Burghardt Amateur 
Center along with a quick peek inside and outside their store. Sorry if 
I didn't list all the hams shown on the program.  It also shows a DX 
contact with a JA station.


As they say check your local listings for time and channel.  Next 
scheduled broadcast is 3:30 p.m. (CST) Sunday 2/26 (2130 UTC).  The 
first showing this month was Thursday 2/23, so it should be broadcast 
several more times.  Not sure if the program is carried to any DX 
countries.  Supposedly you can order a copy of the program through their 
website http://www.sdpb.org


I have no financial interest in SDPB, but they do have some interesting 
programs.


It shows lots of modern equipment and even some old Collins gear 
including a 30-S-1, Hallicrafters, Dentron, lots of towers, some Mosley 
beam antennas, I think a Tennadyne log periodic etc. Some of the other 
antennas and rigs were being shown so fast I couldn't tell what they were.



Tom, WW5L/ V31EF/ 7P8TA/ G0-WW5L



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Re: RE: [DX-CHAT] KP5 issues?

[Tom Anderson]

Joe:

I'm sure things will be interesting to hear.  All I know is that I heard K3LP 
say they were right behind him as he went QRT.  Will be a great program at 
Dayton I'm sure.
73 de 
Tom, WW5L




>From: Joel Magid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sat Dec 17 19:33:32 CST 2005
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], mausoptik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
'w2agn' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, dx-chat@njdxa.org
>Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] KP5 issues?

>Tom,
>
>Something sounds wrong here .. It will be interesting to hear what they
>have to say.
>
>Joel, W1JMM
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf
>Of Tom Anderson
>Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 8:04 PM
>To: mausoptik; 'w2agn'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx-chat@njdxa.org
>Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] KP5 issues?
>
>
>One of the last things K3LP said before pulling the plug was he would have a
>lot to tell once he got back.  As he was going QRT he was saying "they're
>standing right behind me now." and then silence.
>He also asked that everyone "flood" their QSL managers PO box with QSLs.
>
>Tom,  WW5L
>
>PS:  But to K3LP's credit once he heard the feds had landed  he opened up
>his listening frequency to 20-30+ khz and said anyone call.  I was able to
>work him about 10 minutes before they shut him  down on 12m.
>
>
>
>
>
>>From: mausoptik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: Sat Dec 17 13:54:03 CST 2005
>>To: 'w2agn' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], dx-chat@njdxa.org
>>Subject: [DX-CHAT] KP5 issues?
>
>>Has anyone heard any more news about what happened?  If there was
>permission
>>granted from the bureaucrats how come they got told to QRT and got hauled
>>off the island?  What was the law suit about?
>>
>>Let's hope this isn't another 7O1YGF.
>>
>>Dave G0OIL
>>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>>w2agn
>>Sent: 17 December 2005 17:53
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org
>>Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] KP5 QRT Saturday a.m.
>>
>>Tom Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> apparently the feds just shut them down at 1735
>>>
>>> Tom, WW5L
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tom Anderson wrote:
>>>
>>>> K3LP/KH5 just announced that the feds apparently the USFWS cops were
>>>> headed on shore to shut them down.  Not surehow much longer he was
>>>> going to be able to operate.  24.945
>>>>
>>>> Tom, WW5L
>>>
>>>
>>You know, it would appear that this was not an authorized operation, and
>>so will be not acceptable for DXCC. Seems like a lot of folks may have
>>spent a lot of time for nothing.
>>
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Re: [DX-CHAT] KP5 issues?

[Tom Anderson]

One of the last things K3LP said before pulling the plug was he would have a 
lot to tell once he got back.  As he was going QRT he was saying "they're 
standing right behind me now." and then silence.
He also asked that everyone "flood" their QSL managers PO box with QSLs.

Tom,  WW5L

PS:  But to K3LP's credit once he heard the feds had landed  he opened up his 
listening frequency to 20-30+ khz and said anyone call.  I was able to work him 
about 10 minutes before they shut him  down on 12m. 





>From: mausoptik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Sat Dec 17 13:54:03 CST 2005
>To: 'w2agn' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], dx-chat@njdxa.org
>Subject: [DX-CHAT] KP5 issues?

>Has anyone heard any more news about what happened?  If there was permission
>granted from the bureaucrats how come they got told to QRT and got hauled
>off the island?  What was the law suit about?
>
>Let's hope this isn't another 7O1YGF.
>
>Dave G0OIL
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>w2agn
>Sent: 17 December 2005 17:53
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org
>Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] KP5 QRT Saturday a.m.
>
>Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> apparently the feds just shut them down at 1735
>>
>> Tom, WW5L
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> K3LP/KH5 just announced that the feds apparently the USFWS cops were 
>>> headed on shore to shut them down.  Not surehow much longer he was 
>>> going to be able to operate.  24.945
>>>
>>> Tom, WW5L
>>
>>
>You know, it would appear that this was not an authorized operation, and 
>so will be not acceptable for DXCC. Seems like a lot of folks may have 
>spent a lot of time for nothing.
>
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Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] KP5 QRT Saturday a.m.

[Tom Anderson]

apparently the feds just shut them down at 1735

Tom, WW5L



Tom Anderson wrote:

K3LP/KH5 just announced that the feds apparently the USFWS cops were 
headed on shore to shut them down.  Not surehow much longer he was 
going to be able to operate.  24.945


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Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] KP5 QRT Saturday a.m.

[Tom Anderson]

K3LP/KH5 just announced that the feds apparently the USFWS cops were 
headed on shore to shut them down.  Not surehow much longer he was going 
to be able to operate.  24.945


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Re: [DX-CHAT] Plug in drives

[Tom Anderson]

Zack:

Thanks for the reply.  So far the replies have been mixed.  Some say 
yes, and some say no.  May have to try it out beforehand.



Tom, WW5L



Zack Widup wrote:

Yes - if there's a computer where you're going that has something close to 
current standards (most of the memory sticks I've used lately use USB 2.0)
it's a great idea.  You can carry them in your pocket and I don't think 
they are affected by airport X-ray machines.


One stick will hold a lot of logs, or even a lot of pictures.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Tom Anderson wrote:

 


Fellow DXers:

Has anyone used  any of those new 256 + meg or 1 GB+ USB plug in 
microdrives for say logging or similar purposes?  I was wondering if it 
might be more convenient to just take one of those micro drives and plug 
it into a computer  when DX operating, rather than dragging my own 
laptop, etc.?


Tom, WW5L

   







 





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[DX-CHAT] Plug in drives

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:

Has anyone used  any of those new 256 + meg or 1 GB+ USB plug in 
microdrives for say logging or similar purposes?  I was wondering if it 
might be more convenient to just take one of those micro drives and plug 
it into a computer  when DX operating, rather than dragging my own 
laptop, etc.?


Tom, WW5L





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Re: [DX-CHAT] Hi Can anyone help

[Tom Anderson]

Mike:

I used to have an FL2100B and used it right next to the monitor for my 
dub terminal I used on packet and over the air DX clusters.  Nary a 
ripple that I could see.


Tom, WW5L



mike giddings wrote:

Would like to write to any Hams who have owned and used the Yaesu 
FL2000 B Linear amplifier. I recently purchased one of these 
secondhand and despite the age is in good working order. My only 
problem is that when the amplifier is switched on, but in standby mode 
(not transmitting) I get bad picture wobble (side to side) on my PC 
monitor (CRT type not LCD). Am not sure if this is caused by the high 
electomagnetic field from the big power transformer or interference 
from the two blower motors. Has anyone experienced this and any ideas 
on effective suppression.
 
Thanks and 73 from G'Land
 
Mike Giddings G3XLB


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Re: [DX-CHAT] Waterproof Connections

[Tom Anderson]

I second Rod's suggestion of ScotchKote.  I've used it for years and 
never had even a damp connector of any type, either coax or rotor cable 
quick disconnect.  As I was told many years ago by a commercial 
cable/tower installer here in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Scotchkote is 
useable for direct immersion into water as long as you coat all of the 
edges and let it dry sufficiently before immersion.


Tom, WW5L



ka5ejx wrote:

Sorry if I repeat someone else's suggestion, but here is a coating we 
have used for years on Heliax for repeaters and also at my home.
1)First use simple electrical tape to cover your spliced/exposed area 
(DO NOT stretch electrical tape, it will expand and contract with 
temperature change and you do not want the tape to contract and mash a 
connection)

2)Use a generous coating of 3M ScotchKote electrical sealer and let dry.
3)Use another layer of electrical tape to cover the tacky brown 
colored ScotchKote (optional)
 
One could repeat number 1 and 2 if needed for a second coat
 
 
Hope this helps.

73
de
Rod
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Re:[DX-CHAT] KH6 operation

[Tom Anderson]

 Fellow DXers:
 my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I are going to KH6 on Sunday and were wondering
 if there are any club stations open for visiting operator use?  Several
 friends of ours have expressed an interest in working us "portable KH6"
 which is why I put the query here on DX chat.  I believe they have a
 club station on the U.S.S. Missouri, but I figure that is out since I
 think it is on the air only during special events.
 We'll be on Oahu (Honolulu primarily) and the Big Island (Kona area)
 during out trip.
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[DX-CHAT] KH6 operation

[Tom Anderson]

Fellow DXers:
my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I are going to KH6 on Sunday and were wondering 
if there are any club stations open for visiting operator use?  Several 
friends of ours have expressed an interest in working us "portable KH6"
which is why I put the query here on DX chat.  I believe they have a 
club station on the U.S.S. Missouri, but I figure that is out since I 
think it is on the air only during special events.

We'll be on Oahu (Honolulu primarily) and the Big Island (Kona area) 
during out trip.

Tom, WW5L

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Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice

[Tom Anderson]

Charles, et. al:

As a former newspaper reporter having your "stuff" (our word for 
stories, not my XYL Cheryl WY5H cleaning up the shack) picked up by 
other media was/is a common thing. Its not right, but it happens all the 
time. Sometimes credit is given, sometimes not.

I used to get a kick out of some of the small town radio stations around 
Waco TX where I worked for 6 1/2 years reading my stories on the air, 
mistakes and all without any corrections or even fact checking. I once 
listened to one station read verbatim a 30 inch long feature story I 
wrote on one man in the town where this particular station was located, 
even hearing the pages rustle as he followed the story to the part that 
jumped inside. A 30 inch feature story takes at least 10 minutes to read 
on the air if not longer and its not written in radio broadcast style. I 
guess I should have provided broadcast style rewrites of my stories hi hi.

Another time back in the 1970s I broke the story of warrants being 
issued for the arrest of a senior Dallas/Fort Worth area police officer 
for the murder of a prostitute at a Waco massage parlor because the 
detective working the case said he would have the guy in custody before 
morning and he assured me it would not hurt his case or the arrest, 
otherwise I would have sat on the story.

Well the local radio stations at first ran my story as "their" story 
(they had just "learned" of the impending arrest) but when the arrest 
didn't happen as quickly as the detectives said it would these same 
stations that had "learned" of the impending arrest suddenly turned on 
me and my newspaper like Piranhas going after a side of beef. They 
distanced themselves in a hurry saying the arrest was delayed because of 
a Waco newspaper's premature release of the information. But a little 
while later in the morning when the Waco PD did announce the arrest, 
they touted it again that they had "announced" the impending arrest in 
their newscasts that morning.

This has nothing to do with picking up information off of one web site 
and putting it on another, but stuff like this happens all the time.

Tom, WW5L, 7P8TA, V31EF, G0/WW5L

PS: Nice to see you teach plagiarism in college. I had it drilled into 
me writing research papers during my grad school days in mass 
communications.

Charles Harpole wrote:

I am not a member of any DX club, but I think WLS over reacted to the 
repeating of web info as per an earlier chat. While it would have been 
nice and proper for reference to be made to the original source of the 
"tips" to say this incident is unethical is a stretch.

One has to realize that the Web is a new thing  nothing on it can 
be verified or authenticated, everything on it is just like a big 
conversation or even a bull session informal, filled with opinion, 
and very often not accurate. One's words can spread with one's 
control archived, quoted, misquoted at will.

I teach plagiarism in college classes. Yes, this incident is 
plagiarism in the pure sense, it is hardly intellectual theft where 
someone plans to profit or benefit by stealing another person's ideas.

Intellectual property is only protected by copyright for the life of 
the author plus 75 years.



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[DX-CHAT] What Time is It?

[Tom Anderson]

Need help figuring out the local time of the next DXpedition?



http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock

http://www.timeticker.com/main.htmthis one is for insomniacs the
constant ticking will put you to sleep in a couple seconds.

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

Tom, WW5L

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Re: [DX-CHAT] Ref: Verticals

[Tom Anderson]

Jim:

I just deleted 13 copies of this same message, this doesn't include the
other 15 or so I've received during the day.

Tom, WW5L



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