[DX-NEWS] BS7H
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 --
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 --
[DX-NEWS] ARLD017 DX news
SB DX @ ARL $ARLD017 ARLD017 DX news ZCZC AE17 QST de W1AW DX Bulletin 17 ARLD017 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT April 26, 2007 To all radio amateurs SB DX ARL ARLD017 ARLD017 DX news This week's bulletin was made possible with information provided by MM0BQI, N1RL, NC1L, VK2YJS, YV5AJ, QRZ DX, the OPDX Bulletin, DXNL, 425 DX News, The Daily DX, Contest Corral from QST and the ARRL Contest Calendar and WA7BNM web sites. Thanks to all. FIJI, 3D2. A group of five operators are QRV from two IOTA groups until May 7. Operators 3D2AP, 3D2TZ and 3D2UY are QRV from Taveuni Island, IOTA OC-016, until May 3. Next, they will be QRV as 3D2RI from Yanuca Island, IOTA OC-189, in the Ringgold Isles Group, from May 3 to 7. Activity is on all bands with two stations. QSL 3D2RI via UR3HR, 3D2UY via UT5UY, 3D2AP via UX0LL and 3D2TZ via UR7HTZ. GUINEA, 3X. Serge, 3XM6JR and Alex, 3XD2Z are QRV from here for a few months. They plan to be active soon on 6-meters for the E-skip season. QSL 3XM6JR via UA6JR and 3XD2Z via RW3AZ. TANZANIA, 5H. Sigfrido is QRV as 5H0RS for one year. He has been active on 20 meters SSB at various times. QSL via IT9YVO. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, A6. Rashad, A61R has been active on 20 meters around 1630z. SCARBOROUGH REEF, BS7. A group of operators are en route and expect to be QRV as BS7H by April 28 and active for about nine days. Activity will be on 160 to 10 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL via KU9C. CHINA, BY. Look for operators BA4XA, BA4XYL, BA4VE, BD4XD, BD4XW, BG6IQD and BG4VGJ to be QRV from Dongxilian Island, IOTA AS-135, from May 1 to 7. They will be active holiday style near the popular IOTA frequencies. QSL to home calls. MOZAMBIQUE, C9. Eduardo, CU2AF is QRV as C91AF from Maputo until May 6. Activity is on 80 to 10 meters using SSB, RTTY and PSK31 a few hours each day. QSL to home call. BELARUS, EW. Members of the EW8ZZ club station in Gomel will be QRV from May 1 to 14 with special event call EV8DP to commemorate the day of Victory over WWI. QSL via UA3FDX. SAINT MARTIN, FS. John, K9EL is QRV as FS/K9EL until May 6 while on family vacation. Activity will be on 80 to 10 metes using mainly CW and SSB. QSL to home call. SCOTLAND, GM. Jim, MM0BQI will be QRV from Shuna, IOTA EU-008, from April 28 to May 5. He may also be active from other islands in the area as well. Activity will be mostly on 80, 40, 30 and 20 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. QSL to home call. ITALY, I. Members of the ARI Frascati will be QRV as IY0ORP from the Geophysical Observatory at Rocca di Papa for International Marconi Day. QSL via I0DJV. OGASAWARA, JD1. Look for JM1LJS, JI5RPT and JG7PSJ to be QRV as JD1BLK, JD1BLY and JD1BMH, respectively, from Chichijima Island, IOTA AS-031, from April 29 to May 4. Activity will be on 160 to 6 meters, including some satellite activity, using CW, SSB, RTTY and PSK. QSL to home calls. DENMARK, OZ. Tom, DL4VM is QRV as OZ/DL4VM/qrp from the Lighthouse on Samsoe Island, IOTA EU-172 and WLOTA LH-0726, until May 5. Activity is on 40, 20 and 15 meters CW using QRP power. QSL to home call. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, TL. Patrice is QRV as TL8PB and has been active on 20 meters around 1930z. QSL via LA0HF. BELIZE, V3. Paul, AK1P will be QRV as V31PA from April 29 to May 9. This is a casual operation. QSL via WA6GER. AUSTRALIA, VK. Members of the Hornsby and Districts ARC will be QRV as VK2IMD on April 28 from Wahroonga in commemoration of International Marconi Day. Activity will be on all bands. VENEZUELA, YV. Members of the Radio Club Venezolano will be QRV as YW4AJ from Cojedes State from April 28 to May 1. Activity will be on 80 to 6 meters, including various satellites, using all modes. QSL via YV5AJ. SOUTH AFRICA, ZS. A team of ten operators from the Boland ARC are QRV as ZS1HELL from Gamka's Valley in the Swartberg Mountains until April 30. Activity is on 160, 80, 40 and 20 meters. QSL via operators' instructions. THIS WEEKEND ON THE RADIO. The NCCC Sprint CW Ladder, SP DX RTTY Contest, Helvetia Contest, QRP to the Field, Florida QSO Party, DX Colombia International Contest, Nebraska QSO Party, International Marconi Day and the AGCW QRP/QRP CW Party are all scheduled for this weekend. Please see April QST, page 98 and the ARRL and WA7BNM contest web sites for details. /EX -- Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863 USA +978-251-9933, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ad1c.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 --
[DX-NEWS] BS7H Operator
The 15 meter CW operator from BS7H was running an interesting pile-up last night. He announced that he was listening for NA stations, and proceeded to work the pile-up. He did several interesting things along the way: 1) On one occasion he came to a stop and said: :JH, I'm working NA only. Please QRT. 2) VK6xxx, I'm working NA at this time. Please QRT. And the most interesting: W8xxx, you are in the log 3 times. Please QRT. I don't know if he meant you are in the log 3 times all totalled, or just on 15 meters. This happened several times, with several variations on the theme. BRAVO!!! 73, Mike, W5UC age treachery will overcome youth skill http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/w5uc/ -- 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
DAVE WHITE wrote: 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 Thank you Dave! Well, I got through at last today, in CW, after 5 days of trying both CW and SSB. Signals on 20 were not as strong as yesterday, but interesting changes happened. The SSB Op from 8 to about 11 UTC called for the single frequency 14.200, no spread. The CW Op in the same time span called for up2! very interesting. I am hunting DX since 51 years and my score is 360/358. I am now one away from the top. Most of these were worked with 100W and either dipoles or vertical (today of course I used a full kW and 3el Yagi). So I think I know a thing or two about working them. But let me tell you, never in all those years did I experience anything like this. I hope to work the last one in due time and after that I will quit hunting any DX-peditions. It is simply not much fun anymore. In my view any new entities added to the list will undoubtedly lead to similar situations. The law of big numbers is at work here too: The more operators there are the higher the number of psychologically unstable persons who are using a ham-rig to cause trouble and thus terrorize those who try to engage in a formerly fascinating hobby. Enough said, I will not even try to make another contact with BS7H and by that lower the chances for those who really need an all-time new one. 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 --
