[RTTY] [RTTY} DX Pile ups

[john]

ohhhhhhh   geeeezzz   I am also 72(I think),    I was shooting for 80, 
which by then with  my non blazing  yearly rate, I "should" reach 2000 
on the challenge
dx is    73 john
On 2/5/2014 21:39, Dave Barr wrote:
> 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:
>> Message: 8
>> 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
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