OC Bill, CONGRATULATIONS !!!
Now, go back to Doctors & take care of Your life, is much imortant than any
DXCC rocks who can be deleted tmw!!!
All the verry best to You and Yours & Take care!!!
Stay Tuned & GL on SIX !!!
73 GL&DX!!!de: Mome - Z32ZM
http://www.qsl.net
Oh- God! have we come to this???bring back BS7
Tom - GM4FDM
nick cominos wrote:
*Subject:* cq song
A good Ham friend sent this along to me.quite amusing but
really fun to listen to..enjoy.
GL/DX vy 73, Nick W9UM..CQ CQ CQ
I didn't really need a super-fancy antenna system either. No stacks,
no long-boom monobanders, just a Force 12 C31XR up 70' or so (3
elements for 20m on a 31 foot boom),
but having a legal-limit amp
and diversity-receive on the Mark V really did make things go easier.
Compared to my 100W and Mo
Very well said Dan!
I agree 100%.
Gud D.X. and 73!
N2RRA
Eric
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At 10:17 AM 05/06/2007, Dan Zimmerman N3OX wrote:
I can't believe the nerve of people who think they're entitled to a
contact with the DX just because there's a DXpedition on. It doesn't
matter that they're a poor operator, it doesn't matter that their
antenna system is garbage and they're runni
Dan, you hit the nail on the head. If you fancy yourself a DXer you
need a station to cash the cheques your mouth writes, first and
foremost. If all you can afford is 100W and a wire, then you're a
fair-weather DXer (solar-wise).
Fortunately for me on 30m and below that wire is 60 feet long and
At 11:23 AM 05/06/2007, Dan Zimmerman N3OX wrote:
I had to
visit a better station to work the rare ones (my club's station, with
a Cushcraft X9 at 120' and a kW in the shack).
I've always resisted that. Even when I was in college and we had an
X9 at the club station (K2CC), it was the rig in m
The BEST quote, as reported by the XYL, was me waking her up when I
yelled (on the last day)...
"FINALLY!"
The irony of it all is that today, 12 hours after they shut down, the
openings from the East coast to the far East was... superb. Hong
Hong, China, Korea ... all booming in. A day late
I never heard them so no contact, but that's alright. It's not the end of my
world and just knowing they made the heroic effort to get out there is
significant in my mind. However, I did make a small financial contribution via
PayPal at the BS7H website http://www.scarboroughreef.com/ and I stro
At 10:05 AM 5/6/2007, Peter Dougherty wrote:
I'm willing to wager that for most of the complainers, if they did
two things they'd get a lot more in the log. Buy a small amp. 600W
or 800W makes a HUGE difference
Amen Peter. However, I sincerely believe there are other factors
involved that th
At 02:20 PM 05/06/2007, Mike(W5UC) & Kathy(K5MWH) wrote:
IMHO what is between the ears counts at least as much as that 1.5
KW amp and a giant antenna at 100 feet, and when the chips are
down, that big killer signal isn't worth much if you don't know
what to do with it.
So true. I have to won
On 5/6/2007 Peter Dougherty wrote:
> I'm willing to wager that for most of the complainers, if they did
> two things they'd get a lot more in the log. Buy a small amp. 600W or
> 800W makes a HUGE difference (difference between working an
> ultra-rare one and not), and two, if putting up a yag
During a recent adult discussion we were kicking around names of some
famous old timers and how they changed the hobby, but couldn't think of
any outstanding 'characters' after Don Miller who might have been
roaming the Earth during the 70's and 80's. Anyone offer suggestions
here for 'pioneers
At 02:09 PM 5/6/2007, Gary Danaher wrote:
Anyone offer suggestions here for 'pioneers' following Don and
before Martti and Chuck Brady?
I don't know how the chronology fits in, but Gus Browning and Danny
Weil have to be in that category.
73,
Mike, W5UC
"age & treachery will overcome youth
And how bout the Colvins?
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At 02:09 PM 5/6/2007, Gary Danaher wrote:
Anyone offer suggestions here for 'pioneers
Charles Gallo wrote:
On 5/6/2007 Peter Dougherty wrote:
I'm willing to wager that for most of the complainers, if they did
two things they'd get a lot more in the log. Buy a small amp. 600W or
800W makes a HUGE difference (difference between working an
ultra-rare one and not), and two, if pu
O Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?
In a new very hot place, perhaps?
N2ERN
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Honest answer? I don't care what you think. I help Pete out setting up his
house and station, he's helped me with mine, and will be here when my antennas
go up next month. It's called friendship.
Frankly, I'm NOT a serious DXer - I have 6-7 all time new ones sitting here -
haven't bothered s
How about: DJ6SI, DL7FT, SM0AGD, F2JD, VK9NS?
A few others may come to mind if the cobwebs clear...
--- Gary Danaher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> During a recent adult discussion we were kicking
> around names of some
> famous old timers and how they changed the hobby,
> but couldn't think of
The guy that has to go to someone else's rig to run a KW+ has no
bragginmg rights, IMHO.
This is just meant as food for thought. No opinion here, only questions.
I've never done it, but ask... "How is that any different from a ham
who has a place (and station) in NJ and, say... Miami or Aspen
Didn't Romeo Stepanenko get extradited from Cyprus to the USA a while ago
regarding some credit card fraud, or money laundering charge? What happened to
him?
Dave G0OIL
harris_ruben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
O Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?
In a new very hot place, perhaps?
N2ERN
I live in South Carolina and N7YP who lives about 30 miles north of me worked
the BS7 on both 17 and 20 SSB. But thats not the real kicker, he was running
100watts and a 135 ft dipole at 70 feet. He uses an old TS-430S Kenwood
transceiver. The dipole has to be tuned through a tuner and is fe
Ron, ZL1AMO
On May 6, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Ken Boasi wrote:
How about: DJ6SI, DL7FT, SM0AGD, F2JD, VK9NS?
A few others may come to mind if the cobwebs clear...
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NEVER Forget the Colvins
HK3CW wrote:
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At 02:09 PM 5/6/2007, Gary Danaher wro
--- Gary Danaher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> During a recent adult discussion we were kicking around names of some
> famous old timers and how they changed the hobby, but couldn't think of
> any outstanding 'characters' after Don Miller who might have been
> roaming the Earth during the 70's
He's in Jail in California for massive credit card forgery according to
what I have read...He deseres it! 73/DXRon
DAVE WHITE wrote:
Didn't Romeo Stepanenko get extradited from Cyprus to the USA a while
ago regarding some credit card fraud, or money laundering charge?
What happened to hi
You have a choice:
1. Draw your own line, in which case no one can criticize your choices
2. Pursue an award and abide by its rules
ARRL awards are pretty explicit about what you can and can't do. With WAS,
for example, "Contacts must be made from the same location, or from
locations no two of w
I wonder if I should visit him and ask for my QSL cards? He cna't run away
this time... :-)
Dave G0OIL
"Ronald Loneker Sr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
He's in Jail in California for massive credit card forgery according to
what I have read...He deseres it! 73/DX Ron
DAVE WHITE wrote:
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Ron, ZL1AMO
On May 6, 2007, at 1:19 PM, Ken Boasi wrote:
> How about: DJ6SI, DL7FT, SM0AGD, F
I would start with past ARRL President Bob Dennisiton, W0DX / VP2VI, who has
been credited with being the "father of the modern Dxpeditions." Bob headed up
the "Gon-Waki" dxpedition during the 1948 ARRL DX Contest. The call used was
VP7NG and the name was a play on words from Thor Heyerdahl's Kon
Didn't Don Miller just get out of jail , relatively recently?
John
At 05:15 PM 5/6/2007, DAVE WHITE wrote:
I wonder if I should visit him and ask for my QSL cards? He cna't run
away this time... :-)
Dave G0OIL
"Ronald Loneker Sr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
He's in Jail in California for
On May 6, 2007, at 4:53 PM, john wrote:
Didn't Don Miller just get out of jail , relatively recently?
Yes, see this:
http://www.qsl.at/common/miller.html
There is an interview with him.
Joe, KC0VKN
John
At 05:15 PM 5/6/2007, DAVE WHITE wrote:
I wonder if I should visit him and ask
On Sun, 6 May 2007, Peter Dougherty wrote:
>
> heh. The club station in question for me was the Hall of Science in
> Queens, WB2JSM, of which I'm a life member and past VP and station
> manager. I don't restrict myself artificially when it comes to
> all-time new ones, with one exception: I wo
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Based on using other, more capable stations, everyone could be on the
Honour Role.
Personally I take pride in
Yes, Don's certainly alive and well and was released in 2002. He's got a new
callsign: AE6IY. I've corresponded with him by email and put him in touch with
an acquaintance - a geographer who's into scuba and wreck diving and was
asking about some of the south Pacific islands that Don visited,
quote W9SZ: "I never could get up the nerve to go out there at night unless
there were others out
there. "
.
It looks like a good QTH. No neighbours!
I heard fried rat was a delicacy in certain parts of the world. I'm sure I
must have eaten it at dodgy curry houses in L
On Sun, 6 May 2007, Mike(W5UC) & Kathy(K5MWH) wrote:
> At 02:09 PM 5/6/2007, Gary Danaher wrote:
> >Anyone offer suggestions here for 'pioneers' following Don and
> >before Martti and Chuck Brady?
>
> I don't know how the chronology fits in, but Gus Browning and Danny
> Weil have to be in that
A few years ago. He's AE6IY now I believe. I exchanged a couple e-mails
with him shortly after he got an e-mail address and he said he would be on
the air again soon. I haven't heard him, though.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Sun, 6 May 2007, john wrote:
>
> Didn't Don Miller just get out of jail , re
I think the Colvins were later. I have some south pacific cards from them,
and they were from the 76 time frame. perhaps they overlapped early on...
John K5MO
At 06:37 PM 5/6/2007, Zack Widup wrote:
On Sun, 6 May 2007, Mike(W5UC) & Kathy(K5MWH) wrote:
> At 02:09 PM 5/6/2007, Gary Danahe
the "Colvins and Vince ThompsonVT...
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At 02:09 PM 5/6/2007, Gary Danaher wrote:
Anyone offer suggestions h
I will never forget the Colvin's. A long time ago, we closed down our
stations on Navassa Island and climbed down that wire rope ladder to the
boat below. After the all night trip back to Jamaica we couldn't believe it
but there was Lloyd and Iris standing on the end of the dock waving to us.
Quote W2AGN:
You know, following this thread is enough to turn one off DXing. The ones that
worked BS7H are sneeringly demeaning those who didn't, criticizing their
operating, etc
No, a mix of people who worked and didn't work BS7H are sneeringly
demeaning a few VERY, VERY vocal whiners who th
Dan N3OX wrote: " to get through to a rock on the other side of the
world while there are thousands and thousands of callers takes solid
preparation, a good station, and good operating skills."
It also takes a good bit of luck sometimes.
Those that didn't get BS7H this time may get another
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--- Gary Danaher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> During a recent adult discussion we were kicking around names of s
At 02:09 PM 5/6/2007, Gary Danaher wrote:
>Anyone offer suggestions here for 'pioneers' following Don and
>before Martti and Chuck Brady?
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