Re: [DX-CHAT] Continuous callers

2011-02-23 Thread Ryan Jairam
No Ron, it is not a violation of Part 97, specifically 97.113. Perfectly legal and not a violation of any contest rules either. Some Other countries do have limits on transmission length though but even those are akin to blue laws since they were designed for the cw only era. It may violate

Re: [DX-CHAT] Continuous callers

2011-02-23 Thread Ryan Jairam
of the contest, doesn’t make it right. And that’s something too many contesters seem to have forgotten. 73, ron w3wn From: Ryan Jairam [mailto:rjai...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 5:17 PM To: wn3...@verizon.net Cc: dx-chat@njdxa.org

Re: [DX-CHAT] Bouvet and Navassa

2011-03-02 Thread Ryan Jairam
...@njdxa.org] On Behalf Of Ryan Jairam Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 9:30 AM To: aishwarya1...@gmail.com Cc: dx-n...@njdxa.org Subject: Re: [DX-NEWS] Bouvet and Navassa Hi Cedric! Bouvet was actually on air in 2008 (3Y0E). The op was a brand new ham by the name of Petrus. He was a very weak signal

Re: [DX-CHAT] 12 meters

2011-03-07 Thread Ryan Jairam
Bill, 10 and 15 meters was a blast as well. 10 in particular was open to Europe from the East Coast. 15 had JAs up and down the band, workable on low power. W2IRT even managed to work JA with 3.5 watts! 20 meters Sunday morning I had JAs and Asiatic Russia calling me loud on 20. The sun was

Re: [DX-CHAT] Photo QSL Suppliers?

2011-04-02 Thread Ryan Jairam
I've used ux5uo qsl. I've ordered 6000 or so from gennady without a problem. Www.ux5uoqsl.com Global qsl is another service you can look into. I believe they're based in Israel and you can even have them fill out and ship your cards to bureaus by uploading adif files. They also print blanks for

Re: [DX-CHAT] QSL route

2011-04-30 Thread Ryan Jairam
Eham says he does eqsl only. Sorry I think ur out of luck -- Ryan N2RJ via iPhone On Apr 30, 2011, at 9:24 AM, Mark Horowitz k...@hotmail.com wrote: Does anyone have qsl info for TZ6TR ? There is no route on QRZ.com. Any leads would be appreaciated. 73, Mark..K2AU

Re: [DX-CHAT] Sun's Spots Fading

2011-06-15 Thread Ryan Jairam
Call me crazy but I liked it better when sunspots were sparse. You really appreciated when some of the higher bands opened up. When 15 opened up the bands went crazy! Ryan, N2RJ On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Zack Widup w9sz.z...@gmail.com wrote: Tweak up those low band antennas! 73,

Re: Re: [DX-CHAT] Sun's Spots Fading

2011-06-15 Thread Ryan Jairam
Well that's what I meant... a little propagation but I can't say I enjoy the bands much when it's easy to work everything all the time. Of course none of us have control over propagation, just our stations. Ryan, N2RJ On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wn3...@verizon.netwrote:

Re: [DX-CHAT] South Sudan

2011-07-10 Thread Ryan Jairam
It's not a matter of catching the same fish twice. 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? DXCC doesn't keep track

Re: [DX-CHAT] Billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands

2011-08-16 Thread Ryan Jairam
This sounds similar to sea land, which was never a dxcc entity so I bet these won't be. Ryan, N2RJ -- Ryan via iPhone On Aug 16, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C jjreis...@alum.mit.edu wrote: Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands:

Re: [DX-CHAT] 12 Meters - Tic Tic

2011-10-02 Thread Ryan Jairam
DO you have a recording of the noise? Ryan, N2RJ On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Crownhaven crownha...@bellsouth.net wrote: I am hearing, almost continually, a tic, tic, tic on 12 meters. Very annoying. Other ops in the area are hearing it too. Some kind of esoteric radar or something

Re: [DX-CHAT] 60 Meters

2011-11-21 Thread Ryan Jairam
Anyone knows if the radio mfgs will be pubilshing instructions/firmware to add the new channel or open up the radio tune the entire band? IIRC, Icom radios can only tune to the existing channels. Not sure about others. Ryan, N2RJ On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Crownhaven

Re: [DX-CHAT] 60 Meters

2011-11-21 Thread Ryan Jairam
opening up the transmit function to the entire shortwave spectrum (1.8 - 30.0 MHz) by removing a diode. I did this mod to enable 60 meters on both. Do ICOM radios have this feature? 73, Zack W9SZ On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Ryan Jairam rjai...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone knows

Re: [DX-CHAT] LoTW Servers Down?

2011-11-24 Thread Ryan Jairam
From the error message it looks like they may be having database issues. I think I will just call it a night and upload tomorrow. Hopefully by then it will be fixed. 73 -- Ryan N2RJ via iPhone On Nov 24, 2011, at 2:50 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wn3...@verizon.net wrote: I was logged in to the

Re: [DX-CHAT] ST0R-LOTW

2011-12-21 Thread Ryan Jairam
Are you sure they did it? Their webpage says this: Donors and Sponsors will receive LoTW CFMs after the DXped ends. http://www.tx7m.com/sponsors.php Maybe they changed their minds afterwards but the initial expectation was that LoTW was a perk of donating. It is apparent that some don't

Re: Vedr: [DX-CHAT] ST0R-LOTW

2011-12-21 Thread Ryan Jairam
/Kanalen where we are located riverside. Ubi Morsum verba tacent Fra: Ryan Jairam rjai...@gmail.com Til: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sendt: Onsdag, 21. desember 2011 20.11 Emne: Re: [DX-CHAT] ST0R-LOTW Are you sure they did it? Their webpage says this: Donors and Sponsors will receive LoTW CFMs after

Re: [DX-CHAT] Most Wanted

2012-01-27 Thread Ryan Jairam
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

Re: [DX-CHAT] VP6T Logs

2012-01-31 Thread Ryan Jairam
Not everyone uses lotw. Ryan, N2RJ -- Ryan via iPhone On Jan 30, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Wayne Mills n...@bresnan.net wrote: Thanks Nigel! But…uh…what' the purpose then of uploading to an on-line log along with the LoTW uploads? I don’t quite understand. Wayne, N7NG -Original

Re: [DX-CHAT] Republic of Wadiya - New Country?

2012-02-05 Thread Ryan Jairam
Oh no worries, I'm sure given enough persusasion ARRL BoD will vote it in. Easy peasy. You don't even need scaffolding this time. 73 Ryan, N2RJ On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wn3...@verizon.net wrote: I wouldn't worry about it until they get an ITU assigned prefix and

Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?

2012-05-20 Thread Ryan Jairam
If you don't have a lot of money then it would seem to me that the bureau would work nicely. If you want something a little faster than the bureau, you can try WF5E. The outgoing QSLs go quickly to the other incoming bureaus and your incoming cards arrive via the bureau. A lot of DXpeditions

Re: [DX-CHAT] DX-PEDITIONS FOR US POOR FOLKS?

2012-05-20 Thread Ryan Jairam
.  Most of the DXpeditions eventually upload to LOTW so that works.  I wouldn't recommend WF5E to anyone. Steve, N4JQQ Ryan Jairam wrote:  If you don't have a lot of money then it would seem to me that the bureau would work nicely. If you want something a little faster than the bureau, you

Re: [DX-CHAT] Leaderboards - good or bad?

2012-06-05 Thread Ryan Jairam
I don't really buy that argument. In the last days of a DXpedition, they're usually begging. Those who couldn't make a QSO probably couldn't make a QSO on a completely clear band anyway. There is only so much you can work with a dipole and 100 watts. And finally, DXing is competitive.You can

Re: [DX-CHAT] Leaderboards - and everything else.

2012-06-06 Thread Ryan Jairam
Besides, if DeSoto didn't come up with the idea, someone else would have. Ryan, N2RJ On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Zack Widup w9sz.z...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I'm sure small pileups would develop occasionally to work some station. But without DXCC, I doubt anyone would be risking their

Re: [DX-CHAT] Craig Thomson

2012-07-13 Thread Ryan Jairam
A35 isn't really all that rare. They're not even in the top 100 and they show up in the major contests. So I would say find someone else to work. You might even get LoTW. Ryan, N2RJ On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wn3...@verizon.net wrote: Via Pathfinder: QRZ Buckmaster

Re: [DX-CHAT] WOW

2012-08-20 Thread Ryan Jairam
That's amazing! Last one I did took about 5 days to process but they sent me envelopes about 3 times with stickers, and only after I asked when I was getting stickers (about a week after). I hope they've gotten better! 73 Ryan, N2RJ On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Tom Johnson

Re: [DX-CHAT] D64K validation

2012-09-05 Thread Ryan Jairam
All three of mine validated without issue. 73 Ryan, N2RJ Sent from my iPhone On Sep 5, 2012, at 4:58 AM, Urb LeJeune u...@w2dec.com wrote: Has anyone been successful in validating D64K QSOs on Club Log. I show two QSO but my times do not validate. Thanks 73 Urb W1UL ex W2DEC

Re: [DX-CHAT] Re: [SPAM]Re: [DX-NEWS] Best Practices for DXpedition Operating

2012-12-12 Thread Ryan Jairam
Even without the DXpedition resorting to antics such as this, I agree fully that listening generally yields positive results. 73 Ryan, N2RJ On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Dave Gomberg da...@wcf.com wrote: At 07:15 12/12/2012, Gary wrote: . Vince K5VT - SK would really do something neat.

Re: Re: [DX-CHAT] LOTW cannot possibly catch up

2012-12-14 Thread Ryan Jairam
, with delivery installation expected in a few weeks, means that they've heard us. But that doesn't mean we should stop -- just that we need to voice our opinions in the right way to the right people. But: if we don't tell them... nothing will change. 73, ron w3wn On 12/14/12, Ryan Jairam wrote

Re: [DX-CHAT] QRZ.com

2013-01-17 Thread Ryan Jairam
Are you logged in? Fred started limiting lookups to 25 per day and now requires login (presumably to enforce it). Paid members get unlimited lookups. I end up using an alternative like hamqth.com which also has free XML access. Ryan, N2RJ Sent from my iPhone On Jan 17, 2013, at 6:53 AM,

Re: [DX-CHAT] re: QRZ.com

2013-01-17 Thread Ryan Jairam
If that's the case then i'd just contact them. Maybe something is wrong with your account. On the homepage they have a contact section where you can open a ticket. 73 Ryan, N2Rj On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Tom Johnson yardmast...@att.net wrote: I am signing in and using a password,

Re: [DX-CHAT] Postage

2013-01-29 Thread Ryan Jairam
The good news is that I think now you can get an international forever stamp so you're locked in at the new rate. 73 Ryan, N2RJ Sent from my iPhone On Jan 29, 2013, at 4:58 PM, leewi...@aol.com wrote: YES, IT DID. In a message dated 1/29/2013 11:57:34 A.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,