Well said Larry.... Rich K7ZV
On Fri, January 15, 2016 3:07 pm, Larry via Topband wrote: > > hi lou, > > > i assume that S2 you mentioned would be Bangladesh. > > > i worked S21XX 04 feb 12, 1997 and received a report of 579. the card is > in hand and has been accepted by the ARRL. > > > they were worked both rx/tx from my location in tucson, arizona and is > part of my WAZ 160 certificate number 259 (40 zones). each and every of > the 40 zone stations were worked from right here! > > > i am extremely proud of my WAZ 160. it took years of effort with > countless hours of listening. no remote, RBN or cluster (never spotted on > my cluster host). > > > i would never question the morality of others because of their use of > outside "aids" regardless of new rules or facilities. they can use > whatever they want to accomplish a particular goal but when all is said > and done i doubt that they will have the same sense of accomplishment. > > > herb, KV4FZ spent hours pounding away trying to work the K5P. so did > countless others. i hope that you all get to put him in your logs. in my > opinion that's what ham radio is really about. > > > 73, > larry n7dd > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Parascondola via Topband <topband@contesting.com> > To: mgcizek <mgci...@gmail.com>; topband <topband@contesting.com> > Sent: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 8:24 pm > Subject: Re: Topband: Field Checking strange cards > > > Since I have personal knowledge of the S2 to Connecticut QSO as being > valid, I would just be curious how many on here have worked S2 on 160 and > has it confirmed. Lou W1QJSent from AOL Mobile Mail-----Original > Message-----From: Mike Cizek W0VTT <mgci...@gmail.com>To: Louis > Parascondola <gudguy...@aol.com>; topband <topband@contesting.com>Sent: > Fri, Jan 15, 2016 12:32 PMSubject: Field Checking strange cardsLou, > Larry, and the gang,Newington's instructions to Field Checkers state that > our job is to verify that the information on the QSL cards is the same as > is claimed on the application. If we note anything "unusual", like a > 160m QSO taking place in broad daylight, we note it on the application. > It is NOT our job to decide if the QSO is "good" or not. This also > applies to unauthorized operations like P5RS7, and the like.If I saw a > claimed 160m QSO with S2 at 4pm local time, I would flag it on the > application. Then, I would go home, look up sunrise and sunset times for > that date in both CT and the guy's town in S2, write it all up, and email > it to the DXCC desk. I have done exactly this before, and I know some of > my colleagues have, as well.-- 73,Mike Cizek WÃVTTOn 15-Jan-16 01:01, > Louis Parascondola wrote:> Tom please comment on the 4pm QSL card from > ct. Claiming S2 at 4pm > local time.>> Sent from AOL Mobile Mail>>> > -----Original Message-----> From: Tom W8JI <<a > href="mailto:w...@w8ji.com">w...@w8ji.com</a>>> To: topband <<a > href="mailto:topband@contesting.com">topband@contesting.com</a>>; Mike > Cizek W0VTT <<a href="mailto:mgci...@gmail.com">mgci...@gmail.com</a>>> > Sent: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 09:42 PM> Subject: Re: Topband: Strange > propagation>>> I am a 160 card checker, and I damn well DO check the > times! I'm sorry> to report that I have found cases where "impossible" > QSOs were claimed,> and reported them to the mother ship in Newington. I > would sincerely> hope that my colleagues would do the same.>>>>> But > isn't it legal to operate anywhere in the lower continental USA to > > make> a DXCC contact in the lower continental USA?>> As far as I know, > they made that legal many years ago, and the contact> simply has to be > made from the USA lower 48 no matter where.>> Where were all the > complainers when they did that? As far as I'm > concerned,> that was the > end of DXCC meaning very much. I wrote and complained. > Now it> is what > it is.>> 73 Tom>> _________________> Topband Reflector Archives - <a > href="http://www.contesting.com/_topband" > target="_blank">http://www.contesting.com/_topband</a>_________________To > pband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband