"Bert Craig" wrote in message
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:
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Bert Craig wrote:
Just finished up with K8BBM to put WY in the log and earn WAS
QRP
CW!

Next goal is WAC, then DXCC.

...and it all started with PA on 7031 on 9/10/03...courtesy of
N2EY.
Tnx
Jim. :-)

Good show - Congratulations.

You're already at least three countries into your dxcc, now go
get
the
other 97. If I were you I'd concentrate on 20 & 15M where QRP
signals
have a better shot at the long-haul goodies than they do on 40M.


--
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
FISTS #9384
QRP ARCI #11782

w3rv

Thats another easy one these days. I make DXCC nearly every
contest
I
enter.

I agree, been there, done it and then some, a 48-hour dxcc is almost
a
no-brainer IF you have a reasonably competitive station, dxing
experience, the sun spots are with you and you stay in the seat.
Those
are all big "ifs" though. If Bert sticks to 40M with 5w and some
air-cooled wire he has a *real* slog ahead of him (years?) I for one
simply don't have the patience to deal with. All that aside yupper,
his
best shot at new ones per hour by far is during the cw dx contests.

I prefer 20 for hunting DX. The contacts seem to come mush easier and
my 5 W appear to goe much farther, literally. I can't really do much
re. my antenna situation but I'm increasing my pwr out tho. Anywhere
from 40 W to 100 W should suffice. I'm swapping the Carolina Windom for
an 88' doublet, hoping for favorable lobe placement of the 20 EDZ.

You better believe that you'll find me (Or vice versa, hi.) during CW
contests. Some of my states were nabbed during the ubiquitous "bacon
runs."

Without the QSL's of course...hi

Boo! No counter!

I have a very good return rate so far. I always include a
self-addressed Air Mail envelope along with the appropriate green
stamp/IRC(s). If a US station requests a SASE, I comply. Life's too
short and I'm havin' too much fun to sweat the $0.37, although I
certainly respect those who do.

Hey Bert - How many states do you actually have confirmed so far?

Well, I just checked my QSL cards and I currently have 18 "in hand"
with Belarus, The Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Sweden expected in
the mail. I'm encouraged by the fact that theses were all casual
"contacts of opportunity" while hunting down the final few states
for WAS.

Dan/W4NTI

w3rv

73 de Bert
WA2SI


When I said "without QSL's" I meant this. I don't usually count contest
QSO's for my dx hunting. So I forgot about all the thousands of cards I
have here from the bureau over the last many years. So I am sure I have
enough cards for most, if not all, of the awards offered.

I'm just not much of a paper hunter....except for contest certificates.

Dan/W4NTI

Dan/W4NTI wrote:

When I said "without QSL's" I meant this. I don't usually count
contest
QSO's for my dx hunting. So I forgot about all the thousands of
cards I
have here from the bureau over the last many years. So I am sure I
have
enough cards for most, if not all, of the awards offered.

I'm just not much of a paper hunter....except for contest
certificates.

There are all sorts of directions one can opt to go in this game.

I wouldn't ignore a Q with Sprately just because I happened to work him
in the CQ WW or some such. Particularly these days when the expeditions
to rare places go there specifically to operate in the contests. I also
collect paper but for the most part only the really tough ones. A 5BWAZ
is about as tough as they come and I'm not even close. Ya got an 80M
Zone 23 card in your stacks?

Dan/W4NTI

w3rv

I figured the comments about the QSLs would get mixed into this thread. I
have said many times the stations that I've had contact with while on
HF--and they've all been questioned and discounted because I "don't have a
QSL" to prove it. Ha!! Don't need the paper--I knew I did it; although I
am not all that sure that the contacts I've had are all that "special."

Not a paper chaser at all, never was even intrigued by it. Not a QSLer,
although I design them all the time--THAT's the part I like. I really enjoy
designing them.

So, it appears Dan must've said something, again, about not having QSLs for
a contact. Pfffffttttttt, who cayas?

Kim W5TIT


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Dan/W4NTI wrote:

When I said "without QSL's" I meant this. I don't usually count
contest
QSO's for my dx hunting. So I forgot about all the thousands of
cards I
have here from the bureau over the last many years. So I am sure I
have
enough cards for most, if not all, of the awards offered.

I'm just not much of a paper hunter....except for contest
certificates.

There are all sorts of directions one can opt to go in this game.

I wouldn't ignore a Q with Sprately just because I happened to work him
in the CQ WW or some such. Particularly these days when the expeditions
to rare places go there specifically to operate in the contests. I also
collect paper but for the most part only the really tough ones. A 5BWAZ
is about as tough as they come and I'm not even close. Ya got an 80M
Zone 23 card in your stacks?

Dan/W4NTI

w3rv

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Dan/W4NTI wrote:

When I said "without QSL's" I meant this. I don't usually count
contest
QSO's for my dx hunting. So I forgot about all the thousands of
cards I
have here from the bureau over the last many years. So I am sure I
have
enough cards for most, if not all, of the awards offered.

I'm just not much of a paper hunter....except for contest
certificates.

There are all sorts of directions one can opt to go in this game.

I wouldn't ignore a Q with Sprately just because I happened to work him
in the CQ WW or some such. Particularly these days when the expeditions
to rare places go there specifically to operate in the contests. I also
collect paper but for the most part only the really tough ones. A 5BWAZ
is about as tough as they come and I'm not even close. Ya got an 80M
Zone 23 card in your stacks?

Dan/W4NTI

w3rv

Sure do, just printed em up...hi. Understand.

Dan/W4NTI