There was one significant item which showed up as the transition from
UNTAET to Timor Leste occurred.
For a short while (a few months? - I don't remember the dates), Thor
4W6MM was inadvertently operating without a valid UN license. As soon
as he found out he went QRT until he got his new gover
By the way the ultimate dx for all Europeans it seems to be 4U1UN. A rare
dxcc entity in middle of New York.
Kostas Stamatis, SV1DPI.
Kostas is right about one thing. It's just about as difficult for
"civilians" to operate 4U1UN in NYC as it is to operate SV2ASP/A !
John, NT5C.
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Has anyone talked LU1ZA into going to CW?
Or, is there another on CW op there or is anyone who operates CW scheduled
to go to S. Orkney?
TIA
Bill W5EC
Bill,
The supply ship goes there in about a month. They will be changing
ops - Jose is leaving, Hannibal arriving (don't know his home call).
Does anyone know a valid e-mail address for Jenny, EZ8AQ? It's not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] as given in Buckmaster, and QRZ.COM doesn't show one.
TIA, John, NT5C.
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Gary N5PHT wrote:
>And, I do realize that 327 is currently required for Honor Roll
>(I have 326).
Gary,
There are currently 335 DXCC entities, so Honor Roll requires, at most, 326.
>Anyway, anyone heard a Crozet station operating the past few days?
>I found nothing on the cluster.
Haven't hea
Wendell K4JZ asked:
>Anyone know if GM3OFT/P on Burray Island counts for dxcc for South Orkney ?
Wendell,
Burray Island is in the Orkney Islands, immediately north of
Scotland. For DXCC it counts as Scotland (GM). The South Orkney
Islands (VP8), lie between the southern tip of South America a
>Bill:
>
>WHAT A NICE FEELING
>
>I had that feeling many years ago. I really understand how do you
>feel. CONGRATULATIONS TWICE:
>
>1. For the HONOR ROLL obtained.
>2. For made it in, probably the best mode... CW
This is a hobby. The BEST mode is the one you enjoy the most. If for
you that's
Several of you asked for the date of the London Times obituary of AC4YN.
It was last Saturday, April 6, in The Register section. I'm sure it
can be accessed on-line at the Times website.
73, John, NT5C.
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Just read a wonderful half-page obituary from The Times of London for
Sir Evan Nepean, G5YN, ex-AC4YN, who died March 11, at age 92. For
all youngsters reading this, AC4 was originally the prefix for Tibet,
not North Carolina or Florida. AC4YN was very active from 1936-1939,
and may have been
>If conditions on the higher bands are poor,
>they will use 7045 for SSB
Oh how I wish DXpeditions and DX stations would avoid exact 5KHz increments.
In this part of the world those are owned by very loud XE nets and ragchewers.
7042, 7047, 7052, 7057 PLEASE!!
John, NT5C.
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Ken WA8JOC wrote:
>I have several 6 meter QSL's for various QSO's. Has anyone had better
>luck direct versus buro handling?? It's been a while since I was looking
>for a card from that part of the world.
Ken,
If you REALLY want those cards, I'd invest in going direct!
I think there's a disti
Steve KZ2I reported:
>FROM 425 NEWS:
>Hrane/YT1AD confirms that he has "a licence" and that he and
> Voja/YU7AV will be visiting North Korea in March [425DXN 556].
> They will arrive on 5 March around 16 local time. "If" they
> operate, he says, the QSL manag
>Anyone else having a problem accessing ve9dx.com? I will try from
>workcould be my home ISP
>NF4A
Yes. Server won't respond.
John, NT5C.
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Also VU does not have permanent authorization on much of 80M for SSB
- a certain frequency range (fortunately including the DX window!) is
renewed annually.
John, NT5C.
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The email address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> given in QRZ.DX for Hiroo XW2A
doesn't seem to work. Does anybody have a better one?
Thanks, John, NT5C.
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A question for any Japanese readers:
There's quite a lot of JD1 activity these days from Ogasawara, but
very little from Minami Torishima - especially on the low bands. Is
there any activity from Minami right now? Any expected in the near
future? By a low-band DXer?
Thanks and 73,
John, NT
It would be fun to work some of the new M3 10W introductory licensees
in the UK. Haven't seen any spots yet on 10M/15M SSB, and haven't
found anyone QRV. I'd be happy to make an SSB sked with any M3 who
reads this, or perhaps some of the more experienced British DXers
could help?
73, John, NT
It's not too difficult to find maps with DXCC country prefixes and/or
CQ Zones. However, ICOM publishes a fairly unique fold-up map with CQ
Zones on one side and ITU Zones on the other. Very useful -
especially for the IARU contest! The map also shows local time vs
UTC, including quarter and h
Most Vietnamese licenses are for just the HF bands (I believe one has
to pay separately for each band!). But ARRL DX News said that Steve
3W2KHO is licensed for 10 through 40M SSB. Does anyone know if that's
really the case? The only cluster spots I've seen were on 15 and 20M
SSB.
John, NT5C.
I understand that the UK is considering opening an embassy in North
Korea. Surely a Chiltern DX Club expedition to P5 wouldn't be far
behind?
John, NT5C.
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I believe there's some confusion between Honor Roll and DXCC listings.
Honor Roll (based on current Entities only) is published in QST every
summer. The deadline for submissions was March 31, and I presume we
will see the list in August QST, as was the case last year.
The band and mode DXCC li
Does Thor 4W6MM have an e-mail address that works in E.Timor?
Thanks,
John, NT5C.
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Steve KZ2I wrote:
>does franz josef land ever come on ssb? i've seen fjl and fjv
>spotted on cw from time to time, but not on phone. it's the only
>'active', non-dxpedition type entity of the 6 i need on ssb. maybe
>some UA types can go up and freeze their buns off and put it on :-)
Steve,
For those of us Stateside, the answer is to get a first district
vanity call. That way, even if we're Deep in the Heart of Texas, we
can use either W1XYZ or W1XYZ/5 - whichever gets us the best shot.
(All's fair in love, war, and DXing).
John, NT5C.
Does anyone know if the PW0S video shown during the DX session at
Dayton is available commercially?
Thanks,
John, NT5C.
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Gerry WA2VKS wrote:
>I also need to chime in regarding catching propagation to an area.
>I'm in NJ. We have no direct gray line to TX0, but it is literally right
>off Australia. Virtually every sunrise, Australia pounds in here..
Exactly. Gray line is fine, especially for propagation to near
Larry K4WLS wrote:
>Also at this time of year, no have (not even close) a useable Gray
>Line between East Coast and TX0C. If it were Fall, we would. Best
>chance of
>working TX0C is on 20M between 0300 - 0500 Short Path Direct, or 40M
>0500 - 0700 with flux > 180. However, TX0C has to be on 20M
Charly K4VUD wrote:
>At the risk of a lot of jokes, I'm gonna ask the following anyway.
>Have any DXers (or just ordinary hams, if there are any) had the experience
>of feeling that any radio contact you made resulted from any form of ESP ?
Charly,
I've been a serious low-band SSB DXer for abou
From past experience near sunspot cycle peaks, WPX/SSB should be the
best weekend of the year for long path on 10M. From the southwestern
USA, we can beam SW and work Europe, the Middle East, and the eastern
half of Africa. The opening lasts about two hours, starting around
0445Z and continui
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