Hummmmm....DXing is the hobby of tuning in and identifying distant radio signals, or making two way radio contact with distant stations in amateur radio. The term DX gets its name the CW abbreviation "DX", for "distance" or "distant".
Distant 1 a : separated in space : AWAY <a mile distant> b : situated at a great distance : FAR-OFF c : separated by a great distance from each other : far apart d : far behind <finished a distant third> So how far do you have to go to be a distant station? One hop, two, three? What I consider distant may not be what someone else calls distant. One ham's DX contact is another ham's local contact. QRA K5YFW ________________________________ From: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Danny Douglas Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 1:04 PM To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Gray areas of US ham Regs I know that John, and its pretty sad. I had the same problem in Hong Kong when I called DX. Japan thought they were DX, but I didnt even count the cards from there, I just weighed them by the pound. Even here in Virginia, I can call CQ DX and more than likely have at least one or two stateside stations respond. They dont look my call up to see where I am, and think I am in some rare state (Idaho - Utah ?) I guess and call, no matter how many times I am saying DX. Frankly, anything below Mexico IS DX, but with those guys speaking in Spanish, and sounding like a round robin I dont know why anyone would call them anyway. There are plenty down there that do DXing, and we dont need to work the chatters. Hey - VE5 IS rare down here, I just look and have only 33 VE5 contacts in the past 24 years. Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB all DX 2-6 years each . QSL LOTW-buro- direct As courtesy I upload to eQSL but if you use that - also pls upload to LOTW or hard card. moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] moderator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk ----- Original Message ----- From: John Bradley <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:35 AM Subject: [digitalradio] Gray areas of US ham Regs Danny wrote: "Less QRM from stateside stations above 7.1, and to keep stateside stations from calling them. They were NOT trying to DX, so any place above 7.1 would have worked (of course avoiding short wave broadcast). " I don't know how many times on SSB , while having a chat with a friend, I have had a stateside station break in wanting to exchange information for a "contact" . VE5 is not that an exotic prefix, but some feel it is important to put another notch on their 1KW gun. On the rare occaison that I get busy and try and chase DX, calling CQ DX gets me a bunch of K6 stations trying to answer. Sorry , K6 is NOT dx......... So it is usually bad manners that chase us down below 7100 and 14150., and another reason why I enjoy the digital modes since folks seem to have a higher operating standard and are far more polite John VE5MU ________________________________ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.15/728 - Release Date: 3/20/2007 8:07 AM
