[DX-CHAT] Propagation
Has 10 meters been open much lately? It seems to me that the MUF hasn't quite gotten up there much yet! Dean 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] DX Cluster help/suggestion
At 19:57 10/10/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I want it RIGHT now with a QSL card tomorrow!! This whole hobby is becoming such a joke (after 50 years) because of people who have no concept of what Amateur Radio is really all about or what it is supposed to be. Amateur radio is no longer about finesse or expertise or waiting long hours in a pile up to work a new one or using a technique that you recently learned by experience. I'm glad i enjoyed the good old days of ham rdio in the past because they sure ain't gonna come around again. 73 de Dave, WT8R I can't believe someone hasn't come along with voice recognition to morse conversion software. Hmmm. Do I smell $$? Dean 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] Yemen
At 18:26 8/31/2003, Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote: Well Dean, got to admit, it doesn't look good. Considering the political situation(s) in that part of the world, I suspect that it will prove somewhere between very difficult and virtually impossible for someone to get official permission (ie a license, written permission to operate, or something like one or the other committed to paper). Without said paperwork, I strongly suspect that it will be equally difficult to get approval for said operation at the DXCC, though of course I could be wrong! Verbal permission won't be enough (ala 7O1YGF), and permission will have to come from the central government, not local authorities (ala 7O1A). That's just the way it is. Now, one may argue, and argue well, that the DXCC rules on this are exceedingly strict. Be so as it may, that's the way the rules are. 73, ron wn3vaw We're not going to fall for a banana in the tail pipe. Well, I guess that I will start selling off the 'stuff' and get ready to go mobile in the motor home. To be honest, ham radio just doesn't have the glitter it did back in the 50's-80's. I would rather find a nice forest site to park a MH and enjoy nature with maybe a few hands of cribbage with the missus. Dean 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] Yemen
I love the turn my original post has taken. I am not complaining that I have been chasing DX for 47 years and have yet to get to the top. I am just wondering if I should retire from work and travel; taking the chance of missing my last needed country. OR, should I stay the course for the next few years with a fairly competitive station and hope. I am almost sorry that I opted to return to school for my law degree at age 50+ when the GOOD operation was on in ~1990. I didn't even know it was on and even had a station set up at the time (FT757/SB220/Hytower). I sincerely believe the DXCC should require a massive operational effort to achieve! Dean At 16:33 9/2/2003, Garth wrote: Remember, Yemen was on the air with a legitimate, DXCC approved operation in May of last year. Just 16 months ago. Garth, KW4MM - Original Message - From: Dean Norris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 2:14 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Yemen What would you assembled masses consider the probability (educated guessSWAG??) that Yemen, 7O, will be on the air in the next year. I am rapidly approaching retirement and me the missus are looking at buying a motor home and traveling until we decide not to travel any more. Doing so will likely result in selling the home and getting rid of the tower/beam, a few hundred pounds of 'stuff' and maybe the IC756ProII OR the 706 MkII. Anyway, since the last country I need to make Top 'o d' Roll is the elusive 7), I wonder if I should start selling off now or wait a while for a possible opportunity. Ideas? BTW, I have learned one or two things recently... 1) Kids don't think it is funny at all when you tell them that you plan to travel until you are unable to continue and then you will pull up in front of their house and say, Here I am! 2) Be kind to your kids because they determine which nursing home you will die in! Dean 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] Yemen
Me too, Bill. I am resting comfortably at 334 and long for Yemen. BUT,
you know what? If I don't get 7O, not one person in the whole world will
care ('sides me).
The following sums up what is really important in life-
Golf balls, Pebbles Sand
A professor stood before his Philosophy 101 class and
had some items in front of him. When the class began,
wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty
mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They
agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a jar of pebbles and
poured them into the jar.
He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course,
rolled into the open spaces between the golf balls. He
then asked the students again if the
jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it
into the jar and of course the sand filled up
everything else. He asked once more if the
jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous yes.
The professor then produced two cans of beer from
under the table and proceeded to pour the entire
contents into the jar, effectively filling
the empty space between the grains of sand. The
students laughed.
Now, said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
I want you to recognize that this jar represents your
life. The golf balls are the
important things -- your family, your partner, your
health, your children, your faith, your friends, your
favorite passions -- things that if everything else
was lost and only they remained, your life would still
be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter, like
your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else -- the small
stuff.
If you put the sand into the jar first, he
continued, there is no room for the pebbles or the
golf balls. The same goes for your life. If you
spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you
will never have room for the things that are important
to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical
to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time
to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. Play another 18.
There will always be time to go to work, clean the
house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. Take
care of the golf balls first -- the
things that really matter. Set your priorities. The
rest is just sand. One of the students raised her
hand and inquired what the beer represented.
The professor smiled. I'm glad you asked. It just
goes to show you that no matter how full your life may
seem, there's always room for a couple of beers.
Dean
_
At 17:09 9/2/2003, Bill Hawkins wrote:
Well. I'm setting here at 333 and I have no likely chance of getting the
last 2 before I croak.
But then, I remember when it was no likely chance that I would get
Albania or North Korea.
Heck, I remember when it was doubtful that we would have a shot at China.
In the meantime there are still some countries I don't have on the WARC
bands and most of them are pretty easy. That and
PSK 31 provide some interesting stuff whilleI am waiting. I just hope its
not too long. I quit buying green bananas.
Bill W5EC
Well, for what it is worth here is my thoughts. I am sitting at 325 and
of the 10 I have left, several (3 or 4) have no likely chance of
operations. Why keep them on the
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[DX-CHAT] Yemen
What would you assembled masses consider the probability (educated guessSWAG??) that Yemen, 7O, will be on the air in the next year. I am rapidly approaching retirement and me the missus are looking at buying a motor home and traveling until we decide not to travel any more. Doing so will likely result in selling the home and getting rid of the tower/beam, a few hundred pounds of 'stuff' and maybe the IC756ProII OR the 706 MkII. Anyway, since the last country I need to make Top 'o d' Roll is the elusive 7), I wonder if I should start selling off now or wait a while for a possible opportunity. Ideas? BTW, I have learned one or two things recently... 1) Kids don't think it is funny at all when you tell them that you plan to travel until you are unable to continue and then you will pull up in front of their house and say, Here I am! 2) Be kind to your kids because they determine which nursing home you will die in! Dean 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] Deleted vs Expunged
At 06:47 6/16/2003, Ron St.Laurent ND5S wrote: Bruce, I may be missing something, but using your logic, a new guy could NEVER get to the top of the all time list as there are entities he couldn't possibly work as these entities are on the deleted list. The current method levels the playing field as available entities are available to all. Under the new rules attrition will eventually take care of the deleted good ones out there. Best 73, Ron ND5S I started DXing in 1957. I will never have all the countries which enjoyed listing as DXCC entities. I have 354 Possible to confirm and set currently at 353. I do have 334 of the 335 current. If we have to level the playing field (Read: lower the standards) this detracts from the accomplishments of those who expended time and money to get to a past goal. Just to whom is it fair? Dean 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] Deleted vs Expunged
At 09:14 6/16/2003, bruce makas wrote: No one alive can get to the 'worked and confirmed them all' list. The last ham with a possibility died some years back. The rest of us come an at some lower number. I, for one, enjoy seeing my self up with those I most admire. When I started DXing- (here comes the when I was a kid, I had to walk 10 miles through 10 feet of snow to go to school. Nostalgia BS)- no one was even close to top 'o the roll. Now, it can be accomplished in a few years. Heck, there were countries on the list that we were NOT ALLOWED to contact, e.g. U* and BY. What a challenge. Now, shack-on-a-belt types can link through some group of capital letter technoconcept and get DXCC from his bedroom while recovering from the flu, send in the log via e-mail and have the Plaque in less than a week! I think I will learn to crochet. Wanna doily? Dean Ron, You are right and wrong and this is the mis understanding everyone has. On the one hand, you can work all of the CURRENT countries, qualify for the DXCC honor roll and top of the honor roll (Number 1 plaque) on that basis. On the other hand TOTAL countries is kind of like a life time achievement score. It recognizes that you were in the hunt for many years and yes, there is always someone out there with more than me and I've been at it for 44 years. That's fine with me, just let me keep my all-time country credits; I earned each one of them. I know that I'll never get to the top of the all time list and, you know what, I don't think that anyone will ever get there. So what? What I've earned is still an accomplishment as far as I'm concerned. Let's keep 2 scores, current and all-time. 73, Bruce K1MY - Original Message - From: Ron St.Laurent ND5S [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: bruce makas [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DX chat submital [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DX submital [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Deleted vs Expunged Bruce, I may be missing something, but using your logic, a new guy could NEVER get to the top of the all time list as there are entities he couldn't possibly work as these entities are on the deleted list. The current method levels the playing field as available entities are available to all. Under the new rules attrition will eventually take care of the deleted good ones out there. Best 73, Ron ND5S Visit my Website at: www.qsl.net/nd5s - Original Message - From: bruce makas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: DX chat submital [EMAIL PROTECTED]; DX submital [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:42 AM Subject: [DX-CHAT] Deleted vs Expunged Apologies to Bernie W3UR and the Daily DX Bulletin but the following is copied from today's edition (you really should subscribe if you are not): -- Reader K9KK, Rick, asks for an explanation of the difference between deleting a DXCC entity and removing it. I believe this comes up in connection with the recent discussion of East Timor/Timor-Leste, the operations during the UNTAET period and post-UNTAET period. W3UR says this has been asked a lot lately. I'll try my best to explain this, according to my understanding of it. I do think it's kind of hard to understand. First, the way it used to be: When a country ceased to exist, it became a deleted country but still counted toward your DXCC grand total of countries. Hence, some old timers have had 390 or so countries, though there currently are only 335 countries in existence. When DXCC was revamped in 2000, that concept was changed to this: When a country ceases to exist it does not go into you deleted entities list but is taken away from your all-time total. Hence, there will be no new deleted entities that count in your total. Bernie and I both prefer the old way. My comment is that I, and all DXers that I have discussed this with, also agree that the old way is better. I do not see any logical reason to expunge (hope the spelling is right) a credit that was earned by a DXer. The only possible reason that I can even think of is so the new guys, whoever they are, can get at the top of the all time list without having to work at it for years. Seems foolish to me to ignore the accomplishments of a long time DXer and his high all time count when the previous current country count is also available. Number 1 plaques are available as is top of the honor roll listing for all current countries. Keep the all time counts going. Any chance that we can get the League to reverse this absurd position? 73, Bruce K1MY 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
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For some reason, My mail sent to both K1MY and DX-Chat get rejected at K1MY
as being spam. I can only wonder why replies to his mail are spam when his
mail is not? What say Bruce?
Dean {8^,
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Re: [DX-CHAT] any news on accepting 7O1YGF cards
At 08:02 8/2/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody heard any news on the 7O1YGF cards for which, I understand, some documentation has been submitted to ARRL? A legitimate QSL from 7O1 would be my last DX entity. Thanks much. Tom, W6HT Me too. Considering the current warming relations with Yemen, I hope for the best! unkadean -- 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] [DX-NEWS] Interesting Twist -Under God
At 06:59 7/8/2002, B.P.Treml wrote: Crosswalk.com News Channel - The study of law includes the legal element of perjury. This means lying to a court of law under oath for which punishment is required to keep our legal system workable. In the now infamous lawsuit where the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision declared the Pledge of Allegiance illegal because it contains the phrase, under God, a case can be made to charge the plaintiff in that case with perjury. The suit was brought to court by Michael A. Newdow, an atheist from Sacramento who claimed that his second grade daughter was required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance against her will at the Elk Grove Unified School District. The reference, under God, claimed Newdow, that my daughter was forced to recite, caused her emotional damage, stress, anxiety and a sense of being left out. I'm an American citizen. I don't like my rights infringed upon by my government, he said. Judge Alfred T. Goodwin, of The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, a court known to lean to the left of Berkeley, hastened to bang the gavel and declare the Pledge of Allegiance, unconstitutional. An investigative report by WorldNetDaily.com revealed that Newdow has been separated from his wife and daughter, who want no part of his ravings. They are in fact, Christians and members of Rev. Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California, where they live. The daughter, who was involuntarily dragged in as a pawn in this case, daily recited the pledge in school (including the phrase, under God), willingly. She was not emotionally injured or damaged in any way as falsley claimed by her absent father, Michael Newdow, in order to deceive the court into making this insane ruling. Furthermore, Newdow stated this over CNN: The only way I could file this case was to use my daughter as a hook. A daughter he was separated from, and a daughter who, with her mother, disagrees with her father's actions and atheism. The courts of America have been swift to apply the laws of perjury. This infamous case, which has outraged most Americans, even more so due to the fraudulent manner in which this case was brought to the court, dictates that perjury charges be filed against Newdow. He lied to the court under oath. This is a crime. The public must demand that The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco charge Michael Newdow with perjury and punish him to the full extent of the law. The law applies to everyone, even liberals. This charge of perjury cannot be ignored by Judge Alfred T. Goodwin. Rev. Austin Miles, a former law student, is an interdenominational chaplain based in Northern California and a college instructor. He can be reached at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- Hi Pete. I just spent 5 days in Branson, MO and would love to see the black robes bring their special brand of US hate down to that part of the US of A. Every show we saw went out of their way to recite the PoA with Under GOD especially emphasized. Each show was based on Country music, Country humor and Country respect. I think the black-robed bozos would be as welcome in Branson as the Sierra Klub is in Arizona. unkadean -- 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] [DX-NEWS] Interesting Twist -Under God
At 18:12 7/14/2002, Dean Norris wrote: Sorry, I moved my comments to DX-CHAT but now realize they are not really appropriate here either. I sorry. bad dean -- 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
