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Peter Dougherty wrote:
I respectfully disagree with that entire premise. There are many DXpeditions I've worked whose operations have been terrible. You're making some huge assumptions in your posts: That every dx-pedition's goal is to work everyone on Earth who calls them and even those who don't. That in order to mount a dx-ped, all the ops must be top notch dx-ers, must speak English with a Brooklyn accent and must be familiar with the FCC approved US band plan (the so-called "target areas" you called it). That in order to "give a new one to as many hams as possible", the operation must be able to provide S9+ signal into all areas of the World by using the most sophisticated antenna systems and amps available. That your perusing the DX Cluster and subsequent calling of the DX-ped, whether successful or not, counts as "investing substantial time and effort" and that anyone should care about that. That anyone should give a rat's ass about anyone else's frustrations about not being able to take a "crack" at the dx-ped. There are two phenomena that drastically changed dxing for the worse. One is the worst thing that ever happened to ham radio, the DX Cluster which just about killed off the art of chasing dx and turned it into a McDX Happy Meal where any idiot with basic reading skills is able to join the bloody fray at the touch of a button. The other is the inevitable robot style "you're 59, QRZ?" type of operation that has become the norm nowadays (spot me on the Cluster, gov'ner, 59, eh, nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more, say no more?) due to the realization that money can be made on thousands of QSLs - it's the economy, stupid. So now that dxing has been dumbed down, you're arguing for the game to be watered down even further by insisting on nothing but English speaking operators with years of dxing experience and operating skills and with unlimited resources, so that a given dx-ped can be worked at will by everyone on every band, in every mode with nothing less than an S9+ signal??? You want fries with that? 73 ... WA7AA -- Anti-spam measu look me up on qrz.com if you need to reply directly |
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