Thanks Larry de Larry. Well at least one of my goals bit the dust tonight. Just worked KH9/W0CN on 20, first call. Another new one down to darn many more to go. ;-) At least this evening is not a total waste. Now I am satisfied with that one and will move on to that Kure bunch. Waiting for them to refuel a generator right now. ;-)
I will take a look at ye ole website and see if rubbing the screen can bring in some luck. Again thanks Larry and here is looking at you from the western NC mountains. 73 Larry Van Horn, N5FPW Assistant Editor Monitoring Times magazine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry, K4WLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <dx-chat@njdxa.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] K7C Larry, I can surely emphasize with you, as I never did get through to them on 40M Mon AM with my 90 W and Inv Vee up 25 ft even though I was camped out of their freq. Seemed like a few simplex QSO's escalated into a few thousand linears and yagis covering 8 KHz in a matter of seconds. I never have been one to give up easily so I was back it this morning, and I did get them on simplex using a few tricks in my bag. Course, I been running low power and simple wires/verticals to work DX for 45 years. Please go to http://www.mdxa.org (Magnolia DX Association). Click on the DX Tips link and feel free to read the dozens of DX Tips I have written to share my experience and bag of tricks with people like you and me. Hang in there, perserverence and dermination almost always overcome all obstacles, even low power, mediocre antennas. I have also found that praying seems to help quite a bit as well. GL Son, 73, Larry K4WLS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Larry Van Horn, N5FPW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <dx-chat@njdxa.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] K7C Glad we have a place to editorialize just a bit cause this is been eating at me for the 32 years I have been a ham. Now I can get it off my chest. Before I start I am NOT picking on any individual here by name. These are aimed at the DX community in general. Soapbox mode on! So congrads Rod and to the rest of you who have worked Kure and especially if you got them on more than one band and mode. Master Rod wrote: >But guys you just can't believe how strong they are here on the southern >Oregon coast. And you can't believe how incredibly weak they have been here in the mountains of SW NC. For me that is probably a function that I do NOT have a top of the line setup (high power and an antenna farm the NSA would be proud of). And while it is nice they are going to try and service the EU, it is sad that those of us not equipped with high power and huge antenna farms can't get through the wall of JAs and Big Gun US/EU hams who have already have Kure in their logbooks. The bunch at Kure said, "It's up to the DXer to make the QSO by making the most of his or her own skills, wits, and stamina." That is hilarious. They missed the most important part: equipment and lots of money to buy it. The DXpedition said they would base their operating philosophy around a survey taken in a DX magazine. When these sort of DX surveys are taken, they are talking to the big guns on the Honor Roll and others looking to get on the Honor Roll. They do not address the thousands who are the casual DXers that have never even worked Kure Island before. I dare say some hams don't even know where Kure is at. ;-) So when you look at the US ham population and say, they do not need to give us as much time to the US, think about the number of little pistols they are leaving out here in the US. Those of us on the east coast that do not have big setups and high power. We are probably in as much of a disadvantage as some of our EU friends. There are a lot of us who have not had a shot and probably will not have a shot at Kure no matter what happens, because it just isn't in the cards. But from what I have seen and heard over the last four days it is sad so many will not break through any wall, US, JA or EU because so many are trying to fill out and complete their every mode and band sheet. There is nothing more disgusting to me than some big shot DXer bragging on the list or on the air that he worked them on every band and mode, while so many didn't even get sniff on one band or mode. >From their website: "We are still struggling with a huge amount of physical tasks--antenna commissioning, station protection, moving water and gasoline, working for the resident naturalist, etc. We are very tired, there is limited ability at this moment to respond to individual requests for bands, modes, skeds, etc. " Incredible. You elite want them to cater to your individual request to set up a sked or asking them to get on your band so you can fill out a hole? I'm glad some of you have worked them on bands and modes you haven't gotten them on before. And to those of you who worked Kure again on a band or mode you have worked them in the past, I have just one thing to say. Nothing more illustrates my point than this statement from their own website: "We expect to make more than 80,000 total radio contacts with 35,000 different persons during the expedition." You do the math, 45,000 contacts to get another band or mode for someone who has probably already worked the country. Their are a lot of us guys out here that would like to work them for the first time on any band or mode. I'm not interested in the DX Challenge, in fact, I could care less. A 5BDXCC award would be nice someday, but I won't go bankrupt to get it. The Navy in 23 years taught me patience and that has allowed me to slowly increase my country count. But I sure wish we could get a break sometimes from those that have for those of us who have not. I just want to proudly say I have a Kure card and a contact in the N5FPW log book. Now I understand this is a personal choice I make, but for me I refuse to spend thousands of dollars or Euros to guarantee my contact. I enjoy the hunt as much as anyone else, in fact, probably more because I know the odds are stacked against me getting through to contact Kure and a lot of other rare DXpeditions. But it is frustrating to hear the DXpedition say they will concentrate on a particular area when others here in the US who are down in the DX pecking order would like a shot at working them just as much as the bigshot high power EU stations (who probably already have them in their logbooks at least once). It is frustrating to hear others say thy worked them on a band and mode even though they didn't need them. It is frustrating to hear others brag about how many bands and modes they got them on. And I am sure there are many more like me here in the US. Turning their attention to EU is fine, but what about us little guys here in the US that didn't get surveyed by that DX magazine? How about some consideration for us as well. Not!! I know what the real world is and I will be content to listen for hours and say, well at least I heard them. Soapbox mode off!! 73 guys and gals de Larry (aka El Jefe-The Chief) Larry Van Horn, N5FPW Assisatnt Editor Monitoring Times magazine 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://njdxa.org 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://njdxa.org 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://njdxa.org
