Hi Mike,
There really is a difference among all the people who walked to school
and back every school day for 12 years or so. Some of them lived across
the street and others lived ten miles away, uphill both ways <evil
grin>. I do see that somebody who did all of a DX challenge from their
home location has more bragging rights than somebody who did parts of it
over the internet.
This message was done in part with the internet. Doing it all by radio
would be *more* fun.
73,
Bill KU8H
On 07/12/2015 10:37 AM, Mike Greenway wrote:
Sad indeed to see the post this morning. The idiom “the means justify the end”
is true in this case for sure. I guess eventually the rules will say lets just call them on
the phone and exchange reports, as we are near that with remotes now. That makes it easier
and I guess that is what everyone wants as in school, if too many students are failing lets
make the test easier.
I will not take the easy way out to increase my Challenge totals although that is my primary
goal in radio these days. The spirit and challenge of what DXCC was meant to be has eroded
for sure. If that makes you feel good jumping coast to coast for the best prop, go for it.
I always wondered why I was being beat out on 160 and 6 by certain 4 land stations and I can
ignore their Challenge totals now that I know they don’t really believe it is a true
Challenge. Don’t use technology as part of the argument. 73 Mike K4PI
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