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GAZETTE Newsletter #158
5 December 2003
Short Notes: Is there any digital operation in the world on the 10meg band. I
have looked but cannot find anyone? I call CQ but never get a response, says
Pete ZL2AUB. He would enjoy setting up a sked. Just drop him a note at
zl2aub@inspire.net.nz. Heck, thatÕs an easy way to get a ZL on a new band!
Drop him a note today.
He sent this email tucked into the most exotic environment IÕve ever seen.
Floating astronauts, smileys, etc. . If you want to pep up the looks of your
email, just go to www.incredimail.com/english/splash.html. Fun!
>>>>
Marty NW0L is promoting another DXpedition, this one among the more severe
and punishing. This is all about North Dakota and about the ARRL RTTY
Roundup! (You know, ND in JAN). He has already recruited his team--Tom AE9B,
Rick W0ZAP, Lee K0LW and Dave K4SV. Give these brave and deserving guys a
break and work them at least twice during the Roundup! I hope they all know
what the risks are in that infamous winter climate.
>>>>
Well, where are you going to be the weekend of December 6-7? In case you get
snowed in and canÕt go Holiday shopping (you wish), there are two contests
out there that will help keep you busy. Want RTTY? Go for the Melee. PSK your
choice? Then play in the DeathMatch, an all PSK test that runs the full 48
hours of the weekend. There should be a fine turnout this year. Full rules at
www.mdxa1.org/deathmatch.html. The Michigan DX group has dealt us a winner
here.
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Lecture time! Two long Emails from the recent past comment forcefully on two
quite unrelated issues. If I had room, I would print them in their entirety.
But I think you will get the point!
When did you last call CQ on an empty band? I am guilty. You are guilty. We
all are guilty to one degree or another. Here is one way to look at the
problem.
Dear Jim,
If I could send presents to radio operators around the world it would be in
the form of a QSO. These are becoming precious few. Guys like you and your
newsletter sure help to keep the hobby alive, but I think it needs more.
Perhaps all that is required is simply for each of us to be more active by
calling CQ a while each time the rig is turned on . . . instead of passively
monitoring the frequencies or DX clusters.
When I was a kid, I quickly learned that you caught no fish if the bait came
off the hook. There are Hams still out there and this is so obvious every
time there is a contest or when rare DX shows up.
All Hams should make a New Year resolution to be more active in transmitting
and also answering CQ's. It could put some fun and excitement back in the
sport.
73 and Happy Holidays,
Dick Eddy 7J1BBC/KD6AZN
Any questions???
>>>>>>
The FR/E (Europa) DXpedition was heavily criticized in all available media.
Some comments: They were never on on 24/7! They just stopped every now and
then! I was just about to work them and they went QRT! Are these guys on
vacation, or what? And, what they mean but do not quite say is . . . I
deserve to make a QSO with this rare DX country, and they will not serve it
up to me! So, they are bad, bad, bad.
Well, Larry K4WLS, knows a bit about the conditions there. Here are just a
few of the problems the team faced:
--daytime temps of 120-130F (50C) in the shade. Sweating begins early and
lasts late. Heat rash creates severe pain and itching. The sweating depletes
the electrolyte levels of the body creating more problems and lack of
appetite. Three hours is about the maximum time anyone can keep going in this
environment.
-- it is the rainy season and it creates swarms of flies and mosquitoes. The
pain, swelling and itching of the local mosquito is only exceeded by the
Alaskan Tundra version of the bug.
--the Europa team operates close to the French army compound. This requires
them to cease operation at least four times each day to allow military
traffic to move between France and Europa.
This team operates under these conditions to give you a new one. Many worked
them on one band and, sitting in their comfortable shack, complained because
they could not work them on other bands. As always, many were disappointed
(people like Larry) because they do not or can not have the antenna or the
power to make the contact . . . or, as is always the case, many had no clue
as to how to make a DX contact. They called on the wrong frequency or at the
wrong time or in the middle of a QSO, or all of the above, and wondered why
they never made it.
Dave summarizes: This is really just a hobby and, compared to other things in
life, it is really of minor importance. Nobody realizes this now but, later
on in life, they will.
Thanks Dave for saying it so well.
>>>>>>>>>>
There will be no newsletter on 20 December. My nephew and his two teen-age
daughters are arriving from Wyoming soon and will be in residence until the
end of the year. This invasion of my privacy and property is staged at my
request even though I know the girls will attempt to make it impossible for
me to get anything done, let alone the newsletter. So please forgive the
lapse. Your subscription will be extended automatically. HI
Thus, I will take this opportunity to wish all the readers of this epistle a
most wonderful holiday season and a splendid and prosperous 2004.
>>>>>>>
73/88 de Jim N2HOS
jem@n2hos.com
GAZETTE at:
www.n2hos.com/digital
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