Sorry - maybe am missing the point - but what does the subject have to
do with QRZ.COM?
GM4FDM
On 21/12/2012 13:00, WX5L wrote:
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*Hello,*
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*I just did a callsign look-up on qrz.com and the format is totally
different. It’s cluttered and frankly a mess.*
*Anyone elese?*
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I ALWAYS use my full call and phoenetically.In Scotland we have
GM4FDM
GM4FAM
GM4FVM
GM3FDN
so it not uncommon for a wrong callsign to be logged if WE dont give our
callsigns phoenteically.Basically its a no brainer..
If you want to be in the log, make sure the DX heard your call lo
Yes!
Tom
GM4FDM
On 12/06/2012 15:49, Crownhaven wrote:
Steve, N4JQQ
RADIO LAW: FAMED GERMAN DX'ER DJ6SI ARRESTED IN GREECE
In what has to be one of the strangest international legal
issues involving a ham radio operator, famed German
DXpedition leader Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI, has been ar
I hate it when you get 6 sequential spots saying something like "P5AAA
tnks QSO 9 bands"
It contains no usefult information to the reader apart from
"My dog's bigger than your dog"!
GM4FDM
On 08/06/2012 01:49, Gary K9GS wrote:
Yes Barry!
Kinda along the same lines are people that use t
nd as
Benjamin Disraeli alluded, interpretation of statistics can be dangerous
cheers
Dave G0OIL
- Original Message -----
*From:* Tom Wylie <mailto:tgwy...@virginmedia.com>
*To:* list...@ve1dx.net <mailto:list...@ve1dx.net>
*Cc:* NJDXA DX Chat <mailto:dx-chat@njdxa.org
One of my personal yardstick of the "goodness" of an expedition is NOT
the total number of QSOs made
as that depends entirely on the number of operators, stations and the
duration
but I like to look at the TOTAL QSOs made by the NUMBER of OPERATORS and
the NUMBER of DAYS taken into account
L
ver tried it!
Tom is right: it makes no difference to anything, in my experience
anyway.
73 de Roger/G3SXW.
From: Tom Wylie
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:06 PM
To: Trevor Dunne
Cc: Roger Western ; c...@yahoogroups.com <mailto:c...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [CDXC] 3C6A and 3C0E
Doesn&#
I think some of us are getting confused over the topic of Expedition
Funding. I'm sure
there is much data out there concerning it.
I can remember years ago when the major expeditions were expected to
provide accounts to show
how the money raised was spent and we (the punters) could clearly
I dont count myself as a top notch DXer, but I have been on a few
expeditions including the last major trip to Banaba T33C in 2004.
I have never resorted to calling by numbers as I feel that this is the
least fair way of doing things.When doing the numbers, WHY do we
always start at ONE?
Cor, if its still a country can we ressurrect Atlantis??
Tom
GM4FDM
On 08/12/2010 13:18, Don Berger wrote:
There isn't one factual statement in the message below nor has it
anything to do with DX, ham radio, electronics, etc. Does anyone
filter this crap?
Don
K1VSK
- Original Message
What - only Britain? Thats not fair..
Tom
GM4FDM
Bill Hawkins wrote:
Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation
Britain could face widespread power blackouts and be left without
critical communication signals for long periods of time,
Yea - memorable can mean a lot of things to different people. I never
did manage to work JY1 but I did have a QSO with EA0JC...
However, my most memorable QSO which in the greater scheme of things is
pretty insignificant was a QSO with a VK8 station and a P29 station way
back about 2 sun
Thats why God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth - so we can listen twice as
much as we talk...
Tom
GM4FDM
Larry Van Horn wrote:
As a little pistol, who works some good DX from time to time, I find
the biggest problem is that those who appear to act like idiots when
DX appears, simply aren't "l
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http://www.qsl.net/ve6lb/
- Original Message - From: "Tom Wylie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "DX-CHAT"
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 1:22 PM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] LOTW
Sometime back somebody posted a message about how to retrieve logs
from LOTW by sending them
som
Sometime back somebody posted a message about how to retrieve logs from
LOTW by sending them
some form of request - I cant remember...
Anybody here have any info?
Tom
GM4FDM
--
So I met the bloke who invented crosswords today. I can't remember his
name, it's P something T something R.
---
or perhaps I should say that some of the people
who operate it are very poor operators.
It does not happen to the same extent on ssb or
CW, but on PSK i find that even simple manners
seem to have gone out of the window.
I call CQ DX outside of Europe yet get bombarded
with European Calls, d
Whilst not wanting get embroiled in a is it or isn't it situation - I'd
venture to suggest it does need a look at.
In NO way, shape or form is Scarborough Reef an entity. It is a rock,
or to be more specific a collection of rocks.
There are many others out there too that need some closer
You can find a picture of the operators including the YL who
has been on 20mssb at:
http://www.ti9.eu.com
73 de Tom
GM4FDM
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Gentelmen
This is one of my pet subjects. How I hate it when all you
ARMCHAIR DXERS criticise others who are out there busting a
gut so that YOU can tick a box on 80m or RTTY or whatever.
Why don't you put you're destructive thoughts to better
use. The next time they are looking for volun
I note all the whining over the FJ expedition and QSL cards.
I hope that all those submitting their FJ card(s) to keep
them on Honor Roll No 1 or whatever, will NOT be processed
before MY application which has been outstanding since 4
October.
Applications should be dealt with in strict rota
On returning from my expedition to Jersey I found that a
Hungarian amateur has "updated" QRZ.COM with GJ4FDM
information.
As he has done so I cannot now edit the information as it
will not permit me.
Why can a station upload information for a station he has
nothing to do with? He was
When we went to T33C (Banaba) we use exclusively the Elecraft K2.The
resuklts speak for themselves.I believe the Voodoo Contest Group now
use the Elecraft K2.
Its light and portable. Has nice filters and does everything that you
would want an expedition radio to do. Last year we use
Anybody know if this was accepted for DXCC September 87??
Tom GM4FDM
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u chasing a contact with G4HCL in the log.
Sincerely
John Owens - N7TK
-- Original message --
From: Tom Wylie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Why don't you all just get off the guy's case. Yemen is a difficult
> place well know that. We also kno
Why don't you all just get off the guy's case. Yemen is a difficult
place well know that. We also know you can't just step off a plane
with ham radio gear and start transmitting or you land in jail or worse.
Why don't you just work the guy or don't work the guy - your choice,
then wait and
Oh- God! have we come to this???bring back BS7
Tom - GM4FDM
nick cominos wrote:
*Subject:* cq song
A good Ham friend sent this along to me.quite amusing but
really fun to listen to..enjoy.
GL/DX vy 73, Nick W9UM..CQ CQ CQ
When does this start?
tom gm4fdm
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It always amazes me how the armchair dxer who has bought every gadget on
the planet can never quite understand why every desert island in the
world doesn't have broadband.
Come on guys - get a life.Some of you should get off your butt and
trying DXing for yourself and you will find that on
How does a European donate via Paypal. It wont let me past as it does
not recognise my telephone number
not post code (we dont do zip codes)..Nor do I have a State?
Tom
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Am I reading the QSL info wrong? There is no mention of Buro cards and
there only appears to be 3 QSOs per card?
"Kindly include a robust self addresssed envelope and enclose a MINIMUM
of 2 IRCs (NEW BLUE ONES ONLY) or 1 "green stamp" (U$D) per card and
help support the DXpedition. 3 QSO's c
Original Message
Subject:Expeditions and Japanese Sponsorship
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 10:18:15 +
From: Tom Wylie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: DX-CHAT
I was just looking at the list of sponsors of the forthcoming VU7RG
expedition. I can remember back
The QSL softaware BV7 makes a special label for SWL cards so its very
easy to print them. Its by DF3CB and is easily available on the net.
You can have as many as 20 logs open at the same time and is VERY user
firendly uses ADIF for import.
No fiddling about with text or formats
Tom
GM
Thwey are there for 2 weeks, once all the big guns have gone and the
qrmers get fed up they will be begging for QSOs. Its not all that rare
actually. You will however have a problem with VU7 its almost your
antipode.
Tom
GM4FDM
lmecseri -KE1F wrote:
In NE FL 5A7A is loud on 40 meter CW.
I absolutely agree. I spent some time trying to call XX9 and DU
amongst others on 40m ssb at the weekend to no avail. A couple of time
I thought the XX9 had come back to me but a German station just kept
calling and calling timing his calls to prevent me from making the QSO
which was possib
How much did that cost on K7C Bob?
Tom GM4FDM
(part of the VU7 team)
Robert Schmieder wrote:
Pirating is not very extensive, but it is a problem for DXpeditions, because
those unfortunate DXers who work a pirate often blame the DXpedition for
sloppy work. The K7C DXpedition is a good case i
He used to have his old football picture on it when he played in England
- Spurs I think
Tom - GM4FDM
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Interesting ! By accident I saw his shot and it was a nice goal indeed. Did not
know he was a ham. Worked him as M0SDX in the OK-DX-RTTY contest 21 Dec 2002 on
2
beginning of DXCC there were not only 'normal'
countries on the list, it has always contained (remote) Reefs, Islands etc.
Wim pa0wrs
Citeren Tom Wylie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Oh, I care passionately about working them all, especially as I have
only TWO to get. My initial p
Why dont they move it to a rock - like Alcatraz - would that make it a
cell-phone?
Groan :-[Tom / GM4FDM
Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote:
All kidding aside, if I lived out in that part of the West, I would be very
tempted to visit the former site. I don't know how rare that county is, but
Oh, I care passionately about working them all, especially as I have
only TWO to get. My initial point, appears to have been missed, that "
how can a rock sticking out of the Ocean a few feet ever be classified
as a Country or Entity?" It just makes the whole thing stupid, like
working ligh
WAEn Worked all Entities we could have a WAEn1
for political entities and a WAEn2 for the geographical ones.
There are loads of places which hardly reflect the status of countries
like Peter 1, Scarborough Reef to name but two.
Now we will have another big guns race to work them all again!
Tom
Bah - humbug - I only need Scarborough Reef!
:-) Tom
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
--- Tom Wylie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Does this mean we loose [sic] Scarborough Reef and other stupid rocks
No.
--
Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +9
Does this mean we loose Scarborough Reef and other stupid rocks
tom
Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
Quoting from ARRL:
-- quote --
The new text at Section II, Paragraph 1(c) shall read: "The Entity contains a
permanent population, is administered by a local government and is located at
least 800 km
Well when I way building my K2 I got a guy in the states to get some
bits for me and send them over. I sent him a dollar check which
disappeared in the mail system and has never been cashed. Then I sent
him another dollar check registered delivery which was tracked as far as
New York but ha
Very true Rag great Ham Spirit at its best.When Frank contacted me I
had no hesitation
in commedning his effort to the GM DX Group as we had previously
sponsored Frank's expedition
and the original one by VU2RBII had been hoping to make this
trip also but family commitment got in th
Well, now you know what its like for us guys to work Kure or Kermadec or
Banaba.
Nobody likes in the perfect QTH for the whole world. I guess thats what
makes it interesting..
Try living at 56 degrees north! - now thats a challenge! Like half
way up Hudson's bay or south Alaska!
T
I will second that, third it and even fourth it. I lovbe RTTY but
hate PSK with a vengance
for the reasons Bill says. I will be TY4TW from 15 - 30 March but
dont look for me on PSK
Tom
GM4FDM
Bill wrote:
PSK-31 takes up too much time. I am sure most people on DXPeditions
want to
m
ITU Regs say (I believe) that it sould be a PREFIX - C6/W2IRT, but
personally, I'd go with what it written on the licence...
73 de tom
gm4fdm
Peter Dougherty (W2IRT) wrote:
Hi, just wondering. When I operate from C6 in just over a week, I'll
be doing so with a reciprocal Bahamian license ba
I am just about to go on an expedition to Benin TY with three friends -
15 - 31 March.
I have previously been to VP8, V2, OY, 3D2, T30, T33, W7, VE7, VK6, 9V1,
HL and a few others.
I go on these trips because I want to.I really dont care what other
people think.When out there, I will
Just have to ask
Tom GM4FDM
Bernie McClenny wrote:
Ref - 7Q7RM logs
G0IAS does not want to forward them on to someone else. A real shame indeed
as there is the QSL Manager Society http://www.qsl.net/qslmanagers/ who will
gladly find someone to take over.
Bernie
Bernie McClenny, W3UR
N
Anybody ever get a card from ZK2QQ???
Tom
GM4FDM
Mike Kroh wrote:
Trying to clean up my log and wonder where KC6DY was in Feb, 1981?
Thanks for any info.
Mike NW7E
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I ahve about 8 cards from Mongolia - all sent and received via the buro.
Tom
GM4FDM
Bernie McClenny wrote:
Edward,
The thinking is those from the US mailing to just “Mongolia” get
routed through Russia and many don’t make it to their intended
recipient. Sending it to “Mongolia via Japa
Now that the expedition is drawing to a close I'd
like to express my appreciation to the K7C crew and support team.
During the expedition I went from an all time ham
radio low to an extraordinary feeling of joy in seeing my call pop up in
DXA.
For days and nights I was burning the can
What do the coloured rings mean on the propagation
chart?
tom
gm4fdm
www.visitscotland.com
Jeez I knew it would be hard to work K7C, but I
didnt know it would be THIS hard just to hear them.
In comparison the microlight group were easy to
work
Still time - here's hoping for my all time
new
Tom
GM4FDM
www.visitscotland.com
Rag and I are singing off the same hymn book on this one. There is a vast
difference of maybe 2 hours between best propagation in SOUTHERN EUROPE and
NORTHERN.When the southern EU pileup starts to wane, the DXpeditions
goes QSY or looks to another continent, oblivious to the fact that its
I think we have a little american paranoia here!
Tom
GM4FDM
- Original Message -
From: "Charles Harpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 3:41 PM
Subject: [DX-CHAT] EMP
Salve ur EMP fears: save ur tube radios! Use them when EMP wipes out
If you read the back side of an IRC it clearly states:
THIS COUPON IS EXCHANGABLE IN ANY COUNTRY OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNIONFOR
THE MINIMUM POSTAGE FOR AN UNREGISTWERED PRIORITY ITEM OR AN UNREGISTERED
LETTER SENT BY AIR TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY
Therefore 1 IRC should suffice for an air mail en
I dont understand the problem
here. Almost all Contest CW is Computer Sent.
On the receiving end how do you know what/who is
sending the code?
Do we care?
Hey, if you disapprove - then dont work the
guy.
I already have his card on CW.
73 de tom
gm4fdm / T33C
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If this indeed an activation of Rockall I take my
hat off and salute the team involved. Over the past 20 years I have
activated almost all of the Scottish Offshore Islands and have gone to great
lengths to study Rockall including maps and photographs and I know just how
difficult this oper
The log for GM4FDM on LOTW was updated as from
today's date.
73 de tom
gm4fdm
www.visitscotland.com
Gas is over $6 a gallon in Scotland - you guys dont know when your well
off!!
Tom
GM4FDM
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From: "Fred Stevens K2FRD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Hamvention: Death By Paper Cuts?
Ron, I can't speak for Hamvent
I cant for the life of me imagine anybody importing fradio equipment into
either Yemen or North Korea, and operating without the knowledge or consent
of somebody in authority. Otherwise, they still be languishing in jail..
Tom
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From: "Charles Harpole" <[EMAIL PROTE
At least 20 persons were killed and over 100 injured after a powerful
earthquake hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Sunday morning. The quake
was followed by tidal waves.
"There is a possibility of the figure going up. Rescue operations are on,"
Inspector General of Police S B Deol told PTI
Title: Message
Well I can assure you thats its just as difficult
to hear them in northern europe also. I understand they have been
loud on 40m but i do not work that band. I dont think they have been
on 30m nor RTTY yet but I am always hopeful.
73 de tom
gm4fdm
- Original Messa
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Wylie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:58 PM
Subject: CQ WPX RTTY
> What is date of the 2004 contest - is it 14/15 Feby or
> 7/8 Feby i have seen both posted??
>
>
Yea - right!
73 de tom gm4fdm
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From: "Scott Manthe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 4:35 AM
Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] REPOST OF A QUESTION-TO4WW
> I'm sure the U.S. contesters who worked TO4WW above 21.100 never exceeded
> t
About 2 weeks ago I sent to ARRL using their procedure to get a certificate
for my submissions to LOTW. I have had no response to my initial
submission.
Should I re-submit or wait longer.
I have had no e-mail in response.
73 de tom
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for 9A2YC
73 de tom
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I think we have enough jargon already - too many codes!!
:0(
Tom
GM4FDM
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Tony Martin W4FOA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "[DX-Chat]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Zack Widup"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003
I dont think its a cse of what the American's do, but what use will the
European make of this extended part of the band. The USA already HAS use of
this part of the band. I guess us Europeans will populate it with SSB and
let the CW end of 40 creep up to maybe 7.050 with Digi modes between 7.05
Difficult - I found it impossible.Due to work committments during the
week,
I was only able to listen on Saturday and Sunday. All of the cluster spots
showed them to be
on either 160m or 80m working the USA. The only time I heard them was on
Sunday around 1730z for about 30 minutes they
wer
But what is rare DX. What is NOT DX to you - might be DX to somebody else.
Not the first time I have worked a new one, from a spot issued by a
stateside station for somebody who was NOT dx to them, but one that I
needed
Spot the lot is my motto
73 de tom
gm4fdm
---
I was surprised today to find my latest submuission to DXCC - that K1B has
not been credited - shiown on the applications as Documents pending.
Does this mean that I will be automatically credited or do I have to reclaim
it next submissions.
I assume there is no problem in K1B being accepeted?
Any clubs meeting in Oslo on Friday 20th September?
73 de tom
gm4fdm
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