[Elecraft] VP6DX on CW

[Dave Andrus]

Al:

You have my sympathies!  Only a few have it worse--somebody should  
also look up K5NN and ask him how he feels about it!

Nope, don't know him.  ;-)

73,

Dave K7DAA
http://www.k7daa.com

On Feb 27, 2008, at 8:05 PM, AJSOENKE at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/27/2008 2:32:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> w6jd at comcast.net writes:
> I would point out that in order to work DXpeditions  such as VP6DX
> on CW, realistically, all that is required is the ability to   
> recognize your
> own call.
> Your report will be "5NN" or, perhaps "599". Your  response is  
> something
> like "TU 5NN BK" or "QSL 5NN BK" or just "5NN BK",  easily stored
> in a memory. If you have the K3 cw decode ability you may not  even
> need to recognize your call! Do I approve of this type of  
> operation?  Not
> really but anyting that encourages cw operation is a  plus.
>
> 73,
> Doug
> W6JD
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> OTOH, the requirement for a QSL is to establish and confirm 2-way  
> contact.
> At the rate they were making contacts, sometimes five or six a  
> minute, I'd say
> the requirement was adequately met when they returned my call  
> accurately. BTW
> 'VNN' to most contesters and DX  just sounds like the tail of  
> another 5NN -
> which sure doesn't make it any easier. After 4 hours of listening to  
> them
> working Northern Europe, I was never quite sure if it was my call  
> coming back or
> an RST.
>
> The best part of the contacts with VP6DX was working 12, 17, 1nd 30  
> M for
> the first time on an 80 M Dipole, and working RTTY with the bug.
>
> 73  es CUL, AL WA6VNN
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