This may be preaching to the choir, but think there will always be folks
disappointed with some aspect of a DXpedition.
I think we have to cut the K4M and FT5GA folks some slack, both had limitations
either known or unexpected. Dem's da breaks...
I managed to worked K4M on 160, only had to fight QRN there. The QRM was
horrible on 40 and 20 for them. So thank you 160M. I did hear FT5GA a couple
times, never on 160. Part of the problem there was that I was away for
beginning of the DXpedition and really didn't have the time to watch for them
when they were operational. Not much one can do about that...
At SEDCO this year, and at previous SEDCOs, Bob, K4UEE, has made presentations
about several of the major DXpeditions. The planning is impressive and knowing
some of the folks who were on the Midway trip, I suspect they had thought out
the trip well in advance, including Top Band activity. Murphy threw a pipe
wrench into the mix.
The goal of most DXpeditions is to work as many people as possible, including
the difficult areas. At some point in time, one goal will outweigh the other.
It's a tough choice, but a realistic one.
Peter 1 and Ducie were two exceptional DXpeditions. When Bob was asked how he
judged a DXpedition, I thought his answer was quite interesting, first thing
was that everyone got home safely. One of the others was the cost per QSO, as I
recall, Peter 1 was the highest at around $5 per. Wonder what Ducie's was?
Sadly, there probably would have been many more in the logs of recent
Dxpeditions had it not been for the intentional misconduct. 160M still seems to
have more "gentlemen" than the higher bands. More DXpeditions are operating on
160 as well, which is a wonderful thing.
Patience is still the key ;o)
73,
Julius
n2wn
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