17m
N3DQU@...
Just saw GI0IUP calling cq on 17m for anyone needing N. Ireland for the UK
endorsement....Jay N3DQU.
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survey
N3DQU@...
Ok, what is the consensus on who is gonna win the big game today, the
Browns or the Steelers? Before you post your answer now, keep in mind that I am wearing a Browns hat as I type this and hold the fate of your 070 Club certificate in my hands....
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Re: RTTY RU
Charlie Trice <k8ij@...>
Thanks for the QSO Steve. It's kinda sparse
out there, everyone must be on RTTY. Hey, there's an idea...
C ya,
Chas, K8IJ
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RTTY RU
Charlie Trice <k8ij@...>
So where are y'all?
73,
Chas, K8IJ
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Re: RTTY RU
Steve W3HF
Some of us are here. I took a few minutes out of Kids Day operation to call you, Chas. Kids made 8 QSOs so far, but company is here, so that will be it for us. Steve W3HF
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PSKFest
N3DQU@...
Hey guys, the PSKFest is only two short weeks away would you believe!
Well, I did manage to get the event listed in QST and Worldradio, but unfortunately I submitted the PSKFest Rules for publication before we decided to delete the serial number as part of the contest exchange. The rules posted on the 070 website are correct, but I suspect we will run across a PSKer or two out there who didn't get the word about the change or don't have access to the internet and will insist on a serial number from you. So if you have a spare macro you aren't going to be using that weekend, suggest you set it up to say something like "Contest rules were changed om, only RST and SPC required for exchange." Hopefully, he will say thanks and let you go without much of a fight hi! Jay de 'dqu on da palm ..
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TDW still needs a bonus station!
N3DQU@...
Just a reminder that we still need one more bonus station for the upcoming
TDW which is going to be held May 31. North America and Central Europe are taken, so anyone in a geographical location other than those two areas who would like to volunteer for this low paying but highly satisfying job, please send me an email direct to n3dqu@aol.com...Tnx in advance...Jay. de 'dqu on da palm ..
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Re: Cluster
DL2AYL@...
There you can find the dx-cluster for the
digi-modes
Don't forget the question mark, it belongs to the
address.
73's de DL2AYL
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Re: Cluster
Steve W3HF
Hi All PSK'ersBob - I agree that there are much fewer PSK spots than CW or SSB. I tend to check occasionally on the DX Summit web site, and use their Digital mode filter. That also includes SSTV and RTTY, but maybe half the spots are PSK. Steve W3HF
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Cluster
Bob Balint <rbalint@...>
Hi All PSK'ers
After
hiding in the woodwork and monitoring this very good reflector for about six
months . I thought I'd jump in and ask a question . I chase DX and am on the DX
clusters quite frequently but I very rarely see any PSK spots.Is there a reason
for this or am I just missing them?
73 de KF3AA Bob
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Re: So what do ya think?
Steve W3HF
Maybe John is not too often on the bands, he would have known thatMy thoughts exactly (although I have yet to work an FK from here in Pennsylvania). Very well said, Erika. 73, Steve W3HF
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Re: So what do ya think?
DL2AYL@...
Maybe John is not too often on the bands, he would have known that FR8HA is
every day on the bands and nearly every PSKer in his reach must have worked him, the same applies to the FK8 stations, they are very active, have worked several in several digi-modes - and that is the great advantage of the PSK mode, you can have also a leisurely chat with a rare dx, besides that I have worked 180 dx-entities in PSK, started in December 2000, you can have both in PSK, chasing dx and making new friends. 73's Erika/DL2AYL
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Re: So what do ya think?
Ernest Mills <emills@...>
Hi Jay,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Brilliant, It is brilliant. I have written to Jim as you suggest and told him what I think, asked him to subscribe me and told him about our efforts with PODXS DPX :) Lets see what he comes up with eh! Ernie.
----- Original Message -----
From: <N3DQU@aol.com> To: <070@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 9:41 PM Subject: [070] So what do ya think? Here is an excerpt from Jim's Gazette NL#113, a web-based newsletter courtesy of N2HOS. He writes mostly about RTTY, but every so often he has something about PSK in his newsletters. You can subscribe to Jim's Gazette by sending an email to < jem@n2hos.com >, just tell him you want to get on the list. His comments on PSKer's are interesting, dontcha think? Jay N3DQU. (start of excerpt)"...Speaking of DX, I continue to ponder the fate of good-to-rare DX on the PSK31 frequencies. Maybe these ops just need a map. Or, and this is the more likely conclusion, they just don't share the ham's traditional interest in, obsession or love affair with the subject of DX. The available evidence also suggests they don't give a damn about contests, either. Clearly this is a new breed of digital folk and, while it is easy to make fun of their seemingly na�ve approach to the digital arena, the group might be the best thing that has happened to us since the arrival of the computer in the ham shack. Allow me to illustrate just how serious this disinterest situation is. Two days ago I tuned to 20 meters after a weeklong absence from the band. There were 10-12 traces on the waterfall and, as usual, I clicked five or six of them in order to get some idea of propagation. Image my surprise when, right in the middle of the display, I found an FK8 chatting away with a W7, delivering a solid signal into this part of Florida. I couldn't wait for them to sign as the exchange full of personal non-macro information went on for several more minutes. Unheard of! Finally the moment came when both signed. After a few seconds of silence I called the FK8 but he chose to go QRT and I missed out. I called again and then remained on frequency for a few minutes to see if he might come back with a 'QRZ,' but no such luck. Suddenly it dawned on me that I was the only station calling. Nobody else had seen the print or, if they did, care a bit about making the contact. I watched for several more minutes to just to make certain, all the while shaking my head in disbelief. So, I tuned down a few more Hz and there was another surprise. FR5HA was calling CQ, calling CQ, and calling CQ. There were no takers during the time I watched, even though Joseph's signal was quite strong with fine print here. It seemed that everybody else was too busy chatting away to even notice. These keyboarders seem to have more interest in exploring the pure joy of discovering new friends, regardless of location, than in the tightly focused search for a new country or a higher score. This just might lead to the restoration of the lost art of conversation on the digital HF bands. My goodness, what an act of heresy that would be! HI Some might say that they are not ignoring such opportunities, they simply don't understand what digital modes are all about, that they are a bunch of 'newbies,' sort of like a bunch of 'cb-ers.' I don't think so. I have a habit of eavesdropping whenever I see that someone is making his or her first or second QSO in PSK. Frequently they explain that they are trying this new mode after long stints in CW or SSB. Often it is an attempt to revive their interest in the hobby. Some are coming back to a digital mode after a long absence-one from the 'big iron' days of RTTY. But I've copied few stories about being new to the hobby. My sample, of course, is not very scientific! The lure of PSK to an experienced ham, though, is easy to understand. He/she has a computer. The software is free. Voila! You're on the air with no investment in new gear or antennas. Exploration and experimentation has never been more convenient! Whatever the reason behind this unusual behavior, this phenomenal development provides a major benefit to the digital portion of the spectrum. They are, after all, restoring round-the-clock usage to all our bands. 10-15-20 (and 6-12-17 as well) are no longer glaring spots of inactivity except for those hours or days when the DX fanatics fire up and chase the new, new one (a temporary station on a distant rock in one of the oceans) or when the contest gun-slingers fill the weekends and bands with thousands of two second exchanges. Nothing wrong with either pursuit, but we old hands might profitably spend some time on the air chasing new PSK contacts, getting to know this new breed, getting back in the habit of normal, extended, satisfying digital conversation. It was pure, unadulterated fun back in the good old days . . . and, you know what, it still is....." (end of excerpt). To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: 070-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com or N3DQU@aol.com. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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This for the DXer's out there!
N3DQU@...
From the latest issue of the 425 DX News:
(start of excerpt) >>> 425DXN - THE POLISH AND RUSSIAN VERSIONS <<< The Editors of 425 DX News are grateful to Pawel F. Rozenek, SQ8BGQ, who translates the bulletin into Polish language for his club station (SP8YCB), and to Alexander G. Venderovich, UA9MHN, who has been producing a Russian version since February 2001. You can find them at http://www.eter.ariadna.pl/dxserwis/ and http://www.qsl.net/rw9mc respectively or through the links at http://www.425dxn.org (end of excerpt)
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So what do ya think?
N3DQU@...
Here is an excerpt from Jim's Gazette NL#113, a web-based newsletter
courtesy of N2HOS. He writes mostly about RTTY, but every so often he has something about PSK in his newsletters. You can subscribe to Jim's Gazette by sending an email to < jem@n2hos.com >, just tell him you want to get on the list. His comments on PSKer's are interesting, dontcha think? Jay N3DQU. (start of excerpt)"...Speaking of DX, I continue to ponder the fate of good-to-rare DX on the PSK31 frequencies. Maybe these ops just need a map. Or, and this is the more likely conclusion, they just don't share the ham's traditional interest in, obsession or love affair with the subject of DX. The available evidence also suggests they don't give a damn about contests, either. Clearly this is a new breed of digital folk and, while it is easy to make fun of their seemingly naïve approach to the digital arena, the group might be the best thing that has happened to us since the arrival of the computer in the ham shack. Allow me to illustrate just how serious this disinterest situation is. Two days ago I tuned to 20 meters after a weeklong absence from the band. There were 10-12 traces on the waterfall and, as usual, I clicked five or six of them in order to get some idea of propagation. Image my surprise when, right in the middle of the display, I found an FK8 chatting away with a W7, delivering a solid signal into this part of Florida. I couldn't wait for them to sign as the exchange full of personal non-macro information went on for several more minutes. Unheard of! Finally the moment came when both signed. After a few seconds of silence I called the FK8 but he chose to go QRT and I missed out. I called again and then remained on frequency for a few minutes to see if he might come back with a 'QRZ,' but no such luck. Suddenly it dawned on me that I was the only station calling. Nobody else had seen the print or, if they did, care a bit about making the contact. I watched for several more minutes to just to make certain, all the while shaking my head in disbelief. So, I tuned down a few more Hz and there was another surprise. FR5HA was calling CQ, calling CQ, and calling CQ. There were no takers during the time I watched, even though Joseph's signal was quite strong with fine print here. It seemed that everybody else was too busy chatting away to even notice. These keyboarders seem to have more interest in exploring the pure joy of discovering new friends, regardless of location, than in the tightly focused search for a new country or a higher score. This just might lead to the restoration of the lost art of conversation on the digital HF bands. My goodness, what an act of heresy that would be! HI Some might say that they are not ignoring such opportunities, they simply don't understand what digital modes are all about, that they are a bunch of 'newbies,' sort of like a bunch of 'cb-ers.' I don't think so. I have a habit of eavesdropping whenever I see that someone is making his or her first or second QSO in PSK. Frequently they explain that they are trying this new mode after long stints in CW or SSB. Often it is an attempt to revive their interest in the hobby. Some are coming back to a digital mode after a long absence-one from the 'big iron' days of RTTY. But I've copied few stories about being new to the hobby. My sample, of course, is not very scientific! The lure of PSK to an experienced ham, though, is easy to understand. He/she has a computer. The software is free. Voila! You're on the air with no investment in new gear or antennas. Exploration and experimentation has never been more convenient! Whatever the reason behind this unusual behavior, this phenomenal development provides a major benefit to the digital portion of the spectrum. They are, after all, restoring round-the-clock usage to all our bands. 10-15-20 (and 6-12-17 as well) are no longer glaring spots of inactivity except for those hours or days when the DX fanatics fire up and chase the new, new one (a temporary station on a distant rock in one of the oceans) or when the contest gun-slingers fill the weekends and bands with thousands of two second exchanges. Nothing wrong with either pursuit, but we old hands might profitably spend some time on the air chasing new PSK contacts, getting to know this new breed, getting back in the habit of normal, extended, satisfying digital conversation. It was pure, unadulterated fun back in the good old days . . . and, you know what, it still is....." (end of excerpt).
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Re: My DX-JA
hamopcq
Hello All
Well I'm glad to see the band is open somewhere else. It is certainly NOT open here on the East Coast. I know 10mtrs was hot for a while, but has cooled off. What band(s) and what times has everyone been working?. I've seen Panama and Mexico lately but no JA's here. Regards, Lenny K2LAM --- In 070@y..., spdomingue@a... wrote: Thought I might let everyone know I stumbled into a JA New YearParty, think it was a 3 day event as keep working them so that did help and I do have a great direct path to JA usually well it has been down the past few nights. And the diodes are working on the EA's but seam to not affect the EA8 stations.
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Diodes?
Duncan McMahon <zl3jt@...>
de Jungle Telegraph,
While you've all been frigging around puttin' diodes in Steve's coax, I worked Gus 9U5D on PSK on the long path over USA!.... Just thought I'd let ya know, but I haven't caught OY4TN yet 'cos the damn diodes aren't workin' outa Europe.... perhaps you could fix it up for me? 73s __________________________________________________ Advertise with ZFREE - to find out more click below http://www.zfree.co.nz/about-us/advert.html
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Re: My DX-JA
bernie_kf4fhs <kf4fhs@...>
Hey Steve,
When you gonna be on again ?? I need Idaho ! 73, Bernie / KF4FHS/7 Yelm, WA.
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Re: My DX-JA
Steve W3HF
And the diodes are working on the EA's but seem to not affect the EA8(more whispered voices) I told you we needed both African AND European model diodes, not just the European ones. (second voice) That's okay. There aren't enough hams in EA8 and EA9 on PSK for him to do it alone. As long as those European diodes keep working ....
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Re: OK got to the form now What
Steve W3HF
Sorry Steve. No plot (but not a bad idea).(whispered voice 1) ... too bad the japanese diodes we hid in his antenna feed line didn't work ... (whispered voice 2) ... at least he hasn't found the spanish-speaking ones .... (voices fade)
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