RE: [DX-CHAT] Most Wanted
Amateur Radio in Turkmenistan has been banned since August 2006. Currently no EZ's are being accepted for DXCC. 73 Bernie Bernie McClenny, W3UR The Daily DX The Weekly DX How's DX 3025 Hobbs Road Glenwood, MD 21738 410-489-6518 Get a free two weeks of The Daily DX and The Weekly DX http://www.dailydx.com/trial.htm The Daily DX on Twitter - http://twitter.com/dailydx -Original Message- From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Don Berger Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 9:18 PM To: crownha...@bellsouth.net; jjreis...@gmail.com Cc: viet...@comcast.net; DX-chat Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Most Wanted Longevity and persistence pays.Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. Absolutely and I am happy it is difficult, otherwise, there would be do challenge nor a feeling of accomplishment. By the way EZ8BP was on 10M last week. I assume he is good as he is quite active. K1VSK --- 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] Most Wanted
On 1/27/2012 7:17 PM, Don Berger wrote: Longevity and persistence pays.Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. Absolutely and I am happy it is difficult, otherwise, there would be do challenge nor a feeling of accomplishment. By the way EZ8BP was on 10M last week. I assume he is good as he is quite active. K1VSK DXing has become a point and shoot activity, and has become more drudgery than anything else. The Cluster and RBN have taken the fun out of it, which for me was the hunt. Nowadays the QSO is pretty much a given, if you just spend the time fighting it out in the pileups. If I didn't care about losing my spot at the TOTHR, I wouldn't bother working the new ones any more, as they are created and put on the air. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Lakewood, CO --- 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] Most Wanted
Hi Barry... it is always nice to see postings from you... Like you... I am #1 honor roll and have to work the new ones... but more important... It was the journey... and I must be honest... it was meeting people like yourself... classy... dedicated... willing to help others get to the top... that made the journey worth while... It took me 45 years to work them all... and a lot of anxious moments when the signals were fading... and when the DX was 599 to other parts of the country and when it was my turn (while the DX was working by the numbers)... the propagation was down to just above the noise level.. But... it was worth it... Kay, N7KH On 1/27/2012 7:17 PM, Don Berger wrote: Longevity and persistence pays.Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. Absolutely and I am happy it is difficult, otherwise, there would be do challenge nor a feeling of accomplishment. By the way EZ8BP was on 10M last week. I assume he is good as he is quite active. K1VSK DXing has become a point and shoot activity, and has become more drudgery than anything else. The Cluster and RBN have taken the fun out of it, which for me was the hunt. Nowadays the QSO is pretty much a given, if you just spend the time fighting it out in the pileups. If I didn't care about losing my spot at the TOTHR, I wouldn't bother working the new ones any more, as they are created and put on the air. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Lakewood, CO --- 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 --- 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f23ff4be73428eea73st02duc --- 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] Most Wanted
- Original Message - From: n...@juno.com To: w...@comcast.net Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Most Wanted Hi Barry... it is always nice to see postings from you... Like you... I am #1 honor roll and have to work the new ones... but more important... It was the journey... and I must be honest... it was meeting people like yourself... classy... dedicated... willing to help others get to the top... that made the journey worth while... It took me 45 years to work them all... and a lot of anxious moments when the signals were fading... and when the DX was 599 to other parts of the country and when it was my turn (while the DX was working by the numbers)... the propagation was down to just above the noise level.. But... it was worth it... Kay, N7KH On 1/27/2012 7:17 PM, Don Berger wrote: Longevity and persistence pays.Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. Absolutely and I am happy it is difficult, otherwise, there would be do challenge nor a feeling of accomplishment. By the way EZ8BP was on 10M last week. I assume he is good as he is quite active. K1VSK DXing has become a point and shoot activity, and has become more drudgery than anything else. The Cluster and RBN have taken the fun out of it, which for me was the hunt. Nowadays the QSO is pretty much a given, if you just spend the time fighting it out in the pileups. If I didn't care about losing my spot at the TOTHR, I wouldn't bother working the new ones any more, as they are created and put on the air. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Lakewood, CO --- 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 --- 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f23ff4be73428eea73st02duc --- 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 --- HELLO DR FRENDS . ANY NEWS FROM KP1 OVER 15 YEARS IS NOT ON AIR... 73 MIKE --- 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] Most Wanted
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Nick W9UM wrote: I've just looked at the most recent Most Wanted list from clublog.org. I can't believe ZS8 is number 26 on the list. I need two to have them all, P5 and ZS8 and that's after 42 years of trying. I couldn't hear Marti from P5, worked Romeo though (lol), and never heard the last ZS8 on any band. This is the black hole of Calcutta for the midwest. Carl N4AA does a very good job compiling a most needed list every year see: http://dxpub.net/MOST-WANTED-SURVEY.html If you look at top ten or twenty, many of these entities have not been on the air for YEARS. So it's expected that they would rank as highly as they do. ZS8 is ranked a lot higher (more needed) in this list than on ClubLog. I worked ZS8M on 25 July 2010, on 40 SSB, running 100W to a multi-band vertical, from Colorado. Around that time period, he seemed to show up at the same time each night, just before his local sunrise. I had to listen loud, as did he, but we exchanged 55 reports. If you could hear him, you probably had a chance to work him. And if you missed him one night, you could try again the next. Longevity and persistence pays. Some countries which were impossible in the past, like Albania, are not so rare today. Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us --- 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] Most Wanted
Amen! Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Nick W9UM wrote: I've just looked at the most recent Most Wanted list from clublog.org. I can't believe ZS8 is number 26 on the list. I need two to have them all, P5 and ZS8 and that's after 42 years of trying. I couldn't hear Marti from P5, worked Romeo though (lol), and never heard the last ZS8 on any band. This is the black hole of Calcutta for the midwest. Carl N4AA does a very good job compiling a most needed list every year see: http://dxpub.net/MOST-WANTED-SURVEY.html If you look at top ten or twenty, many of these entities have not been on the air for YEARS. So it's expected that they would rank as highly as they do. ZS8 is ranked a lot higher (more needed) in this list than on ClubLog. I worked ZS8M on 25 July 2010, on 40 SSB, running 100W to a multi-band vertical, from Colorado. Around that time period, he seemed to show up at the same time each night, just before his local sunrise. I had to listen loud, as did he, but we exchanged 55 reports. If you could hear him, you probably had a chance to work him. And if you missed him one night, you could try again the next. Longevity and persistence pays. Some countries which were impossible in the past, like Albania, are not so rare today. Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. --- 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] Most Wanted
3Y0E was a tough one from here. Many of my fellow DXers in the area couldn't hear a peep, we worked them twice (once each, KC2OYY and me). Some of these guys here have large antennas on tall towers and had to wait for a really good opening. ZS8 I just couldn't get because by the time I get home there was no propagation... that is until Petrus popped up one night while I was cruising the bands, a few calls and I put him in the log! Same with 9N Nepal. Waited patiently until Dov 9N7DX showed up on the cluster, really weak signals, but after some patience I finally got him in the log. It truly is a chase. As much as I truly appreciate organized DXpeditions, sometimes the ones you really appreciate the most are the truly difficult ones to get. I may not have honor roll, I don't even have 300 countries (I have 221 confirmed in LoTW, 277 worked and almost 250 confirmed including cards) but I do have a fair bit of rare ones in the log. I guess it can only get more difficult from here. 73 Ryan, N2RJ On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Nick W9UM wrote: I've just looked at the most recent Most Wanted list from clublog.org. I can't believe ZS8 is number 26 on the list. I need two to have them all, P5 and ZS8 and that's after 42 years of trying. I couldn't hear Marti from P5, worked Romeo though (lol), and never heard the last ZS8 on any band. This is the black hole of Calcutta for the midwest. Carl N4AA does a very good job compiling a most needed list every year see: http://dxpub.net/MOST-WANTED-SURVEY.html If you look at top ten or twenty, many of these entities have not been on the air for YEARS. So it's expected that they would rank as highly as they do. ZS8 is ranked a lot higher (more needed) in this list than on ClubLog. I worked ZS8M on 25 July 2010, on 40 SSB, running 100W to a multi-band vertical, from Colorado. Around that time period, he seemed to show up at the same time each night, just before his local sunrise. I had to listen loud, as did he, but we exchanged 55 reports. If you could hear him, you probably had a chance to work him. And if you missed him one night, you could try again the next. Longevity and persistence pays. Some countries which were impossible in the past, like Albania, are not so rare today. Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us --- 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 --- -- Ryan A. Jairam --- 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] Most Wanted
Longevity and persistence pays.Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. Absolutely and I am happy it is difficult, otherwise, there would be do challenge nor a feeling of accomplishment. By the way EZ8BP was on 10M last week. I assume he is good as he is quite active. K1VSK --- 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] Most Wanted
At 10:17 PM 1/27/2012, Don Berger wrote: Longevity and persistence pays.Yet others like Turkmenistan (EZ) have disappeared from the airwaves. If it were easy, it wouldn't be as fun or as rewarding. Absolutely and I am happy it is difficult, otherwise, there would be do challenge nor a feeling of accomplishment. By the way EZ8BP was on 10M last week. I assume he is good as he is quite active. K1VSK Unfortunately not. Amateur radio is still banned in Turkmenistan. Some locals are getting on with their old licences or with made up calls, but it is officially banned by the government. So while he may well have been in EZ, it is technically an illegal operation and will not be counted by the DXCC desk. Amateurs in Turkmenistan are reportedly trying to get this restriction removed, but so far they have been unsuccessful. 73, Paul VE1DX --- 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] Most Wanted
I've just looked at the most recent Most Wanted list from clublog.org. I can't believe ZS8 is number 26 on the list. I need two to have them all, P5 and ZS8 and that's after 42 years of trying. I couldn't hear Marti from P5, worked Romeo though (lol), and never heard the last ZS8 on any band. This is the black hole of Calcutta for the midwest. vy 73, Nick W9UM War, Pestilence, Famine and DeathNo prisoners and shoot all survivors. --- 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] Most Wanted
Unfortunately, this might reflect the age of serious DXers. ZS8 was on the air several times years ago. I worked ZS8MI on 20 meter phone twice in Oct, 1990. Nothing since. You would think if there were younger ops out there it WOULD be right at the top of the list. I need one for a clean sweep, Bouvet. Every single time they have been on the air, I have been in middle of an interstate move. I could almost time when the government was going to transfer me based on upcoming Bouvet ops. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Regards, Steve, N4JQQ viet...@comcast.net wrote: I've just looked at the most recent Most Wanted list from clublog.org. I can't believe ZS8 is number 26 on the list. I need two to have them all, P5 and ZS8 and that's after 42 years of trying. I couldn't hear Marti from P5, worked Romeo though (lol), and never heard the last ZS8 on any band. This is the black hole of Calcutta for the midwest. vy 73, Nick W9UM War, Pestilence, Famine and DeathNo prisoners and shoot all survivors. --- 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 ---
