Topband: Outing The Scofflaws...

[Eddy Swynar]

Here's an idea that I'll toss up into the air as a (possible) first step in bringing a few of these lawless characters to heel:

Maintain some sort of an open-to-all web page that is frequented by would-be future DX'peditions that contains a master list of the call signs of those habitual displayers of stupid behaviour and poor decorum in pile-ups. "Members" of this select "club" would have earned their posting ONLY if their repeated crass procedures were duly noted and recorded by no less than THREE previous DX-peditions, and/or TEN "domestic" listeners attempting to get through in a pile-up...

I think that such numbers would effectively rule-out the possibility of error, especially such numbers as might be posted by actual past DX-peditions.

From the sound of things, DX-peditions are fast going the route of the lawless wild, wild west anymore. How long will it be before those who go through all of the considerable financial & logistical hurdles in mounting such forays in the far flung corners of the world might finally throw up their hands in disgust & say that all of the work is simply not worth it...?

If anyone has any better suggestions for improvement, let's hear them...after all, we Hams are supposed to take considerable pride in our being a "self-policing" lot---so what are we waiting for...?

~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ