Just because it shows up as a packet spot doesn't mean you're going to work it.
I never worked Ed when he was in P5. I never worked Chuck Brady or the
other op (Petrus?) when they were on Bouvet. I am on the Honor Roll
but it took me 17 years. I still work for a living and can't run home
every time something is spotted on packet. So I still need 3Y/Bouvet,
A5, A9, EP, YA and P5.
73, Zack W9SZ
On 3/1/11, Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com> wrote:
> Hi Doug
>
> Getting on the honor roll is now a lot easier than it probably was when you
> got on it.
>
> I did some checking and in 1961 there were 131 honor roll hams. Now,
> according the the ARRL site, there are 35 pages of honor roll hams.
>
> Come to the shack, turn on DX Summit, see if the DX is on. If not, go back
> upstairs.
>
> If they are on, computer tells me which frequency, which mode, where they
> are listening. If I call long enough, I'll probably get them.
>
> I've got DXCC here, but just enough to get into the WVDXC. For the rest of
> the ones I've worked, (around 300), not all that interested in going any
> higher.
>
> Lots different now than it was in the 50's :-) 73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
>
>
>> Maybe everyone should tear down their antenna farms, sell all radio and
>> related equipment and DX over the internet. Because this is the direction
>> where DXing and contesting and communication (i.e. Skype) is headed.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>
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