RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-11 Thread DAVE WHITE
Off the coast of Dover there's a sandbank called Goodwin Sands. It's a shifting and treacherous sandbank that lies just below the surface of the water and has claimed many shipwrecks over the years. Goodwin Sands only rises above the sea at a couple of very low spring tides each year.

RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-11 Thread LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad
That is not cricket !!! hi rag la5he -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of DAVE WHITE Sent: 11. mai 2007 10:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries

Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-11 Thread Charles Gallo
On 5/10/2007 Dan Zimmerman N3OX wrote: Why do you feel that each entity should have a permanent population? Why not start a seperate award for that instead? Because I feel the rest are silly - really. I got BS7 - I got Peter I, I got KP5 - I feel all 3 are silly. Just my 2 cents worth. I

Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-11 Thread N4BAA - Jose Castillo
Charles, Understand the quick QSO deal..however, it isn't even possible for a rare country to come on for 3 weeks or less and rag chew with stations? Supply and demand doesn't permit that. Wanting to rag chew with DX stations is fine, but it can not be looked down upon if a DX station is

Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-11 Thread Goran Arezina
Rag, But ARRL made it cricket! 73, Goran, 4N4AE (T98G) - Original Message - From: LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:34 AM Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts) That is not cricket !!! hi rag la5he

[DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Barry
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

RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
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

Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Dan Zimmerman N3OX
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. 3Y0X on Peter I. first had to set up tents before they set up tables so the ops wouldn't get buried in snow

Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Jim Abercrombie
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

RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Ron Notarius W3WN
: 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

RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Ron Notarius W3WN
: 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

RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Zimmerman N3OX Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:00 PM To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts) Agreed ... where it s not possible to even set up a table for operating without first building

RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Mike(W5UC) Kathy(K5MWH)
At 03:45 PM 5/10/2007, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: failing to meet any reasonable standard for acceptance - it should have never been added under any objective rule set. E, u, hold on a minute. Who, supposedly in his right mind, but NOT holding an amateur radio operators license would

RE: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Ron Notarius W3WN
Sounds like WorldRadio's Worked 100 Nations award. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Zimmerman N3OX Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:45 PM To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts) Why do you

Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid countries (formerly BS7H thoughts)

2007-05-10 Thread Zack Widup
Yep - it's the Worldradio Worked-100-Nations (W-100-N) award. The original award rules required that you not only work work stations in inhabited countries, but that you work citizens of those countries (not visitors). They were relaxed a bit so you can work a visitor who has a non-portable