Begin forwarded message:
> From: vu2gsm <vu2gsm@yahoo.com>
> Date: January 16, 2018 at 04:28:11 GMT+5:30
> To: Mark van Wijk <pa5mw@home.nl>
> Subject: Re: Topband: VU2GSM webSDR use
>
> Hello All,
> Guess lots and lots of water has flown below the bridge ( and below the
> belt!).
> First place the discussion was never on Top Band and my attention was drawn
> to this thread rather late.
> In sum of the discussions the topic was "use of remote SDRs for receive while
> in a QSO" and as usual topic veered from "for and against" and so on ending
> up with "cheating".
> Discussion will have to run the course and enough is enough .The gentleman
> who posted my personal e mail to another ham must have had the etiquette of
> seeking my permission before publishing my e mail on this thread. So much of
> a talk about " right to privacy"
> In between , when whole thread was not about Top Band" one gentle man in his
> saintly post , offers Top Band QSO for free! on LOTW.
> Whole discussion did not touch up on " legally permitted power for TX."
> Here in VU it is 400w of DC in put( yes 400 w of DC input) and I have been on
> TB from 2006 with that kind of power and I never crossed Asia forget about
> Atlantic.
> Is a QSO with a illegally( power) operating station , not using a remote SDR,
> valid for a DXCC?
> Discussion can be endless and many many pages can be written. At least I have
> honestly stated that " supplement my receive capability with remote SDR" .
> Thanks all for erudite discussions( without hearing the other party).
> vu2gsm
>
> Kanti
>
>
>> On Jan 15, 2018, at 15:39, Mark van Wijk <pa5mw@home.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Manoj.
>>
>> Much appreciate your (RX antenna) efforts !
>>
>> Don't worry too much about the typical negative comments, especially those on
>> chat-rooms.
>>
>> Today's world is too much about "instant gratification at no personal
>> effort".
>> And self-declared know-it-all personalities :)
>>
>> If I cannot work you on Top-Band then it is my is my goal to slowly learn
>> and
>> become better, analyze my efforts&results, built, test antennas and such.
>>
>> In the meantime we can chat somewhere about our efforts and share learnings
>>
>> That is what this wonderful hobby is about.
>>
>> Maybe I work you this season, maybe the next, maybe in 10yrs from now. That's
>> all fine and we have something to look forward to :)
>>
>> Good luck and enjoy !
>>
>> 73 Mark, PA5MW
>>
>>
>>
>>> Op 15 januari 2018 om 6:22 schreef Manoj Ramawarrier <vu2cpl@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am a newbie on TB and started working here only from 02 Dec 2017. I have
>>> so
>>> far 632 QSOs 58 DXCC entities worked and 52 confirmed on lotw.
>>> Each of these QSOs, were hard, but I can proudly say I heard and worked all
>>> on
>>> my TX/RX.
>>>
>>> I have been seeing the discussion on this topic and is equally dismayed and
>>> pained at the comments and conclusions implying all VU’s might be doing
>>> this.
>>> Please don’t generalise that all VUs and 4S7s. I understand VU is rare on TB
>>> and have been getting a lot of email requests and some of them - US5WE and
>>> K4PI had to really sweat it out for almost 2 weeks.
>>> If websdr was the option, we would have done it on first day itself.
>>>
>>> There were complaints on ON4KST chat room that I don’t hear well. Fine, I
>>> went
>>> ahead and installed a 350 ft Beverage and I started hearing much better in
>>> NNW/SSE direction. Now next is an E/W Beverage.
>>>
>>> If any of you want a QSO on any band/mode please feel free to contact. I use
>>> lotw and will be happy to confirm your qso immediately.
>>>
>>> HNY & 73
>>>
>>> Manoj VU2CPL
>>>
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