[SEDXC] 5BDXCC!

Fri Jan 26 17:20:22 EST 2018

Hey guys...
I have a 6 meter beam
Free for the pick up can’t remember if it’s a 5-6 element. I think it’s a cushcraft. 
Might need to cut your way to the spot where it is...😂
Jack
404-444-7373

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> On Jan 26, 2018, at 3:40 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <lists at subich.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> As for 6m — this is going to take forever… What we need are some
>> sunspots.
> Not necessarily.  There are several propagation modes that can provide
> QSOs using FT8, JT65 or JT9.  There are easily 50 or more countries in
> North/Central America and the norther tier of South America that are
> workable using Sporadic-E in the spring/summer regardless of the sunspot
> number.  There are another dozen countries further south in South
> America that are workable using TEP (trans equatorial propagation) most
> years.  In addition, there are two to three dozen countries in Western
> Europe and northern/western Africa to make 100 if one is diligent.
> 
> I have 76 with nothing more than 100W and a dipole or vertical.  With a
> modest yagi that number would be a lot higher.
> 
> 73,
> 
>   ... Joe, W4TV
> 
> 
>> On 1/26/2018 1:28 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
>> Already working on the WARC bands. I have 139 confirmed on 30m, I just need 8 more on 17m, and 22 more on 12m. (I’ve worked 115 on 17m, and 112 on 12m, just have to get the doggone confirmations….) And 160m, I need 57 confirmations. Yeah, that one is going to take a while.
>> As for 6m — this is going to take forever… What we need are some sunspots.
>>> On Jan 25, 2018, at 5:19 PM, Chuck, AE4CW <ae4cw at att.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Belated congratulations, Bill!  These goals are really healthy incentives to get on the air.  For everyone who has 5-band, there are the WARC bands to keep you busy, and of course, there is 160, my current nemesis!  And, for a real challenge, don't forget 6M and 10-band DXCC!!
>>> ---
>>> Chuck, AE4CW
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: SEDXC [mailto:sedxc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 04:17:PM
>>> To: Jeffrey Otterson <otterson_nospam at nhrc.net>
>>> Cc: SEDXC <sedxc at contesting.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [SEDXC] 5BDXCC!
>>> 
>>> I got 30m last year, but it doesn’t count for 5BDXCC! You have to get DXCC on each of the traditional, harmonically related bands of 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m.
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 25, 2018, at 1:48 PM, Jeffrey Otterson <otterson_nospam at nhrc.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I just finished mine in December, too.  it was a race to see if 80 or 30 got to 100 first, and both were tough.  I had set DXCC Challenge and  5BDXCC + WARC as a goal for 2017.
>>>> 
>>>> Now I find that I am lacking ambition to work the radio as hard as I did last year.  The Grid Chase does not excite me.
>>>> 
>>>> Congratulations, Bill.
>>>> 
>>>> Jeff n1kdo
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Mike Greenway <K4PI at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>>> Congrats Bill.  It can be a long trail to winding that award up.  GL 73 Mike K4PI
>>>> 
>>>> From: Bill Coleman
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 12:52 PM
>>>> To: SEDXC
>>>> Subject: [SEDXC] 5BDXCC!
>>>> 
>>>> Well, I messed up my card submission in December, so I left off my application for 80m DXCC, I just had endorsements. No matter, I figured, when it is finished, I’ll just submit an LoTW application for 80m and 5BDXCC.
>>>> 
>>>> Turns out, unless you have a confirmation for 80m, you can’t apply for the 80m award on LoTW, even if you already have 100 credits!
>>>> 
>>>> So, I had to wait until my J5T confirmations came in. With that done, I applied this morning for 80m DXCC and 5BDXCC (with the 30m endorsement), and it is already approved!
>>>> 
>>>> I only started pursuing DXCC back in 2003 when LoTW started up. I remember Jim Streible K4DLI telling me that it took him 30 years to get his 5BDXCC. Didn’t quite take me that long with LoTW.
>>>> 
>>>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
>>>> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
>>>> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>>>>            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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>>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
>>> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
>>> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
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>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
>> Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
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