[SEDXC] [sedxc] Re: DXpeditions -- Ride in First Class, good idea or bad one?

[iam4rb at aol.com]

My guess is the fellow's idea stemmed from the need to help fund DXpeditions, and not to provide priority QSOs for the privileged few - regardless, this would not only add to the chaos in the pileups, but could even make them hostile - or maybe more hostile :-).

Many of these DXpeditions run financially in the red and need support.  I hear too many hams complain about the DXpedition that dose not post on LOTW and also having the audacity to ask for a donation over and above the 2 green stamps to the QSL manager.  I feel the DXpeditions are too lax on this matter and should require these nominal contributions for a card - these hams have given up weeks of their lives, mega $$, to provide other amateurs with a special QSO (and probably given them a lot of enjoyment chasing it).  This would be a small price to pay for one of the most exciting aspects of the hobby - or obsessions :-).

Just my 2 cents.

73 es gud dx

John N4TOL

P.S.  - I didn't know there were any Italian stations that ran 100 watts.




-----Original Message-----
From: NN4ZZ <al at nn4zz.com>
To: sedxc <sedxc at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 10:43 am
Subject: [sedxc] Re: DXpeditions -- Ride in First Class, good idea or bad one?


All good points by folks that would know.  There is enough chaos and bad 
behavior already so any new ideas will have to consider that as a primary 
factor.

I don't see this idea going anywhere based on the feedback. 

...Al / NN4ZZ


--- In sedxc at yahoogroups.com, "Dave Johnson. "  wrote:
>
> If the DXpedition told ONLY these "first class" folks the date, time, band and 
freq they would open on, they might work 5 guys before all hell would break 
loose.  It would be a disaster.  Can you imagine a guy sitting on one of those 
rocks at Scarbrough Reef saying "come on guys, stand by, I need to work this 
Italian station who is running 100 watts to a G5RV because he's on my list."
> 
> Dave- K4SSU
> 
> Sent from my iPad 2
> 
> On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:54 PM, "NN4ZZ"  wrote:
> 
> > An article in DX Magazine about the cost of DXpeditions had some interesting 
feedback. A ham (no call given) had an idea to help raise money for some of the 
very expensive ones (Peter One, etc). To summarize, the idea is to offer a 
"first class" option like the airlines do. There could be a number of specific 
variations but it would be something like:
> > 
> > Day 1 of the DXpedition would be reserved for the folks who would want to 
pre-pay (i.e. contribute) to get on the list. (guess there would be a limited 
number of "seats" for a contribution like $100). 
> > 
> > Only folks on the list would be answered (of course there is still no 
guarantee of a QSO). 
> > 
> > For a rare one like P5, I'd be happy to pay $100 to improve my chances and 
support the DXPedition. If the number of seats was limited to 2,000 then the 
team could raise an extra $200,000. 
> > 
> > I'm curious what the SEDXC folks think since we have some of the most 
experienced DXers on both sides of the pileup in the club. What do you think, 
good idea or bad one?
> > 
> > Al / NN4ZZ 
> > 
> >
>




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