[CW] First DX CW QSO

Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:52:29 -0400

'Reminds me of the fabulous "Telegraph Talk and Talkers" link on K5RW's
page. Check it out if you've not seen it -- you're guaranteed to have a
bummy tig.

http://www.metronet.com/~nmcewen/Telegraph_Talk-McClure-1902.html

73,

Sarah W4EEX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob N0UF" <[email protected]>
To: "CW Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 12:52 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] First DX CW QSO

> Hi Will,
>
> >From http://www.425dxn.org/
>
> 425 DX News #590
> 24 August 2002
> Edited by I1JQJ &IK1ADH
>
> XE     - Amateur radio operators in Mexico are  allowed to use three
> special
>           prefixes through 31 December - 6J1 (for XE1 stations), 6J2 (for
> XE2
>           stations) and  6J3  (for  XE3 stations)  -  to  celebrate  the
> 70th
>           anniversary of Mexicos' IARU society  (FMRE, Federacion Mexicana
> de
>           Radio Experimentadores, http://www.fmre.org.mx). [TNX FMRE]
>
> >From qrz.com:
>
> XE2CD       Lookups: 731
> CARMEN SANTA AHUMADA
> RIO YAQUI 384, FRACC. LAS FUENTES
> MEXICALI, B.C. 21230
> MEXICO
>
> FB on the qso!
>
> 73
> Bob N0UF
> http://www.qsl.net/n0uf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will White" <[email protected]>
> To: "CW" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:37 PM
> Subject: [CW] First DX CW QSO
>
>
> > I had my first DX CW QSO last weekend with Carmen, 6J2CD, QTH Mexicali.
> > It was a difficult QSO, not because of QRQ, QRM, QRN, or QSB, but
> > because of a little case of, ahem, QLF. I kept copying "Nag Nag Carmen
> > Carmen," and things like 'QT5' and '5S 5S,' until I realized Carmen was
> > using a bug and running characters together. So therefore I am still a
> > bit unsure of the call, although the 6J prefix seems to apply to that
> > part of Mexico. I can't find Carmen in QRZ.com, so are there other call
> > servers that might have a better listing of Mexican amateurs?
> >
> > --
> > Will White, KD7BFX
> > Seattle WA US
> > King County, Grid CN87tq
> > ITU Zone 6, CQ Zone 3
> > ***************************************************
> > "The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand.
> > The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat.
> > You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles.
> > The wireless is the same, only without the cat."
> >                                                       - Albert Einstein
> > ***************************************************
> >
> >
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