[RTTY] [RTTY} DX Pile ups

[Dave Barr]

Dick, it is most important to keep playing the game.  Getting the qso is 
the icing.  And, I hope I'll still be playing if I get to 87.

73
Dave, K2YG, 72

On 2/5/2014 12:47 PM, rtty-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 11:46:59 -0600
> From: "Dick White"<whiter26 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "RTTY, Contesting"<rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: [RTTY] DX Pile ups
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> This thread seems to be on the RTTY contesting site. I find it interesting.
> I have been chasing DX and DXpeditions since 1976. It is a game and what I
> like is the joy of the chase.  At present I just need Bouvet and Scarborough
> Reef to have them all.  All the time I have chassed DX we have had pileups
> and jammers. The problem today seems to be that we have more operators today
> than we did 40 years ago. It is much easier to get a license today than it
> was back in 1976.  The most distressing time I had was when I thought I had
> worked Bouvet only to have my card returned as "not in log." I am still
> waiting for the chance to try working it again.  With the political
> situation I doubt that there will be a DXpedition to Scarborough any time
> soon.  At age 87 it may never happen before I "short to ground."
>
>   
>
> I seen nothing wrong with the current DXpedition procedures. I do not have
> to have instant gratification in working DX. I use all the skills I have
> learned over the past 40 years to work DX. I enjoy the chase and if I work
> them I am happy and if I do not work them I hope to have the opportunity
> again.  I feel sorry for those who get disgusted  and vow to not chase DX
> any more.  They have lost the joy of ham radio and DXing. The current FT5ZM
> operation pileups have been a zoo. But, I have tried to work them every day.
> I finally worked them on 20M RTTY and 40M CW.  These are new bands for me,
> not new DX. I worked and confirmed FB8ZO in 1983 on 20M CW. That call was on
> the air from January to July 1983. Be patient, take your time and use your
> skills and you will have the fun of the chase and maybe put a new one in
> your log. DXing is a game and like any other game you win or lose, but you
> keep on playing.
>
>   
>
> Just a few of my thoughts
>
> Dick  KS0M