[CQ-Contest] New Yahoogroups DX list.

[Zack Widup]

None of these lists have been very active in a while. DX-IS is kind of the
current formation of the original VE7TCP list which was adopted by KH2D for
a while, and then by VE1DX. So it's been around for a long time.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 6:38 AM, DXer <hfdxmonitor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ron,
>
> Thank you very much for your message.
>
> The last I read, the NJDXA lists were inactive. I asked about them here on
> CQ-Contest some months ago. There was a reply from one of the NJDXA people
> saying that they planned to bring it back, but I never saw an announcement.
> I did visit the site yesterday, and did not see anything about the lists
> there.
>
> The list on QTH.NET only has one message a week, on average, the OPDX
> bulletin.
>
> The Yahoo list DX-IS only has the OPDX and the 425 DX bulletins, more or
> less.
>
> What I infer from your cogent message is that there is no lack of
> 'vehicles', but a lack of participation.
>
> There is absolutely no reason for another general purpose DX list,
> specially if its going to sit dormant. I'll shut it down.
>
> Thanks again and good DX.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vince, VA3VF
>
>
>
> On 2016-12-10 11:37 PM, Ron Notarius W3WN wrote:
>
>> Really?
>>
>> There's at least three that I know of, two sponsored by the NJDXA (DX NEWS
>> for news, DX CHAT for discussion of the news), and another on Yahoo groups
>> -- which is ALREADY called "DX-IS"
>>
>> All three of these lists are still active.
>>
>> And I believe there are some groups on the QTH.NET site as well.
>>
>> With all due respect, is another general purpose DX list really necessary?
>>
>> 73, ron w3wn
>>
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