Re: [DX-CHAT] Gary Stone

Charlie, W0YG wrote: I agree with what Nick has to say. Knowing the signal strength in Bangor, Maine means not much here in the black hole of the Rockies. Just makes me nervous! 73, Charlie, W0YG..>> Actually it does mean a lot. If Bangor is hearing Scarborough 20 over 9, that means here

Re: [DX-CHAT] 4O3T

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 Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only,

Re: [DX-CHAT] 11 year cycle

Frank Macklin wrote: Can someone tell me if we have reached the bottom of this cycle and if not when is it expected to occur,   Frank VK1ZL You can only tell if you have bottomed out after the fact. As bad as it is this week, it might be worse next month and the month after t

[DX-CHAT] DXing pioneers

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

[DX-CHAT] Those scaffolds

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

Re: [DX-CHAT] FJ Can of worms

Well, if you happened to stay around long enough to work both stations, this would be causing somewhat less angst. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by t

[DX-CHAT] N8S

Have most of the QSL's gone out for this? Nothing in my mailbox yet. Time to resend or hold tight? AB5RM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA

[DX-CHAT] VP6DX and LoTW

I noticed something this past week. My total number of confirmed QSOs in LoTW had gone up noticably and quickly. Mine just doesn't move all that quickly so I noodled on it awhile and discovered something. What with VP6DX posting their logs so quickly to LoTW and with so many stations wanting co

Re: [DX-CHAT] Tracking the SHOGUN?

Perhaps the singular thing fueling the negativity after they left the island is the webmaster's inability to simply change the home page to read QRT rather than QRV. Some folks would understand that logs can't easily be uploaded at sea, but you know, some isn't most, so a little note there woul

Re: [DX-CHAT] kp2m

Try AI4U. Jim Abercrombie wrote: I worked KP2M on May 8th, 2008 on 17 meters. Sent a QSL to the QRZ.com address and the envelope was returned by the post office in The Vergin Islands. Does anybody out there know the correct address? Or does anybody know who was operating the station on that

Re: [DX-CHAT] 7O1YGF LOTW Applications

I mailed my actual card to them last week and it was credited on Thursday. Fast turn around. Gary AB5RM --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either u

[DX-CHAT] Pirate QSL

A number of years ago some guy operating a pirate callsign and claiming to be on a recently risen island operated for a day or so, eventually sent qsl's to the contacts, and then went away, at least for awhile. I need to get a copy of the qsl that was mailed out for this event. It was black and wh

Re: [DX-CHAT] Pirate QSL

Yes, this is the one. Many thanks. I'll chase the card down. Gary AB5RM John and Mari Minke wrote: > I think it was KL8AA (Cray Island??). I think N6JV has one of them. > > John N6JM) > Gary Danaher wrote: > > > > A number of years ago some guy operating a pirate

Re: [DX-CHAT] DXCC - lets talk

Just for what it might be worth, my most recent DXCC certificate is dated Sept 30, 2001, and it still reads "countries". No biggie, and I just looked at the wall to check it, but they might have wanted to change the wording--perhaps now they will if anyone at the league is reading this. another G

Re: [DX-CHAT] BQ9 Received-- Any late news on Ducie Cardsplease ?

I'm just an outsider looking at this, but in the time it takes to create a html document and upload it to a web page, a whole bunch of those cards could have been processed through and be sitting on the kitchen counter ready for tomorrow's outgoing mail. It's nice that the ARRL has a received

Re: [DX-CHAT] ER4DX

The moral of the story is that we all must be a little patient, even if it is for that last one that gives us DXCC, Honor Roll, WAZ, or whatever. :-) KIR wrote: >On 6 Sept I posted my comments regarding the problems of receiving QSL cards >from ER land. This was after a rather lengthy thread

Re: [DX-CHAT]

Given the fact that the licensing requirements have been dumbed down to the point where Trigger could get a license, you have to start looking at the reasons these guys have for not being licensed. Among them you will find that some are anti-government/regulation, some are stirred by doing some

[DX-CHAT] Translation help please

My daughter needs to translate an American English slang phrase into Brazilian Portuguese for a soccer coach/coworker at her school. If someone in PY land would contact me directly it would be appreciated. Gary AB5RM Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To

Re: [DX-CHAT] re:verticals

Sorry you're unhappy with the GAP Challenger. Just a couple things though. It is resonant on 80 meters but not 160 meters, so it is no surprise you screamed your lungs out without a response. The problem with most multiband antennas seems to be their lack of efficiency on the lowest band on whi

Re: [DX-CHAT] Lamp from old tubes at Dayton?

There have been a few people in the past who sold these lamps on eBay. Search for 3-500z from time to time and perhaps another will turn up. Tim Makins, EI8IC wrote: Making lamps from tubes ? - that's funny, when you recall that the first tube was made from a lamp - an external anode making a di

[DX-CHAT] F6KDT

Anyone know a route for FR/F6KDT/T who operated for a couple weeks in August, 2000? I've looked in the normal locations. Usually someone will post a qsl via note in the cluster notes, but not on this one. Any help appreciated. Not in the current F callbook. Perhaps a pirate? Gary AB5RM Subscr

Re: [DX-CHAT] Yemen

Here's a better question. Which country will be on the air first-Yemen or the Peoples' Democratic Republic of Korea? And within ten years, too. Anyone taking Las Vegas odds on these? Dean Norris wrote: What would you assembled masses consider the probability (educated guessSWAG??) that Y

Re: [DX-CHAT] lotw

You have a very fundamental misunderstanding of how LOTW works. Perhaps rather than complaining, you should just simply read the rules! Anyone can create an account and then upload their logs in the proper format to the database. These in turn are compared to other logs, and where a match is fo

Re: [DX-CHAT] Hamvention: Death By Paper Cuts?

Ah, yes, but I live in Texas. If I get in the car and drive in one general direction for 1000 kilometers, I am still in Texas. If you drive 1000 kms., where will you end up? I really don't think that you have a clue how expansive this place is. Tom Wylie wrote: Gas is over $6 a gallon in Scot

Re: [DX-CHAT] J28GG

I found a 1993 reference that his manager at the time was F6DYE. I can't find that callsign in QRZ either, but callbook shows: Gabriel Glorieux, F6DYE F-70130 La Vaivre de Seveux France Might want to try a current French callbook to see if there is more to the address than this and if it is cu

Re: [DX-CHAT] J28GG

F6DYE is still in the current French callbook, so he might be available for the qsl. Jerry K3BZ wrote: In March 1992, I worked Gaby Glorieux J28GG on 10M, but have never been able to get a QSL. Does anyone have an address where I can contact Gaby at this late date for another attem

[DX-CHAT] TY0T, TY3M

Has anyone had luck getting cards from TY0T and TY3M? I sent the manager green stamps but saw nothing, found a good email address for him and he responded by saying he would send via the buro. A year later I sent green stamps again, but now another year, zip. A black hole?? Gary AB5RM Subscri

Re: [DX-CHAT] R 7 Antenna

Anil wrote: Hello, My Cushcraft R7 vertical antenna is giving RF back problem . Is there any solution ?? 73s Anil VU2TRI Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector spon

Re: [DX-CHAT] Why use IRCs?

Unless things have changed recently, it is illegal to hold hard foreign currency in China, but then again, they have never returned a green stamp to me, either. Peter Dougherty wrote: At 17:25 26-12-05, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: In addition, there are countries in which it is illegal to pos

Re: [DX-CHAT] Unsubscribe????

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to unsubscribe from this reflector and the unsubscribe link at http://njdxa.org/dx-chat goes nowhere. Further queries to the problem link gets no results either. Can someone please unsubscribe me, PLEASE! de Paul, W8AEF Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback,

[DX-CHAT] YA7X

Early YA7X contacts counted for credit but the later ones did not. Anyone know what happened there? Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://n

Re: [DX-CHAT] V59SWK/L QSL INFO

Oreste IZ8EDJ wrote: In these days I have received some qsl of V59SWK but I am not the QSL Manager ! For a moment I am the QSL Manager only for this following DX stations:  V51KC, V55O, YI3SRA.   Greetings   Oreste D'Anzilio, IZ8EDJ S.R.T. Founder & Coordinator QSL M

Re: [DX-CHAT] Question

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is that then you would have no way to communicate with the pileup as a whole. Newcomers would not know your listening range and the pile would spread farther and farther, causing much problems with other users of the band. Chaos. 73, Duane, WV2B "Noth

Re: [DX-CHAT] XMLog

Jim Abercrombie wrote: Does XMLog have files that can be uploaded int LOTW? I just downloaded it and the help files don't say? Answer direct to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim I don't use the program but I took a moment to find and read the home page. It clearly states that it