Yup. A lot of guys are wearing themselves out to work them for nothing
73, Ron, K5HM <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm Excelsior! From: WILLIS COOKE [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 9:03 PM To: K5HM; 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB'; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] Cocos Island soon on air They are enroute to Cocos and truly do not count for DXCC yet. When they arrive and get set up on land, they will drop the /MM and then they will count. But they get some pile-up practice time while on the ship. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS _____ From: K5HM via BVARC < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 1:04 PM Subject: Re: [BVARC] Cocos Island soon on air I listened to Cocos this morning on 24.960 and noted that the op is signing as TI9/3Z9DX/MM. If they are truly /MM the contact does not count for DXCC or IOTA credit. Stations signing /MM means they are in international waters; outside the 12 mile limit. In any case DXCC and IOTA rules state DXCC Rule 8 All stations contacted must be "land stations." Contacts with ships and boats, anchored or underway, and airborne aircraft, cannot be counted. Exception: Permanently docked exhibition ships, such as the Queen Mary and other historic ships will be considered land based. IOTA Rule C.3.6 Subject to C.3.7, Contacts with maritime mobile stations near islands, whether or not they operate with a /MM call-sign, will not be accepted for credit. This applies also to stations on board boat in harbour or anchored close to shore. Think I will wait till they get on land. 73, Ron, K5HM <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://www.qrz.com/db/k5hm> www.qrz.com/db/k5hm Excelsior! From: BVARC [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of WILLIS COOKE via BVARC Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:30 PM To: Jonathan Guthrie; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Subject: Re: [BVARC] Cocos Island soon on air True enough Jonathan, but at least you can't rotate your house to the wrong direction. Cocos Island is near enough that you should be able to work them, but a directional antenna and or amplifier is always nice. I am without a good directional antenna these days, but if the rain will hold off for a while I may be able to fix that. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS _____ From: Jonathan Guthrie via BVARC < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [BVARC] Cocos Island soon on air I just want to point that that, for some of us, adjusting the antenna involves rotating the house. On 02/14/2015 01:06 PM, WILLIS COOKE via BVARC wrote: Dont adjust your antennas too far, Cocas Island is bearing 160 @1768 miles. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS _____ From: Bill Stone via BVARC <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2015 12:30 PM Subject: [BVARC] Cocos Island soon on air Ok Boyz and Lassie's now that Navassa is near the end of the DXpedition be lookin for and ajusting the antennas SSW into the Pacific near Cost Rica For TI9/3Z9DX Cocos Island. They project to be on air this Monday or Tuesday I need that one for new DXCC. Good hunting on the DX chase. 73 Bill WS5H _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org -- Jonathan Guthrie ARS KA8KPN _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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