Re: [DX-CHAT] dx4win forum

2013-08-09 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
This may help: DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:dx4...@mailman.qth.net 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com k2dbk.blogspot.com twitter: @k2dbk On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:43 PM, Tom Johnson wr

Re: [DX-CHAT] 7O6T

2012-06-09 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
ng that I know of as well. > > Don > N1DG > > > At 11:41 AM 6/9/2012, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: > > Just curious, did anyone NOT get their 7O6T confirmations via LoTW yet? My > contacts showed up in Clublog and I've sent for a card with a modest > donation, so I

Re: [DX-CHAT] 7O6T

2012-06-09 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
Just curious, did anyone NOT get their 7O6T confirmations via LoTW yet? My contacts showed up in Clublog and I've sent for a card with a modest donation, so I'm ok that I will get the confirmations. However, I haven't (yet) gotten the confirmation on LoTW and I'm just wondering if anyone else is i

Re: [DX-CHAT] Contribute to 7O6T

2012-05-22 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
The writeup on their web page isn't very clear, but I went through it and here's what happens: Start at http://www.yemen2012.com/log.php and enter your callsign. You'll get the chart showing where the contacts have been made, along with a button below that to "Request QSL" Click on that, then fil

Re: [DX-CHAT] "European" Airmail and Return Envelopes

2012-02-05 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
No website, but you can contact Bill Plum by email or phone: *WILLIAM J. PLUM* *Airmail Postage & DX Supplies* *12 Glenn Road* *Flemington, NJ 08822-3322* *Tel. (908) 788-1020 10am-4pm ET M-F* *Fax (908) 782-2612* *plu...@msn.com* ** 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com

[DX-CHAT] Costa Rica licensing

2011-05-30 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
I'm going to be on vacation in Costa Rica in July for a week and I was wondering if anyone has any information about licensing beyond what's here: http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/ti.htm? While I would like to get on the air, my trip is a vacation with friends and we're staying about a 5 or 6 hour drive

[DX-CHAT] Websites, logs, etc. for PJ operations

2010-10-17 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
Hi, I hope this is appropriate for this list: I wanted to pass on that I've created a web page that lists all the websites, logs, and similar information I could find about the ongoing operations for the new PJ entities. The list doesn't contain qrz.com links for any of the operations, and I've n

Re: [DX-CHAT] msnbc.com: Family electrocuted putting up radio antenna

2009-10-13 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
The man killed was KJ4KFF's son, and if you do a search on qrz.com you'll see that she lives on the road mentioned in the news reports. There are some additional details now up on the ARRL website: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/10/13/11135/?nc=1 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com k2d

Re: [DX-CHAT] msnbc.com: Family electrocuted putting up radio antenna

2009-10-13 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
I found more information here: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-palm-bay-family-electrocuted-101309,0,4124089.story The last names are mentioned, but there is nobody with that name who is a ham in Florida. However, the video on that web page mentions that they were at

Re: [DX-CHAT] TO5X , TO4X. and TO3R CQWWCW

2008-11-30 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
The info for them is available at NG3K's Announced DX Operations site: http://www.ng3k.com/Misc/cqc2008.html 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com k2dbk.blogspot.com On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:28 PM, Ed Cox KE3D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have the correct countries for these g

Re: [DX-CHAT] QRZ.COM down?

2008-06-02 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
It would appear that their nameservers (ns1.qrz.com and ns2.qrz.com) are unreachable. A nameserver is like an Internet address book: You say "What is the address of qrz.com" and it will respond with an address (an IP address) which in turn tells your computer, and all of those pieces of the Interne

Re: [DX-CHAT] Extra Class Exam

2008-05-27 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
>From http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/pools.html: Technician class (Element 2) Pool is effective July 1, 2006 and is valid until June 30, 2010. General class (Element 3) Pool is effective July 1, 2007 and is valid until June 30, 2011. The Extra class (Element 4) will be released December 1, 2007 and

Re: [DX-CHAT] E7

2007-10-29 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
That'd be *Bosnia and Herzegovina. *This article should help: http://www.arrl.org/?artid=7644 On 10/29/07, lmecseri -KE1F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just worked E7/DK6XZ, what country is he from? > > Lou KE1F > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat >

Re: [DX-CHAT] Traveling with $100

2007-08-26 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
I think "soon" is a relative term. According to the US Treasure press release ( http://www.moneyfactory.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/media/releases5_082107) while there is a new $5 to be released on 20 September of this year (to go into circulation in 2008), " The $100 bill will be the next denomination t

Re: [DX-CHAT] HamCAP

2007-07-06 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
I had no problem with HAMCAP automatically finding VOACAP, but if you drop a note to Alex, VE3NE at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll bet he can help. On 7/6/07, Bill Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After reading about CU2A, I downloaded HamCAP. HamCAP uses VOACAP to run and I already had VOACAP on th

[DX-CHAT] Operating from the Cayman Islands

2007-05-07 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
Hello all, I'm planning on doing a little "vacation style" operating from Grand Cayman this summer while on a trip there with my XYL and some (non-ham) friends. I'm working on getting my ZF2 license (and trying to be patient, while remembering that things move a lot more slowly in the islands)

Re: [DX-CHAT] N8S Logs

2007-04-13 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
Try http://logsearch.de 73, David, K2DBK On 4/13/07, Frank Macklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This address is now not answering. Is there a new log address? Regards, Frank VK1ZL The first batch of N8S have been up-loaded and are on line now. http://www.yt1ad.info/n8s/log.html Jose - C

Re: [DX-CHAT] N8S-IMPORTANT

2007-04-09 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
Just an educated guess (I work in the IT field), but the "up and down" nature of the log website looks like it's probably running into a capacity issue. When too many users try to connect, it refuses connections, but after a while, enough users are off the server that it will start running again.

Re: [DX-CHAT] N8S log update?

2007-04-09 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
It seems like DL5NAM, who runs http://logsearch.de, where the logs are actually hosted, has been updating the frontpage pretty frequently. I'd suggest checking there for updates. On 4/9/07, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anyone know when the last log update was? My first QSOs were on APR 8 a

Re: [DX-CHAT] Re: N8S Online Logs

2007-04-07 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
If you look at the front page of http://logsearch.de , which is where the actual logs are hosted, you'll see an update giving the date and time of the last QSO received. Apparently, they are sending logs periodically via satellite phone, based on a previous note up there. On 4/7/07, [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [DX-CHAT] NCDXF beacon system.

2007-03-14 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
Yes, I just heard the 4U1UN beacon about 30 seconds ago. Of course, that says nothing about propagation since I'm only about 20 miles by air from there, but I can verify that it's operating on 14.100. 73, David, K2DBK On 3/14/07, lmecseri -KE1F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have not heard a

Re: [DX-CHAT] Stupid splits...

2006-07-30 Thread David Kozinn, K2DBK
Gee, only 35 up? As of the time I'm writing this (about 12:30 AM EDT), he's on 14.022 (and a pretty solid S8 on my G5RV) with guys calling him all the way up to 14.082. I guess that would be 60 wide, though it does't look or sound like anyone is calling him below around 14.042, so I guess he's got