Re: [DX-CHAT] Confused

2002-06-21 Thread Gerry Maira
> David Johnson wrote: > > Hey fellow DXers, > I really am confused. I would very much appreciate a serious and helpful response to > this question: Why does working an all time new country carry more weight with many, > than another Ham working very hard for the ARRL Challenge Award which is a

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Gerry Maira
e filtered out by the computer doing the scoring, with no penalty to you. If you can't find info on this in the rules, you could send an email to CQ and ask them. 73, Gerry Maira KA2MGE Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear.

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Gerry Maira
Here's the web site for the contest - http://home.woh.rr.com/wpx/ Leon M Foot wrote: I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W max. No linear. I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. Wh

Re: [DX-CHAT] CQ WPX Contest

2005-03-13 Thread Gerry Maira
08:44:42AM -0500, Gerry Maira wrote: I would enter as single op, low power, TS (tribander or single element wire ant) 20 meters. As I understand it - You can work stations on other bands, but of course they won't count toward your score. I believe you can just give them the next SN in your sequen

Re: [DX-CHAT] K7C

2005-09-28 Thread Gerry Maira
I worked them yesterday at 20:31z on 20 cw and this morning at 12:18z on 30 cw. I heard my call clearly both times but neither qso is showing up in the online log, which appears to be getting updated regularly. Is anyone else having this problem? Or, did anyone work them on the bands/mode that

Re: [DX-CHAT] K7C and DXA

2005-09-28 Thread Gerry Maira
Thanks for all the replies. I'll wait a couple days and see what happens. Meanwhile I'll try for q's on a couple other bands and see if they make it to the log. I'd sure like to see at least one in the log since this is an all time new one for me. 73, Gerry KA2MGE Osten B Magnusson wrote:

Re: [DX-CHAT] K7C and DXA

2005-09-30 Thread Gerry Maira
My 2 missing qso's are showing in the on-line log now. Gerry KA2MGE Jan Erik Holm wrote: To be safe do that. I made 2 Q´s with them yesterday and both came into the log. 73 Jim SM2EKM --- Gerry Maira wrote: Thanks for all the replies. I'll wait a couple days an

Re: [DX-CHAT] 3Y0X Observations

2006-02-11 Thread Gerry Maira
Let's hope the ops there can the "world's most traveled man" interested in ham radio and dxing :) Gerry KA2MGE Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the N

Re: [DX-CHAT] Any budding poets out there?

2006-03-06 Thread Gerry Maira
Ok, here's a few... There once was a dx’er named Clay, Who wanted honor roll in the worst way. One day he submitted, A card counterfeited, And they took all his credits away. There once was a QRO op named Jay. The legal limit was where he would stay. When he went higher, With his amplifier, They