Re: [DX-NEWS] Removing cats to protect birds backfires on Macquarie Island
At least no-one who's marooned there will starve. Rabbit pie, anyone? cheers Dave G0OIL --- On Tue, 13/1/09, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: From: Jim Reisert AD1C Subject: [DX-NEWS] Removing cats to protect birds backfires on Macquarie Island To: dx-news@njdxa.org Date: Tuesday, 13 January, 2009, 6:10 PM By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer Michael Casey, Ap Environmental Writer – Tue Jan 13, 9:18 am ET BANGKOK, Thailand – It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. But the decision to eradicate the felines from Macquarie island allowed the rabbit population to explode and, in turn, destroy much of its fragile vegetation that birds depend on for cover, researchers said Tuesday. Removing the cats from Macquarie "caused environmental devastation" that will cost authorities 24 million Australian dollars ($16.2 million) to remedy, Dana Bergstrom of the Australian Antarctic Division and her colleagues wrote in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_rabbit_infestation_1 -- Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, , http://www.ad1c.us --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-news or subscribe dx-news This is the DX-NEWS reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-NEWS] Ten Tec woes
Things must have changed dramatically since I last dealt with Tentec. I had an Omni V back in about 1990 and had a problem with a switch board. Tentec helped me to diagnose the problem and sent me a new board free of charge, I just had to pay the shipping. They were extremely helpful with advice and technical literature. All part of a small company growing into a larger company and not having the organisational capability Dave G0OIL Charles Harpole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Paul, I am sorry to say your response is the winner of the MOST LAME CUSTOMER SERVICE RESPONSE of the year, maybe the decade. This cap blow up problem is now on its THIRD occasion, with identical symptoms, happening on Florida electrical AC power and now on a different electrical power, WITH NO lightning anywhere within sight on any of the occasions. In all cases, I monitor my AC power with a good meter all the time, and have NEVER observed power spikes upward and only the usual 5 volt dip when the air con comes on. I know micro spikes and dips can occur, but to think that such would cause a disk cermaic cap to blow up ON THE METER SHUNT BOARD, borders on stupid given THREE breaker/fuse before that, etc etc. I think this unit has a design flaw that you either do not know about or want to ignore. Further, your company should be aware of the poor reputation your customer contact history has. In my case, twice I have come close to ordering an ORION, and after a brief query with your offices, have been put off by the terse, simplistic answers. TEN TEC has some great products, but the co. should ask itself, Why is it not a major power in the ham radio field? Certainly, if you ask, I can tell you. Meanwhile, I see that I am on my own and that Ten Tec products are basically sold "as is" and rapidly become orphans in the storm. Good luck, Ten Tec will need it. Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Paul Clinton" >To: "Charles Harpole" >Subject: Re: 425 amp query >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:20:29 -0400 > >Dear Charles: > >Probably caused by a surge on the AC line, possibly lightning. > >73, >Paul R. Clinton >WD4EBR >Service Manager > >- Original Message - >From: "Charles Harpole" >To: >Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 8:40 AM >Subject: 425 amp query > > > > To: Oct. 22, 2007 > > Ten-Tec, Inc. > > 1185 Dolly Parton Prky. > > Sevierville, TN 37862 > > > > Hello Paul in Repair: > > > > My Ten Tec Titan 425 (first version), serial # 60A10120 was repaired in >your > > shop on Feb. 1, 2006, Invoice number 091959, order number 093150. At >that > > time you repaired the Meter Shunt board and a number of other items. >This > > was the second such failure in the life of this unit. > > > > Since receiving the unit, I have used it for about 30 hours and now have >the > > same failure again. A flat mica disk cap. on the meter shunt board is >blown > > open physically, and the 25 watt resistor in the power supply also >burned > > up. My home breaker stopped further damage. This is the third failure. > > > > I am writing for suggestions for repair because this fault appears to be > > happening often in this product. I need advice because I do not want > > further factory $330. repair bills on a unit that appears to have a >design > > fault. > > > > Please help. > > > > Charles Harpole > > K4VUD > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options -- -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
Re: [DX-NEWS] BS7H
A post of pure common sense if I may say so, Werner. The guys on the rocks are indeed doing an INCREDIBLE job. When I read a press update about them sitting there in complete darkness through the night, on their own and only 4 feet baove the water, unable to see any of the other ops, unable to see the boat and constantly in wind and salt spray really brought home what a hard time they're having. I met PS7JN at Dayton the other year and over several coffees he told me about St Peter and St Paul Rocks - which seem to be an only slightly larger version of Scarborough - and the hardships of operating from there. So hats off to the blokes putting on this expedition. It's just a shame that so many (mainly) southern European operators can't (or won't) operate with manners. Now given that that's always going to happen, I'm beginning to think that how the dxpedition operator handles the pileup really does have an effect on the behaviour of the unruly element in Europe. It's noticeable that the behaviour of people calling BH7H is much, much worse than those calling the VU7, N8S, Ducie Island, the first Chesterfield Reef operation, the VU4 expedition, Peter 1st, VK0IR, OH2YY's operation in 7O etc etc. Deliberate jamming is also worse. Why? Answers on the back of a postcard to HB9US... :-) Dave G0OIL "Werner H. Berli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Announcing 1 to 3 listening frequencies, alternating round robin seems a great alternative to the overwide spread. Another good operator in the recent VU7LD expeditidion announced the one frequenncy he was listening and had great success with it. No doubt the team is working very hard and is doing a great job. I am still trying to get through, but as it was said on this list, with the wide spread and so many operators calling before the current contact is finished, it is impossible to hear the station being worked. And this aside from the deliberate QRM on the DX freq. with all the outrageous profanities being exchanged. They had a CW and an SSB station on 20 working NA only. The NA and EU window seem to overlap startingat 13 UTC, so people get impacient and cause qrm. Maybe they could alternate and switch every hour, CW to NA SSB to EU, then CW to EU and SSB to NA? Right now I listen on 17m 18.130 good copy. The op is listening 138 to 150 working NA only, JA before and after, no EU. I still hope to make it 73 Werner, HB9US -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options -- -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
Re: [DX-NEWS] BS7H in western EU on 17m
To be honest, I'd have expected BS7H to be easier to work than it is, though that's not been due to propagation. A tiny rock surrounded by 2000 miles of salt water should put a decent signal out, and so far it has done here into Nottinghamshire. What's dismayed me has been the huge amount of deliberate QRM from Europe. On 14185 the other day there was a very professional jamming job done, sounding like the jamming that the old Soviet Union used to do on the BBC and VOA broadcasts. It seemed like 9 bands of tones that constantly varied in frequency and strength. Then there was the white noise, and the CQs from IK1JUO or someone pretending to be him. On 30m CW last night there were the usual dits, tuners and whistles, and frequency cops telling each other to QSY, f**k off etc, but also someone sending text for several hours. Mostly this has come from a due east beam heading. This is without doubt the worst deliberate QRM I've heard. But why? Could it be that the splits are SO large, operating patters so random and the geographical areas of the world worked are seemingly so senseless (working JAs during short NA windows and EU windows etc) that those people who react badly to frustration have done so early and in style? Personally I have a punchbag and some boxing gloves hung up in the stable and when I get pissed off I take it out that way. Last night the split on 20m cw was from 14025 to about 14100 and after several hours I got them on 14052. Is this really necessary? Perhaps some of the jammers were other band users who'd been blasted off their frequencies. I don't excuse such actions but it's easy to see how some DXpeditions get a bad reputation. If it's the same tonight on 30m, I'll just watch the Liverpool v Chelsea game on tv. Dave G0OIL "Werner H. Berli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all Good signal from BS7H on 17m SSB this AM ard 8-9UTC and huge EU pile. At about 08:50UTC the Op announced: "I can hardly copy any of you, I think I qsy to 20m" He always just said "BS7H listening up". What about all those various techniques for the DX to segregate a pileup into manageable chunks? Hope to get through but we have all of eastern EU, Russia & China in front of us. I thought Swains would be difficult and Scarborough would be easy. But Swains was childs play compared to what we have now. 73 de Werner, HB9US -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options -- -- Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association. Please visit our website: http://www.njdxa.org/index.php scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options --
Re: Re[2]: [DX-NEWS] Swain's; what's next?
Ah well, I suppose the Yanks have to invent more countries so they can invade them :-) (tee hee) Has anyone got any actual NEWS on the planned operation? cheers Dave G0OIL - Original Message From: Art RX9TX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: NJDXA DXR Sent: Tuesday, 25 July, 2006 7:31:19 AMSubject: Re[2]: [DX-NEWS] Swain's; what's next? Hello NJDXA,Tuesday, July 25, 2006 Barry wrote to Olavi Uotila:B> I agree Olli. I'm not sure if it's more excitement or annoyance to B> chase a new one created by a rule change.Annoyance, in my case.-- 73...Art RX9TXhttp://rx9tx.qrz.ru"Everything changes, nothing remains without change." (Buddha (B.C. 568-488))--Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.orgTHE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association.Please visit our website:http://www.njdxa.org/index.phpscroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options--
Re: [DX-NEWS] (Fwd) [GOLIST] KP5
What would motivate someone to do this kind of thing? How maladjusted can some people be? Maybe this is one of the people who deliberately QRM dxpeditions?? Maybe it's the sort of person who writes obscenities on walls, who vandalises parked cars? Go get therapy whoever you are. Dave G0OIL Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The ham that complained to his Congressman should be banned from DXCC for life. What a jerk!Barry W2UPSteve-KF2TI wrote:> >From the GoList reflector>>> --- Forwarded message follows ---> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> From: "Chuck Chandler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Date sent: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:21:02 -0600> Subject: [GOLIST] KP5> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] >> Interesting story posted for DailyDX subscribers regarding the recent KP5 operation. Turns out the operation was cut short due to another ham complaining to the FWS and to his congressman demanding it be stopped.>> I wonder who this might be? Perhaps he will step forward and give his side of the story and his reasons for doing so? I'd say keeping silent would damn him in the minds of most hams.>> Sorry, unless you are a subscriber Bernie has prohibited forwarding the document. Worth a read.>> ==> 73 de Chuck, WS1L> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> ==>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > Yahoo! Groups Links>> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GOLIST/>> <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> > --- End of forwarded message --->> --> Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.org> THE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association.> Please visit our website:> http://www.njdxa.org/index.php> scroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options> -->> -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Newtown, PA --Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news@njdxa.orgTHE DXR is sponsored by the North Jersey DX Association.Please visit our website:http://www.njdxa.org/index.phpscroll to bottom for subscribe/unsubscribe options--
