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« Reply #150 on: April 02, 2023, 09:04:27 AM »

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« Reply #151 on: April 02, 2023, 12:37:17 PM »

I apologize I posted the previous message in the wrong thread, please remove it  :'(
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« Reply #152 on: April 02, 2023, 10:25:07 PM »

is there any word when oqrs will open
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« Reply #153 on: Today at 06:45:51 AM »

I'm not sure if I'm overachieving or slumming it here.  Rcently I did 22 slots on HD8M, 17 slots on 3B7M, and 30 slots on TN8K.

It's called pigging out. But at least those you worked here are using the leaderboard feature. I'm a reformed piggy having participated in the piggy board game years ago, but never saw the need to get on eHam and boast about my slots. "Hey, look at me, look what I did." No matter how many slots we work, no one really cares but we and our egos. Contrary to what some may say, this practice does deny others a chance who may actually need a new one or a band. And that doesn't necessarily mean they are little pistols or undeserving. Not everyone has the propagation to work areas that may favor us during some DXpeditions. I know a VK6 who was down to 3 for all 340 when he finally worked either CY9 or CY0 a few years ago.

There's one who posts here who has worked CY0S with a 10-160 sweep and 21 slots. Below, is what he already had confirmed from past DXpeditions to CY0. This is from the data he uploaded to ClubLog. And CY0S is NOT using the leaderboard feature according to ClubLog. All he had to gain was that one 60M slot. Wouldn't surprise me if he got on that RHR thingy, used the internet, and paid to work these slots he didn't even need. He must just be feeding his ego. Want call him out, but... Hint... He started this thread.

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« Reply #154 on: Today at 08:18:26 AM »

Jesus, you took the time and effort to research what slot he needed or had to judge him on what he worked?  ATNO's come few and far between and I won't be shutting off the radio or passing traffic on 75 meters in between.  Wayne suggested this opinion would come about....  Some consider it a hobby to work slots on expeditions.  Calling yourself "reformed" implies you had a deficiency.  I disagree with that notion.  I like to improve my skills and station and see it work when I do so.  If someone doesn't make an ATNO and its truly because I made slot #18, it should motivate them to improve. I certainly am not going to be so far up someone's behind to know all the slots they need and get on forums to broadcast it when the work a slot twice.
 I've been in the same boat but chose to not use jealousy and to blame others for why I didn't succeed. 
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« Reply #155 on: Today at 08:30:11 AM »

OQRS is open for CY0S
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« Reply #156 on: Today at 08:50:36 AM »

OQRS is open for CY0S
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David  KE4YD

I need a LoTW confirmation for one band.  Does anybody know if they'll upload their log or must I use OQRS to get the upload?
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« Reply #157 on: Today at 08:58:39 AM »

OQRS is open for CY0S
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Tnx David
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« Reply #158 on: Today at 08:58:44 AM »

If they accepted any donation from NCDXF, they will upload to lotw as part of the agreement.  I can't remember if the foundation required it within 6mo or a year.  I made a donation before oqrs, but I'll still use oqrs at lunch to get a card and expedite the LOTW.
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« Reply #159 on: Today at 10:14:19 AM »

This one somehow snuck up on me so I didn't contribute in advance.

I did put my OQRS in the moment I heard it was opened.  Based on the rest of the expedition results, I expect to get the LOTW shortly.  Unfortunately, they don't offer an LOTW only -- I'd glady do without the card and leave them a bit more money, but they didn't give me a way to do it.  So, I'm sure I'll have a nice card it due course also.
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« Reply #160 on: Today at 10:21:14 AM »

It's called pigging out. But at least those you worked here are using the leaderboard feature. I'm a reformed piggy having participated in the piggy board game years ago, but never saw the need to get on eHam and boast about my slots.

There's one who posts here who has worked CY0S with a 10-160 sweep and 21 slots. Below, is what he already had confirmed from past DXpeditions to CY0. This is from the data he uploaded to ClubLog. And CY0S is NOT using the leaderboard feature according to ClubLog. All he had to gain was that one 60M slot. Wouldn't surprise me if he got on that RHR thingy, used the internet, and paid to work these slots he didn't even need. He must just be feeding his ego. Want call him out, but... Hint... He started this thread.
You know you can mention my call if you want to. I really don't mind. I didn't put up a nice station to only work boring crap. It's fun chasing pileups and honing my skills when a semi-rare one comes up. Like everything in life, keeping in practice is important. No RHR needed for this one. and if you don't like it, tough. I don't care. We each chase DX in our own way.
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« Reply #161 on: Today at 10:37:12 AM »

All confirmed on LOTW.  That was quick!  Oink Oink
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« Reply #162 on: Today at 10:43:26 AM »

You know you can mention my call if you want to. I really don't mind. I didn't put up a nice station to only work boring crap. It's fun chasing pileups and honing my skills when a semi-rare one comes up. Like everything in life, keeping in practice is important. No RHR needed for this one. and if you don't like it, tough. I don't care. We each chase DX in our own way.

You honed your skills chasing 9X5RU?  I don't know how you're just a few from #1 HR if you still need to practice pileup skills in what were very easy pileups.  Just admit you'll work DX the way you want and leave it at that because you didn't acquire any skills in those pileups.
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« Reply #163 on: Today at 11:03:27 AM »

Who doesn't work dx the way they want?  Admit?  Your insinuating he did something wrong.  One mans easy pileup is another's failure.  They stay easy with practice.  I'd say the first few days they were not as easy.  Some people like the challenge.  Others ragchew with VK'sd and ZL's on weekends and call themselves DX'ers.  Who are you, or any of you to judge? 
This place really has become the grumpy old man loitering spot.
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« Reply #164 on: Today at 11:43:56 AM »

You honed your skills chasing 9X5RU?  I don't know how you're just a few from #1 HR if you still need to practice pileup skills in what were very easy pileups.  Just admit you'll work DX the way you want and leave it at that because you didn't acquire any skills in those pileups.

Honed, yes. Acquired, no. There is a difference.

Chasing split CW pileups (and CW DXing in general) requires practice. The same can be said for remembering how to configure RTTY and chase a split RTTY operation. DXpeditions are the only real options for this kind of thing so you're darned tootin' that when I have the time to play radio and there's a semi-rare one on I'll chase 'em up and down the band to fine-tune the needed muscle memory or whatever it's called. It's not for Greenie Hunting either, and I chased slots long before Clublog leaderboards existed.

If you (the generic you) choose to limit yourself to one Q per band and one per mode that's your own self-imposed limit. Same as if you choose to only use radios you build yourself, or only use QRP or only CW, or log on paper or whatever hurdles you want. Knock yourself out and have fun. When you're a handful back from #1 HR you have to be ready in case someone gets a one-day approval for a demonstration station in Pyongyang or a couple of guys get surprise permission to activate Pratas or San Felix.

I vividly remember when 7O6T was announced in 2012. I think there was a 5 day lead time before they went QRV, and at the time Yemen was either #2 or #3 most wanted, behind P5 and either ahead of or just behind Scarborough Reef. Anybody who's skills had atrophied in the weeks or months leading up to that operation may not have gotten them, or had a lot more trouble working them; those pileups were bloody epic. And there's also the time factor. If your skills are up to date and your reflexes are honed it's easy to get it and out of a snarling, nasty dawgpile right quick fast and in a hurry.

But then there are the more mundane reasons: Is my rotor working correctly? Is my SWR still flat where it should be? Do I have my band/mode presets ready to roll, and do I remember how to quickly go split and not accidentally transmit over the DX? How efficient will I be when it comes time to find the CW QSX? Do I know how to properly set FT8 for F/H or determine if the DX is using MSHV? Is my clock accurate? All of these are simple tasks to be sure, but the more I repeat them the more they remain front-and-center in my mind and the less I have to fumble when the alarms go off. Firefighters drill in their downtime for the same reason. Can they still throw a ladder as fast as they were taught? Can they get water flowing in under 60 seconds? Same applies to this hobby or any other endeavour in life. Practice makes perfect, and the only way to practice DX pileups is to work other DX pileups.

I'm sick of the holier-than-thou types who believe their techniques and methodologies are the only acceptable ones that all of us must follow to work DX—as if these were edicts handed down on stone tablets by Hiram Percy Maxim himself. Get over yourselves. You do you and I'll do me.

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