[Nodxa] (AF8C) Last chance for good DX
John Papay
john at papays.com
Fri Jun 17 06:49:57 PDT 2011
All,
Old qsl's are an interesting topic for me since I am celebrating
50 years of ham radio this year. Looking back at my first log as
a novice, KN8YSE, I decided to see if those early contacts were still
around.
The third contact I made was with K8AAI who has now changed his
callsign to KN8AI. Bob comes to the NODXA meetings once in a while.
I sent him my 50 year special qsl fot that contact back in 1961.
Contact number two was with KN4NNO in Covington KY. QRZ.com showed
a K4NNO near Covington so it had to be him. He and I are the same
age. After receiving my qsl card, Ron sent me a copy of the qsl card
that I sent to him back in March 1961. Postcards were just 3 cents back
then. Ron said that he is not active on HF now but the equipment is
in place and can be turned on at a moments notice.
My first contact was with K9ZVS; no listing for him. An old callbook
revealed his name and a search on qrz.com came up with W4NGS in North
Carolina, born in 1931. I hope to get a response back from him.
It is amazing that after 50 years, my first three contacts are still
around and licensed. Looking through my 2 meter and 6 meter cards from
that era is a different story. Not very many are still with us.
What a difference in finding this kind of data now compared to the 60's. If
you worked a novice, it wasn't easy to find an address because they would
not be in the current callbook. You waited for a supplement and hoped
someone would buy one that you could use. I found that many of my HF
contacts included a mailing address in the comments field for that reason.
Of course today many DX qsl cards are very difficult to obtain. Some are
charging $$ for them as if you were buying something in a store. Some
want money to put your contact in LOTW. The ARRL has turned a blind eye
to this unacceptable behavior. They just do not want to get involved. I
just wonder what Don Search would have done if he were still there. I'll
have to ask him.
73,
John K8YSE
At 07:16 AM 6/17/2011, Radioal wrote:
>Hi, Scotty. I am talking about QSOs from the 1960s and earlier. I
>have been trying to confirm some of them and have been lucky with some.
>
>Most have been like my 10 meter Chatham Island ZL7/ZL2AFZ from
>January 1969. I found he still had a callbook address (no email
>address) and sent him a letter and card. A few weeks later I got a
>letter back from his granddaughter saying "I'm sure Grandpa would
>have been glad to send you a card, but he passed away two weeks ago".
>
>More recently, I just can't seem to get a card from EP3SMH. He
>answers emails sporadically, but never answers direct questions -
>only "I will send card when yours is in my box".
>
>Working the station IS only a small part of the QSO!
>
>73,
>
>Al - K8EUR
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: james scott
> To: al.dolgosh at hamradio.org ; metro351 at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: wb8n at sbcglobal.net ; nodxa at contesting.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [Nodxa] (AF8C) Last chance for good DX
>
>
> Al, just how old are your 10 meter contacts? Just this week I
> received two qsl's from 1999 that I hadn't sent back then. A 9V
> and and EP came back with a 30 day turnaround.
>
> I hope the science guys are off on their predictions. Cause
> Dxing is my only business.
>
> de Scotty WK3N................beaming up.
>
>
>
> "WK3N NEVER SLEEPS !" Quote from Martti Lane, OH2BH.
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:03:15 -0400
> > From: al.dolgosh at hamradio.org
> > To: metro351 at sbcglobal.net
> > CC: wb8n at sbcglobal.net; nodxa at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [Nodxa] (AF8C) Last chance for good DX
> >
> > Congratulation, Metro!
> >
> > I am waiting for them to process the paperwork for mine - I finally got
> > enough for 10 meters DXCC. Most of the people I worked on 10 meters years
> > ago (when I wasn't collecting confirmations for DXCC) are now
> silent keys,
> > so I had to wait for this cycle to work the entities again!
> >
> > Al - K8EUR
> >
> > > .............I JUST RECEIVED MY 5BDXCC # 6983 WITH ENDORSEMENTS FOR
> > > 30,17, AND 12 METERS.....I WILL BE READY FOR THE NEXT
> CYCLE....73 TO ALL
> > > de W8MET METRO
> > >
> > > --- On Thu, 6/16/11, Brian Hemmis <bhemmis at mac.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Brian Hemmis <bhemmis at mac.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [Nodxa] (AF8C) Last chance for good DX
> > > To: al.dolgosh at hamradio.org
> > > Cc: nodxa at contesting.com
> > > Date: Thursday, June 16, 2011, 8:28 AM
> > >
> > >
> > > I say put the best station together that you can and just get
> on the radio
> > > and have fun. If 10-20m are poor then 160-30 should be good.
> It's only a
> > > hobby-enjoy !
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jun 16, 2011, at 8:11 AM, Alex Dolgosh K8EUR wrote:
> > >
> > >> I think this falls into the category of weather forecasting.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Al - K8EUR
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Glenn,
> > >>>
> > >>> No problem. I plan to have myself cryonically stored and brought
> > >>> back for Cycle 26 when the Bands will REALLY be hot!!
> > >>>
> > >>> 73, Bob K8BL
> > >>>
> > >>> --- On Wed, 6/15/11, Williams, G (AF8C) <af8c at alumni.caltech.edu>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> From: Williams, G (AF8C) <af8c at alumni.caltech.edu>
> > >>> Subject: [Nodxa] (AF8C) Last chance for good DX
> > >>> To: nodxa at contesting.com
> > >>> Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 10:20 PM
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> If you work DX, better plan on being active in 2012. If
> you are as old
> > >>> as
> > >>> I
> > >>> am or older,
> > >>> after this cycle drops you may never see a good cycle again.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Major_Drop_In_Solar_Activity_Predicted_999
> > >>> .html
> > >>>
> > >>> 73,
> > >>> Glenn, AF8C
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