Re: [DX-CHAT] Honor Roll

2009-01-07 Thread DAVE WHITE
However, make the honor roll with 150 watts and a dipole.. Or do so from Northern Europe where signals are many dB down and openings are always shorter in than in Southern Europe.  Also we have to break through the wall of Italians and their chaotic

Re: [DX-CHAT] Re: Honor Roll, etc.

2009-01-07 Thread RUSSELL KELLAM JR
Good comments John. Especially about 5BWAZ. There's folks sitting with 199 zones who have been there for years waiting for Zone 26, 32 etc. on 80 meters. I have HR DXCC and very close to 5BDXCC but I won't live long enough to get 5BWAZ. 73 Russ W4UBC - Original Message - From: John

[DX-CHAT] Goal Orientation

2009-01-07 Thread Urb LeJeune
Your progress is determined by how much time you're willing to waste on the chase! I certainly would call the pursuit a waste of time. Any positive thing you do contribute to your self esteem. The more difficult the task the greater the self esteem. I'm run many marathons and I'll

Re: [DX-CHAT] UP machine

2009-01-07 Thread Dan Zimmerman N3OX
I haven't worked many Asian stations recently. Yep. I was lucky to get the last VU7 and BS7 operations when there was a little sunspot activity (not much). I couldn't get the BS7. I heard them for a grand total of 1/2 hour on SSB and I'm only 100W a 20m Moxon (which I actually built to