[Mldxcc] QSL Cards

[Rick WA6NHC]

Other than Ogasawara, there was only one JA card.  I generally don't 
even try for JA, I have enough in that deck and I'm ashamed that I don't 
QSL as faithfullly.  ;-)  It's almost as bad as collecting W6 cards.

I've been able to get two ATNO this week; 9G5X (Ghana) and 5U5R on two 
bands (Niger), plus added to the Ivory Coast collection with TU7C but 
Nepal is clearly, solidly IGNORING other than EU/AS (look at the Clublog 
stats, the few NA worked are likely accidental).  The percentage of NA 
has risen to 2% and if we're not being ignored, the 'collection of well 
known DXers' aren't bothering with using any propagation at all.  I'm 
not alone in the frustration, it would be new to me.  Yet they are 
(online) BRAGGING about how they're paying attention to everything (the 
stats disprove that soundly).

Africa has been a mid-afternoon (our time) affair with the current 
conditions.  A few have worked them on 160M (about 1 UTC) but pay 
attention from ~3PM - Midnight local and you should be able to snag 
them.  Both TU7C and 5U5R were on 160 last night, I saw stations working 
them... not even ESP here.  With a slight increase in solar activity, 
Thursday looks promising (17th, St Patty's day).

For sucky conditions, DXing is still fun and I'm REALLY building up an 
interest in Top Band.

Now for a rant; how do we get folks to understand USE the DX Code of 
Conduct?  There are LOADS of really bad ops on all bands; DQRM has risen 
it's head... How do we fix this?

Rick nhc


On 3/15/2017 1:00 PM, Dennis Moore wrote:
> Very nice. From the bureau along with 30 JA cards?
>
> I don't have any of the Africas going on right now, I can't hear them. 
> Go get 'em.
>
> Dennis NJ6G
>
>
> On 3/15/2017 12:55, Rick WA6NHC wrote:
>> Yay, the bird of QSL has landed with another batch!
>>
>>
>> Some of the better places are ZL7 Chatham (5 QSOs); FM/ Martinique 
>> (2); T2 Tuvalu (2); 3D2 Fiji (2); V73 Marshall (7 over 2 cards); V5/ 
>> Namibia (2); T32 Eastern Kiribati (6); VK9 Cocos (Keeling) (1); TX3 
>> Chesterfield Reef (6); A25 Botswana (1, nice Giraffe pic); FR1 
>> Reunion (1) and for really tasty icing on that cake; EP2A Iran (3) 
>> which literally took YEARS to finally obtain.
>>
>> Then the K1N cards (16) came in ; JD1/5 Ogasawara Island (2); CU2 
>> Azores (1, Martti Lane) and OH4 Finland.  Most but not all of these 
>> already had LOTW confirmations, but I've taken an interest in 
>> gathering cards again.
>>
>> It's been a good year and Christmas in March!  Around the world on 
>> radio!
>>
>> How's everyone doing with Africa (3 teams there now)... any luck with 
>> Nepal (9N7EI) or Bangladesh (S21ZED)?
>>
>> Rick nhc
>>
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