Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-19 Thread Bill
What is a "xpedition"?   BTW, don't bother to send me a QSL card.   Bill W4WX   PS   .  .I know..  this goes to DX Chat..   - Original Message - From: N7MAL To: dx-news@njdxa.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: [DX-NEWS] X

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-19 Thread Jerry Keller
From another perspective,  I thought the 3Y0X ops were pretty darned good, and they were certainly the best ops on Peter 1 this week in fact, the best I've ever heard from there 8^).   If you could hear them at all, the pileups were workable if you were patient and used good technique. Th

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-19 Thread Zack Widup
The DX cops and jammers may be getting worse as time goes on, but I've noticed that they at least lessen when the DX ops are good. There are probably some DX chasers "on the edge" who go over that edge in frustration when the DX ops are poor. The DX jammers/cops aren't the result of any partic

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread DAVE WHITE
  To address N7MAL's points:   (1): unenforceable   (2): ARRL disallow credit for dxpeditions? What complete and utter claptrap.  Go and have a word with yourself.   Policing the idiots:  Well I agree with you here, we seem to do little to try and catch these people.  There was talk by G3SXW

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Zack Widup
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, DAVE WHITE wrote: > > One question though. What happened to all the penguins? Do you have > to pay extra for penguins? :-) > > Dave G0OIL I hope there were some around. I was at Dayton the year after the VP8SSI operation and one of the ops had a couple huge ba

RE: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Bernie McClenny
Zack Widup Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:32 To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, DAVE WHITE wrote: > > One question though. What happened to all the penguins? Do you have > to pay extra for penguins? :-) >

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Charlie, W0YG
awesome! 73, Charlie, W0YG..>> - Original Message - From: "Bernie McClenny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Zack Widup'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 4:17 PM Subject: RE: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

Re: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread Bud Morin
82 yrs old, 65 yrs a ham, sometime DX'er, no big gun, worked 3Y0X on 80m and 20m cw; my comments inserted below. At 11:28 PM 02/19/2006 +, you wrote: I would like to make the following 2 xpedition recommendations: Number One: All National and International Amateur Radio Regulatory authorities

RE: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-20 Thread LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad
 But, they also added to the 'on-the-air' problems by wasting hours upon hours on 160, 80, & 40 trying to work Europe after 0700Z when all of Europe is in bright sunlight.       I beg to differ !   Up in this neck of the woods the low bands are peaking at that time.     What you say may app

RE: [DX-CHAT] [DX-NEWS] Xpedition Recommendations

2006-02-21 Thread Zack Widup
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad wrote: > > > But, they also added to the 'on-the-air' problems by wasting hours upon > hours on 160, 80, & 40 trying to work Europe after 0700Z when all of Europe > is in bright sunlight. > > > I beg to differ ! Up in this neck of the woods the lo