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WA2KBZ Karl Schulte has contributed to 11 posts out of 11673 total posts
(0.09%) in 8,159 days (0.00 posts per day).
20 Most recent posts:
eAward Suggestions »
eAward Suggestions for 6 Metres Feb 28, 2016 04:47 PM
(Total replies: 5)
iN SIMILAR VEIN, i PROPOSE (AGAIN) A "lOWER 48 was: AWARD. dUE TO PLUNGING SUNSPOTS AND THE RECENT INFLUX OF NEW 6 METER RIGS AND HAMS THERE IS INTEREST BUT ONLY VERY RARE OPENINGS TO hi AND ak. sEE PREVIOUS THREAD UNDER THIS TOPIC. A "WORKED THE LOWER 48 6M AWARD IS A GREAT IDEA, ON PAR WITH THE PRE-1955 (OR SO) was, PRIOR TO hi AND ak BECOMING STATES. 73 KARL WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
eAward Suggestions »
eAward Suggestions for 6 Metres Feb 28, 2016 04:46 PM
(Total replies: 5)
iN SIMULAR VEIN, i PROPOSE (AGAIN) A "lOWER 48 was: AWARD. dUE TO PLUNGING SUNSPOTS AND THE RECENT INFLUX OF NEW 6 METER RIGS AND HAMS THERE IS INTEREST BUT ONLY VERY RARE OPENINGS TO hi AND ak. sEE PREVIOUS THREAD UNDER THIS TOPIC. A "WORKED THE LOWER 48 6M AWARD IS A GREAT IDEA, ON PAR WITH THE PRE-1955 (OR SO) was, PRIOR TO hi AND ak BECOMING STATES. 73 KARL WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
Other suggestions »
callsign variants .. counting towards e-awards Sep 7, 2012 02:47 AM
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But guys, just think how happy you are making other hams when they work you mobile every few miles and keep getting new DXCC countries. BTW, I would not suggest that you tell a Scot that he is in the same country as the English! Wales is a seperate country indeed, ruled by a prince, who however does have rather close ties to the Queen, bless her heart. A Highland Regt Major General explained to me long ago that England is ruled (with help from Parliament) by the Queen of England, while Scotland is ruled (again with help from the Scots Parliament) by the Queen of Scotland; they just happen to be the same person!  WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
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Dowloading files from eQSL. Sep 7, 2012 02:36 AM
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when I download adif from eqsl, to send to arrl, it works fine. It is still text, but run together. I guess it is more compact. Anyway I then go through the tqsl business and uplaod it and ARRL/LOTW accepts it OK. Good luck! Karl WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
Other suggestions »
eqsl log file transfer Sep 7, 2012 02:33 AM
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and do all above on break! WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
eAward Suggestions »
Lower 48 WAS type award on 6M and 2M Sep 7, 2012 02:30 AM
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that was meant to say EAST of Miss. OOOPS! WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
eAward Suggestions »
Lower 48 WAS type award on 6M and 2M Sep 7, 2012 02:29 AM
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After HI and AK came into statehood, it made the 6M WAS orders of magnitude more difficult with less than a super station. WAS was achieveable with a good, decent 100W/3 el type station with luck and a few years. Now - especially as sunpot peaks are steadily going down on a long cycle of cycles, it is only a rare usually brief opening to either, and usually not much at all west of Mississippi. Without extraordinary luck the prize goes to bigger mega stations. I have been on 6m for about 5 years, with many hours on most days year round and have never heard them. One brief opening occured while I was sick or in hosp. and a local with a KW, a 7 el M2 beam at abt 60 ft on top of a hill got HI (barely). I do not say it is impossible as many have WAS now, but seldom does a good station in the east/center part of USA get it w/o the big guns. WAS was not meant to be that hard. Therefore I suggest the Lower 48 award for 6M. As a consolation prize maybe, as an intermediate plateau perhaps, but still something to be proud of -like the old time WAS. By the way, I do not have a poor 6M station: a K3 to PA and low noise GAASFET preamp, to M2 6M5X at 42 ft, fed by LMR400, all on a fairly high hill. My rig is seldom not monitoring 6M (pointed west), I watch DXWATCH reports all day/most of night (am retired) and often call AK and HI at best times just to see if...... NADA. What do you all say? Good idea? 73 Karl WA2KBZ Karl Schulte Also, given the sorry excuse for a sun spot peak, I have suggested to the senior management of eqsl (a great service IMO) that the do a old time (pre-AK and HI WAS such as "Worked Lower 48 on 6Meters" award. This would be a nice intermediate award, equal to the 1950's era, and needed as it is way hard to get HI and AK from much of USA. Like the grid awards on 6 and 2 as well. 73 Karl WA2KBZ/ Jeff City, MO WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
Getting more eQSLs »
Just awarded the Qdx for 75 countries. BUT the other edx award catagories show 74 worked/cnfm'd Sep 6, 2012 08:46 PM
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Why do the various eDX catagories not synch correctly? Was just awarded eDX 75, but the eDX (100) shows I have only 74. This is after updating, waiting a day, etc. Also, how do I handle SWL's? SWL heard me talk to another station; response doesn't fit into eQSL format. Want to be nice but how?? 73 Karl WA2KBZ Karl Schulte
Getting more eQSLs »
Why AG membership if.... Apr 15, 2009 03:47 AM
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bona fortuna ad te amicus Cosimo. I am 6 away (already have 160M and general WAS via ARRL, but want it here too, plus the eDX100. It is really great that CQ awards now accept eqsl's - that is a big thing to get more participation and recognition of eQSL. Rich (editor) made a wise choice. SO WAZ, WPX, etc. is within reach in faster time and much less postage. ciao Karl WA2KBZ Karl Schulte I agree! We need a grid square award for 6 meters and 2 meters, not just UHF. I am shocked that ARRL doesnt use LOTW for VUCC, after all that work (going thru the multiple security stuff). I like the intermediate award idea, like eDX, great to encourage beginners. So maybe an eVHF Lower 48 award (skip HI and AK), A eVU-50 (VUCC Junior) as well as the full deal. We are trying (my fellow 6 and 2M SSB/CW fanatics) to encourage more activity on a daily basis on 2, 6 and even 10M. Bet there are more openings than what we think (if no one is in the woods, does a falling tree make noise? Physics says yes, but if no ears, so what?). Of course the best deal in a while was CQ magazine signing on, now eQSL is with the "big boys". That should get more participation. I have more than enough QSO's for DXCC, and WAS (have it via ARRL) but still missing responses from hams that don't participate. I think the eQSL team has done us a great service! 73 Karl WA2KBZ in MO. EM38 WA2KBZ Karl Schulte |
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