Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread uy0zg
Hi By the way, TO7A feels great here : http://www.arrl.org/system/dxcc/view/DXCC-160M-20191010-A4.pdf#page=1&zoom=auto,-12,848 I repeat - this rating is already doomed ... But still there is always a way out of the impasse. We need to create new, real ratings. For example, there are great c

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
Contacts made using remote stations located someplace much closer than the Ukraine.  There are many many many other abusers doing this. On 10/9/2019 4:47 PM, jayb1...@optonline.net wrote: what are we talking about here ?? Are stations claiming qsos they didn’t make ? how would they get DXCC cre

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread JAYB1943
what are we talking about here ?? Are stations claiming qsos they didn’t make ? how would they get DXCC credit for them if the other station didn’t agree either by an LOTW response or a QSL card ?they forging QSL cards ? if there is any doubt about a QSL card’s validity, it seems to me the ARRL

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread JAYB1943
whats the issue ?? _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread Mike Smith VE9AA
Cheating goes back a long ways. It surely predates ham radio by eons. I know personally, when I was on Sable Island in 1996 as CY0AA we got QSL cards for impossible QSO's. ie: 6m cards from the Netherlands when I worked NONE. Another 1 or 2, 160m cards for noontime local. I tossed them in t

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread uy0zg
Greg, apparently, is a very kind person and believes in justice - But for justice, something needs to be done. --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua Paolo Zaffi писал 2019-10-09 21:37: Il 09/10/2019 20:04, n...@windstream.net ha scritto: DXCC card checkers have to put the QSO time

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread Paolo Zaffi
Il 09/10/2019 20:04, n...@windstream.net ha scritto: DXCC card checkers have to put the QSO time on sheets that are submitted for DXCC. I believe that no one pays attention to the timetable, and nobody pays attention to the report written by the controller if the QSL seems false.  Don't worr

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread n4cc
d On Behalf Of uy0zg Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 11:38 AM To: Paolo Zaffi Cc: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: ZK3A . They want to have this country for farce. In their understanding, this is very prestigious ... Of course, not everyone will qualify for DXCC today

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread uy0zg
They want to have this country for farce. In their understanding, this is very prestigious ... Of course, not everyone will qualify for DXCC today. But the ARRL leadership needs to do at least something. At least to find a way to catch these coyotes receiving via WEB.SDR --- Nick, UY0ZG htt

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread Paolo Zaffi
Il 09/10/2019 09:14, uy0zg wrote: Who will stop this idiocy? The DXCC Desk, if they want.  The question is: they will do it? Regards Paolo I4EWH _ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread uy0zg
If it were just a hoax, it would be easier. this is an epidemic of a terrible disease. This ruins the meaning of topband dx ... First of all, most of these people do not need rewards. They are driven by envy and stupidity. --- Nick, UY0ZG http://www.topband.in.ua W0MU Mike Fatchett писал 20

Re: Topband: ZK3A .........

2019-10-09 Thread W0MU Mike Fatchett
I have been told over and over that people don't cheat that much.  They do.  It is a shame that people have to cheat for a an award they pay for.  What is the limit to cheating?  None.. On 10/9/2019 1:14 AM, uy0zg wrote: Hi How can you calmly look at it? : This is only from Donetsk w

Re: Topband: ZK3A

2019-10-08 Thread Artek Manuals
Shelby Not all their computers logs as of the online time stamp get fed into the online database.  Sometimes it takes another 12 to 24 hours for a particular stations logs (As I recall there are at least 3 stations on the air at all-times) to get uploaded. The reported time stamp is a bit mis

Re: Topband: ZK3A

2019-10-08 Thread Bill Weaver
I had to work them twice on 40 (2nd time made it) and 30 (not uploaded yet) after solid Q's the first time that didn't make it into the log. I'm not surprised that you ran into this. Possibly a transcription issue under less than ideal condx. 73, Bill WE5P > > On Oc

Re: Topband: ZK3A

2019-10-08 Thread Brian Campbell
Hi Shelby, The exact same thing happened to me. However on a later update both the 160 CW and FT8 QSOs were in the log. 73, Brian VE3MGY From: Topband on behalf of ShelbyK4WW Sent: October 8, 2019 2:21:52 PM To: Topband Reflector Subject: Topband: ZK3A Anyo

Re: Topband: ZK3A

2019-10-08 Thread Joel Gray
Yes, I worked them at 0600Z on FT8, and it is not yet appearing. Hopefully the next log update will have them in there. 73, Joel - N9LQ On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 1:22 PM ShelbyK4WW wrote: > Anyone else work ZK3A today about 0610Z, and the contact not appearing in > their online log search? Onlin