Charlie, that was just about what I was thinking. Basically, 'twas always thus.
I remember operating from a M/M contest station in the early '70s and one of
the old timers, spying our non-memory keyers, commented that we aren't really
sending CW ourselves, it was the little box filled with Dinosaur era IC chips
doing the sending. What would he have thought of N1MM, autofill and Super Check
Partial?
I have modest DXCC totals compared to many here, but my only interest is how I
assess what I have accomplished. It took me roughly 50 years to finally make
Mixed DXCC Honor Roll from my modest stations, and I am frankly not that
impressed :). But I am also not impressed by the dude who bought 10 acres, put
up stacked monobanders, established a "shack" more elaborate in it's own way
than the WCBS TV transmitter facility I worked at in the Empire State Building
when I first came to NYC and proceeded to make Honor Roll in a few years. I did
admire his drive to do all this (and the monetary outlay I could only dream
of), but still...
Maybe someone should establish a new Countries (oops, entities) award whose
rules would make even the most hidebound traditionalist proud. I still suspect
DXCC would keep chugging along, the idea that it has been debased and devalued
is mostly in folks heads. BTW, what former DXCC department head at HQ (who
worked most of his countries elsewhere than CT) would drive out to one of the
big local stations to work a new country (ENTITY...) when one came on the air?
I'll never tell, hi hi.
73, Kevin K3OX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Morrison" <charles.morrison.n1rr@gmail.com>
To: "topband" <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 5, 2024 8:45:08 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Remotes
* If you want to "fix it", petition to change DXCC to read:*
* "4-digit GRID SQUARE" -or- *
* "Same State" -or- *
*"Same Antenna for all contacts"*
* -or- "wearing the same clothes as you wore for your first confirmed
country" *
*instead of "within your country."*
*Then the people who are whining now will still whine = *
* Oh, he's on the higher peak in my grid,*
* Oh, he's visiting his buddy with the 4-Square and they're having a
pizza -&- beer party and I love pizza too. *
* My old clothes dont fit any more.*
* My dial-up mode is too slow for today's internet.*
* I'm still stuck in the 1970's with my Drake line.*
*DXCC RULE 9. Station Location and Boundary:*
*a)* All stations used to make contacts for a specific DXCC award must be
located within the same DXCC entity.
*c)* QSOs made with legally licensed, remotely controlled stations are
allowed to be used for DXCC credit.
Back in the day the A.M operators complained about the SSB guys
"slop-bucket"
So much complaining...
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