Art,
I have no access to a buro so you will need to send direct.. as
postage costs are getting worse you will require 2 ircs or $4usd or
$4euro for postage for the package. Address is below.
That's what I have lately got in reply to my e-mail request for buro
QSL. Since
Charlie,
I think any US ham should send any DX ham FIVE US DOLLARS
freely if he wants a card back. Can we be so cheap otherwise?
No one is gonna get rich at ham radio, believe me.
If u disagree with me, please walk in the shoes of DX ops of
modest means; then decide. 73
I doubt
K3BZ asked of VK3QI
One question you wrote: Comments have also been made
about the LoTW. Unfortunately, until LoTW is able to be
accepted and accessed at no cost by Awards Managers outside of
the U.S.A., the requirement of hard copy qsl cards will
remain a necessity.
What are
Barry,
There are many countries where $1.00 is not enough and $2.00
is overkill but 1 IRC covers the return. For most of those
countries, the mint postage brokers are charging far more than
$1.30 (in some cases more than the cost of a new IRC!).
In addition, there are countries in which it is
their own product does not set a very
good example.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of W2RU
- Bud Hippisley
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:21 AM
To: Joe Subich, W4TV; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: dx-news@njdxa.org
-Original Message-
From: Terry Gerdes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 4:28 PM
To: Terry Gerdes; Joe Subich, W4TV; 'FireBrick'; 'RTTY List'
Cc: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [RTTY] thats very sad Gert - LOTW User Update
RTTY ops,
I need
Why is it that everyone immediately demands an extraordinary show
of facts when it comes to situations like the KP5?
It is clear that the KP5 operation was cut short by external pressure.
The DXCC desk has examined the documents and determined that the two
operators originally had permission to
Title: Message
Why can't the
ARRL make LOTW information available via a 'read-only'
search
engine.
Quite simply, the
ARRL does not want anyone "trolling" for QSOs. Either
the information
uploaded by both stations matches or it does not. To
allow unrestricted
searching would invite
Although I'm quite good at Geography, I don't have the foggiest
what will become a candidate, however. Any guesses out there?
One other reflector I'm a member of suggested Swain's Reef
(supposedly out near Saipan).
Looking over the Department of State list, it appears that American
Yoshi,
It would appear that Mauritius (3B8) is the Political Entity
(point 1). Because St. Brandon (3B7) is more than 350 km from
3B8 it qualifies as a separate entity under point 2 (separation).
However, since Agalega (3B6) is not 800 km from 3B7, it does not
qualify as separate from
Peter wrote:
Personally, I wish they'd re-write the DXCC criteria entirely to get
rid of stuff which, if proposed today, wouldn't qualify (the
4U1UN/ITU versus 4U1WB / 4U1VIC, etc); probably Scarborough Pimple
would fit into that category as well. Personally, I love the
challenge of
I believe he should be banned from DXCC for life for unsportsmanlike
conduct. I know some people take DXCC very seriously, but a
hit man is a little much :.)
He should be treated like the gold old boys in West Virginia treat
those who stick their nose in where it doesn't belong ...
Urb writes,
Am I the only one who is concerned that the ARRL is determining
what others may put up on their website? I understand their position
but don't we all have the right to post legal information on our
websites without censure or repercussions by a third party?
I don't know
Title: Message
I hope he's
answering QSLs ... haven't received anything after
several
tries over the last two years. With the current crop
of IRCs
expiring, maybe that will speed things up.
73, ... Joe, W4TV
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
Title: Message
Gerry,
With the
large amount of space between 3600and 4000 - even though there
will be US
signals there - forthe Canadians to move below 3600 would
be very bad
form. The density of US phone activity should be much
less than
the present and considering the essentially
Gerry,
Digital cannot move up. Under the rules and regulations, digital is
not permitted areas where Phone and image are authorized.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
--Original Message-
From: Gerry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 12:21 PM
To: Joe Subich, W4TV
Jim,
Three or four days into the operation asking if anyone knows
what is up with the on-line logs - since the function is there -
is not out of line. Even for an experienced DXer it is nice to
have the confirmation so those who have worked them can get out
of the pile-up and let some of
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. How is it
different from Okino Torishima (aka
Where it is not possible to set up an operating table and
chair on the surface of the entity, it should not be an
entity. Whether shelter is required is not the question - it
seems I saw canopies for shade on BS7H.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL
Rag, that is doubtful. There are those for whom hating the US
is a hobby rather than a matter of principal. Radical Islam
will have to be in control of western Europe before they
figure it out, and then it will be too late. Sad.
As has been said before - those who fail to learn from
Hans,
The DXCC Desk has publicly said in multiple forums that the 7O1YGF
group has NEVER presented any documentation other than a few pictures
showing the group in some Arab country. If written documentation -
license, permission to operate and stamped passports - exist, scan
it an post it
There's a very simple solution. If and when a replacement for
the Regulation by Bandwith petition is submitted, just include
an exception limiting private mailbox robots (be they PACTOR III
or anything else) to a small sub-band segment.
The Headquarters decision makers will never stand
Simply put, Mt. Athos became a separate entity under the old
rules of separate administration which were removed many
years ago. However, once added to the DXCC list an entity
cannot be removed so long as it continues to meet the
criteria under which it was accepted.
TRNC is not accepted
If it's an exotic location, I can understand the excitement.
However, when new DXCC entities are created out of relatively
common, easy to work entities, due to political changes (YU,
PJ, etc.) I view it as more of a pain in the a** having to work
them and collect QSLs to maintain my
Well, if you happened to stay around long enough to work both
stations, this would be causing somewhat less angst.
Well ... more people might have worked the second station if
they had operated on other bands (15, 30, 160) or modes RTTY
instead of following FJ/OH2AM from band to band.
Yes. The CEPT license will allow any OH with a license class
L, P, T, Y to operate in any CEPT country including FJ.
Of course BOTH OPERATORS hold class Y licenses. It also appears
that one of the operators may, in fact be trustee of the club
callsign used. What's the beef other than a
Every time I've sent G$$ to Puzant I've gotten a card back.
You're lucky. Two tries a year apart (latest being seven months
ago) with G$$ and not a thing.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Peter
My FJ/G3TXF contact has not been confirmed in LoTW.
LoTW will not grant certificates for St. Barts yet. None of
the FJ operations has been able to upload logs yet because of that.
My YU8/G3TXF contact has.
YU8/G3TXF is confirmed as Serbia, not as Kosovo.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
If you have to go to an on-line log to know whether you
worked the station or not, you DIDN'T ...
Hardly, I had a QSO with one of the recent DXpeditions where
the operator originally called N4TV, I corrected them, they
acknowledged the correction and the operator made an additional
comment
Does anyone else think it is time to update the DXCC criteria to
specify a combination of the US Department of State Independent
States in the World list http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm
plus the list of Dependencies and Areas of Special Sovereignty
DXCC rules prohibit recognition of states that are in rebellion.
Those rules have denied DXCC accreditation to operations in
Karen State (Burma/Myanmar), by rebels in Cambodia (XU1SS),
rebels in Chechnya and many others over the years. TRNC is such
a rebel area - in this case one with a
Urb,
Yes, I'm seeing lat/lon of 0.00/0.00 when running the application
with a zip code with either Firefox 3.0.6 or IE 7.0.5730.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
-Original Message-
From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Urb LeJeune
Sent: Sunday, February 22,
Climate change is not a myth!
That is not an appropriate topic for this e-mail list. However,
since you opened the door, climate change is an unproven theory
backed by junk science and made up data. Only serious and
independent research will prove the theory. Until such time as
the theory
, is duly noted.
Now why don't we wait and see what the reasoning is before you tar and
feather everyone who disagrees with you?
73
-Original Message-
From: kf...@njdxa.org [mailto:kf...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Joe Subich, W4TV
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 5:00 PM
To: dx-n
There isn't one factual statement
Talk about lack of facts - these are facts that the media
and Global Warming alarmists simply ignore since they are not
easy to explain away and disprove the hypothesis concerning a
correlation between human development and global temperatures,
1)
Barry,
Only one of the RTTY QSOs is listed as being creditable towards
Mixed. It appears that the LOTW/DXCC software will only credit the
first QSO made.
Once you have logged into the award account you can go back into
the QSOs/QSLs screen and select or deselect some QSLs.
However, there
Nothing changes for DXCC until either S. Sudan becomes a member
of the UN or ITU assigns a call block. Most recent word was that
the UN General Assembly was expected to accept S. Sudan on July 14.
Thus July 14 it expected to be the start date for DXCC purposes.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On
When they were united , we worked Germany again.
No, the former West Germany remained as the counter for the unified
Germany.
I wonder if we are going to have to work both Sudans again. Only the
DXAC knows.
Just the new South Sudan.
DXCC 2000 rules do not allow a deleted country to ever
ST0 is a different country before and after they split. What if you
worked ST0 and they were operating from what is now South Sudan (but
which was Sudan before)? Which country did you really work, Sudan or
South Sudan?
Not in this case ... ST0 was a self-governing territory within Sudan.
It
I worked FR5DX, and, prior to that, FR0FLO a total of four times
between 1983 and 1994.
Like Les, I worked FR0FLO many times in the early 1980's. No matter
if it was IRCs or $$$, mailing via France and multiple mailings, I
received QSLs for only one of nine QSOs spread across what looks to
One could argue that LotW is the electronic equivalent of a bureau card
but it does not require printing, handling, or shipping. Since LotW
requires no processing ... LotW should reasonably be available within
six weeks or so after the end of the DXpedition to allow the team to
return home and
13 of my 14 contacts are showing so they must have been uploading
mostbu now. Now it is going to be interseting to see when LOTW is
uploaded.
It looks like they have lost a day of logs from OP A. All of my QSOs
between 17:00 2012/1/24 and 05:00 2012/1/25 is missing. That period
includes 12
From N2OO on ClubLog:
We do realize that there are some log gaps and the team is doing
everything they can to correct the situation. The gaps seem to be
related to a software issue with their logging program. These gaps
should not reoccur since the log collection process has been changed.
At
When I received confirmation from LOTW , The entity was listed as
United States of America. The zone was # 7.
This probably means that K2PLF requested a certificate for the United
States or possibly signed the TI5/K2LPF logs with a US certificate
and the correct station location. I do not
On 5/20/2012 9:14 PM, Crownhaven wrote:
However, any operator has the right to set his own rules for QSL
cards, etc. And the rest of us have a choice as to whether we want to
abide by those terms.
Absolutely not! No operator has a right to discriminate in his QSL
policy or hold the QSL
/21/2012 7:21 AM, Crownhaven wrote:
When was the last time a DX operation was disqualified for QSLing
practices? Seriously.
Steve, N4JQQ
Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
On 5/20/2012 9:14 PM, Crownhaven wrote:
However, any operator has the right to set his own rules for QSL
cards, etc. And the rest
I think KQ8M's first comment in response to G7VJR's editorial is
on point. Clublog's Leaderboards should be modified to stop
counting at 11 band slots. 11 (or 12 if the operation works
six meters) allows a station to work the operation on each band
plus pick up QSOs on CW, Digital, and voice.
On 6/5/2012 4:39 PM, Ryan Jairam wrote:
I don't really buy that argument. In the last days of a DXpedition,
they're usually begging.
You obviously did not attempt to work 7O6T on RTTY. The Europeans
monopolized the few available RTTY band slots and even chased 7O6T
off RTTY many times in
It is moot as far as DXCC is concerned - San Andres and Providencia
(the Colombian San Andres Province) are already a separate entity
(HK0-S) for DXCC. Although the decision impacts maritime rights it
does not appear to involve a change in control of any land area
(islands or cays).
From the
Barry,
The reported backlog is simply the time between upload of the last
processed file and the reporting epoch. It is a backward looking
statistic and not predictive.
If you want predictive, look at the number of QSOs in the queue
- which continues to increase - and apply an value for
Go to the LOTW site and read carefully. There is a discussion that
tells, in part, that new hardware is on order, and is expected to
arrive in 6-8 weeks. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT!!!
That is if you *believe* the claim that the hardware will fix it.
With a very large database, decreases in
is going to end in a
week like the Mayans predicted.
73
Don
N1DG
At 12:24 PM 12/14/2012, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
Go to the LOTW site and read carefully. There is a discussion that
tells, in part, that new hardware is on order, and is expected to
arrive in 6-8 weeks. THEY ARE WORKING
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