[DX-CHAT] re W6EL Prop
It is working great now. Thanks Bill
Re: [DX-CHAT] W6EL prop program
From the first menu in W6EL Prop select Options. Enter your Default Terminal Settings Click OK Select Maps, Great Circle Map, ensure DEFAULT appears in the Terminal A window, enter a valid prefix in the Terminal B window, click OK and a map will (should) appear with Terminal A in the center and a red line indicating the short path to Terminal B and a black line indicating the long path.. de Paul, W8AEF ---ZF2TA ZF2JI FO8DX FO0PLA 8Q7AA XZ0A--- - Original Message - From: Bill Hawkins To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 9:11 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] W6EL prop program I just installed W6EL Prop on a new computer and everything seemed to install ok... but the default station locator "cross" is sitting at the north pole and when it plots a great circle map, it is centeredon the north pole. My lat and long are entered correctly. How can I get it to center me instead of the north pole? Thanks Bill W5EC
Re: [DX-CHAT] How Would You Respond ??
During my working life I figured I spent 90% of my time learning, 90% of my time teaching, and 10% of my time doing. You have a good start at the teaching part - stay with it. de Paul, W8AEF --- ZF2TA ZF2JI FO8DX FO0PLA 8Q7AA XZ0A --- - Original Message - From: Larry, K4WLS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [DX-Chat] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 2:15 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] How Would You Respond ?? Last week I had a CW QSO with relatively new ham (3 Yrs on air) on 7012 KHz. I had to slow down Loigikey to 4 WPM for him to copy. He gave me a 597 report. Asked him to AS while I checked my CW tone. He did not know what that meant - so told him to STANBY. Switched on another RX - my TS-870 sig was T9. Told him my CW sig was T9 - he didn't know what T9 meant either. Gave that up and we went throught the rest of the pleasantries of a QSO: rig, WX, age, occupation, etc. Before finishing QSO, he asked me to slow down speed again (he did not use QRS). I set Logikeyer to 3 WPM and put extra long spaces between characters. Before signing, I recommended that he might spend some more time in the General portion of band. Told him a lot of new CW guys hung out around 7040 KHz, he could get improve his operating skills, his code speed, and probably avoid the risk of getting his feelings hurt by a an ole crusty Extra (I still am to some extent). I could tell he took a little offense to this statement. Friday, I got a QSL card from him: On the QSL my report was listed as 459, and the Freq was 7820 Mhz. So how would you respond to this QSL ??? (1) Throw it in the trashcan. (2) Return QSL and tell him you would be glad to QSL if he sent another QSL with the correct QSO info. (3) Send him a QSL for a QSO on 7820 MHz and put his RST as 123 on QSL. Just sorta curious what you would honestly do in this situation. C'mon now guys be honest !! TKS, Larry K4WLS Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] How Would You Respond ??
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Larry, K4WLS wrote: Last week I had a CW QSO with relatively new ham (3 Yrs on air) on 7012 KHz. I had to slow down Loigikey to 4 WPM for him to copy. He gave me a 597 report. Asked him to AS while I checked my CW tone. He did not know what that meant - so told him to STANBY. Switched on another RX - my TS-870 sig was T9. Told him my CW sig was T9 - he didn't know what T9 meant either. Gave that up and we went throught the rest of the pleasantries of a QSO: rig, WX, age, occupation, etc. Before finishing QSO, he asked me to slow down speed again (he did not use QRS). I set Logikeyer to 3 WPM and put extra long spaces between characters. Before signing, I recommended that he might spend some more time in the General portion of band. Told him a lot of new CW guys hung out around 7040 KHz, he could get improve his operating skills, his code speed, and probably avoid the risk of getting his feelings hurt by a an ole crusty Extra (I still am to some extent). I could tell he took a little offense to this statement. Friday, I got a QSL card from him: On the QSL my report was listed as 459, and the Freq was 7820 Mhz. So how would you respond to this QSL ??? (1) Throw it in the trashcan. (2) Return QSL and tell him you would be glad to QSL if he sent another QSL with the correct QSO info. (3) Send him a QSL for a QSO on 7820 MHz and put his RST as 123 on QSL. Just sorta curious what you would honestly do in this situation. C'mon now guys be honest !! TKS, Larry K4WLS Probably the most helpful would be #2. You might also want to include a note telling him that some of us took YEARS of operating to acquire the skills, knowledge and terminology needed to carry out knowledgeable QSO's on CW. He really in effect doesn't have CW skills beyond the old Novice license I got in 1967. It took me a while to learn what de, es, wx, pse and other abbreviations meant when sent on CW. I don't think these are on the exam or in the question pool. :-) Good thing it wasn't a P5 station. 73, Zack W9SZ Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] How Would You Respond ??
Hi Larry, Not knowing anything else about the guy I would cut him some slack and send the card with a 7.0 MHZ frequency. At least he is trying CW which is more than can be said for a lot of folks out there. He even QSLed which is another sign that his heart is in the right place. If he is nervous about his code, which he may be, he might not have figured the T to be the T of RST. As far as his operating frequency, it's just a fact (like it or not) that 5 WPM is the requirement for Extra now. As long as he is licensed for that segment he has a right to be there. The transposition of numbers could even be dilexia. Best 73, Ron ND5S Visit my Website at: www.qsl.net/nd5s - Original Message - From: Larry, K4WLS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [DX-Chat] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 10:15 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] How Would You Respond ?? Last week I had a CW QSO with relatively new ham (3 Yrs on air) on 7012 KHz. I had to slow down Loigikey to 4 WPM for him to copy. He gave me a 597 report. Asked him to AS while I checked my CW tone. He did not know what that meant - so told him to STANBY. Switched on another RX - my TS-870 sig was T9. Told him my CW sig was T9 - he didn't know what T9 meant either. Gave that up and we went throught the rest of the pleasantries of a QSO: rig, WX, age, occupation, etc. Before finishing QSO, he asked me to slow down speed again (he did not use QRS). I set Logikeyer to 3 WPM and put extra long spaces between characters. Before signing, I recommended that he might spend some more time in the General portion of band. Told him a lot of new CW guys hung out around 7040 KHz, he could get improve his operating skills, his code speed, and probably avoid the risk of getting his feelings hurt by a an ole crusty Extra (I still am to some extent). I could tell he took a little offense to this statement. Friday, I got a QSL card from him: On the QSL my report was listed as 459, and the Freq was 7820 Mhz. So how would you respond to this QSL ??? (1) Throw it in the trashcan. (2) Return QSL and tell him you would be glad to QSL if he sent another QSL with the correct QSO info. (3) Send him a QSL for a QSO on 7820 MHz and put his RST as 123 on QSL. Just sorta curious what you would honestly do in this situation. C'mon now guys be honest !! TKS, Larry K4WLS Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Ref: How Would You Respond
Gotta say, I am a new (44 year old) kid that lurks on this reflector and have been working on my CW since I got my HF ticket about two years ago. I can now poop along in the 15 to 20 WPM range and understand what is coming at me at about that speed too, so I'm doing OK and slowly getting better. For the almost the first full year after I was on the HF bands I would hang out in the 40 meter novice section and QSO with other slow pokes. The thought of going down to 7050 or 7030 was terrifying -- and below 7025 was out of the question. Even today, I'm on my best behavior down in the extra segment and try like crazy not to embarrass myself when chasing the odd DX or what-not down there. So I think it is perfectly fine to expect a reasonable level of competency when someone keys in that segment. I also think grossly incorrect QSL information is inexcusable and a 4 WPM character speed is undecipherable! True, there may be some handicap there, but general cluelessness is the more likely case. That said, I would not have known what AS means either -- it is a traffic prosign and I just don't hear it on the air in regular QSO. (On the plus side, I know it now!) The FCC only tests on DN, AR, SK and BT. I'm also not sure I would have understood T9 either (depends on context), though I may well have figured it out -- I would not expect _you_ to be telling _me_ about your own tone without more explanation than can reasonably be done at 4 WPM. de, thks, gn, ge, tu, cut numbers, Q-codes -- these your hear a lot and figure out quickly. (Well, cut numbers besides T threw me the first time I contested, but...) So yes, on these two more obscure behaviors and idioms I think a little ole crusty Extra is, in fact, showing. Least that's the view from these fresh eyes, FWIW. 73 -- Ward / KG6HAF P.S. No one ever answered Steve Glibert's, G3OAG, query on 3/26 about whether QSL cards for WAS have to indicate 2-way (2X) or not to be good for the award. Since I just QSO'd my last state today for WAS CW, and I have a creative card to two without this specified, I'm interested in the answer to this too. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
