[CQ-Contest] kENWOOD TS590 YAHOO USER GROUP

[XV4Y (Yan)]

Hi Brian,

First thanks for QSO on 10m. QSB was deep and my two 10m antennas are somewhat broken.
This year my participation to ARRL 10m will be limited...

Regarding the TS-590 group, there two Yahoo Groups I know for historical reasons :
50% of the members of each group are in both.
This one, older and more popular, which members are more europeans (original owner was HB9, but the owner is now a ZL) :
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KenwoodTS-590
And this one (less popular, more US stations) :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TS-590S/

There are no reasons you should be refused membership and both groups are active.
If you need help, I will contact the moderators.

73,
Yan.
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Yannick DEVOS - XV4Y
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http://varc.radioclub.asia/

> Le 12 déc. 2015 à 06:40, cq-contest-request at contesting.com a écrit :
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> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:46:15 +0000 (UTC)
> From: brian coyne <g4odv at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] kENWOOD TS590 YAHOO USER GROUP.
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> I recently obtained one of these rigs and applied to subscribe for membership. I just received a reply as follows.....
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>>>> Your request to join the KenwoodTS-590 group was not approved.
>>>> The moderator of each Yahoo! group chooses whether to restrict
>>>> membership in the group. Moderators who choose to restrict
>>>> membership also choose whom to admit.
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> As our hobby is all about sharing knowledge and helping each other I do find this response surprising to say the least and a distinct lack of courtesy in failing to give a reason for the declination .
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> Is anyone able to tell me who is the strange minded person who is the moderator of this group as, I presume, they (he) are USA based and why they should adopt such a restrictive undesirable policy which most certainly does not subscribe to the Ham Spirit.
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> 73? Brian 5B4AIZ / C4Z - who has fingers crossed for some propagation? to USA this weekend for the ARRL 10m? Contest.
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