Topband: Don't give up AND log who worked the DX b4 and after!

[Bernie McClenny, W3UR]

Ugh - Let me go on the record as saying I don’t like this idea and I wish this can of worms was not opened!  Thankfully US stations (and hopefully others) no longer have second (personal) calls.  Yes we have club calls, but thankfully those QSOs will not count for ones personal DXCC records.  I’ve been on DXpeditions and had guys download all their calls on me (on each band and band mode!), taking away the opportunity for other Deserving DXers to get into the log.  Yes I realize sometimes the DXpedition or DX operator makes a mistake and I have been burned once or twice over the years, not at the fault of my own but by the other guy in the QSO.  I much prefer K9JWV’s method by noting in my log the previous or next QSO.

Flame retardant suit on!

73
Bernie  

Bernie McClenny, W3UR
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On Nov 15, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Doug Renwick <ve5ra at sasktel.net> wrote:

> I learned a lesson many years ago where I showed up on a needed band as a
> NIL.  I have more than one callsign and if I need that band contact I will
> try and work them with both callsigns now.  Mistakes happen on the DX end (I
> know as having been a DXpedition operator) and the contact gets mistyped or
> accidentally deleted.  Simply insurance.
> Doug
> 
> "Think of all the ways you can hurt yourself laughing."
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Great information Jim....I wish I would have done that many years ago as 
> I worked BS7H in 2007 on 20 CW May 5th, 2007 and the log search shows up 
> nothing.  Apart from P5 and Eritrea this is one of three missing ones 
> for DXCC I need.  If I had jotted down the proximate contacts I might 
> have been able to have received some help.  I know KV4FZ is in the log 
> somewhere but how can I ever get help finding it.  I all goes to prove 
> that when working rare DX-peditions there are no rewards by poor record 
> keeping. There hasn't been another operation to Scarborough Reef in 
> nearly a decade and probably won't be for a long time especially with 
> the political battle over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
> 
> 
> Regards,   Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
> 
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