Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers

[Garry Shapiro]

It appears to be the case that NA finances the big trips and EU gets the 
Q's. That needs to be ironed out.

Garry

On 2/5/2015 11:32 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Thu,2/5/2015 8:29 AM, Fortra wrote:
>> jeez those numbers are worrying. 
>
> So are the numbers for contributions to the cost of DX trips that have 
> gotten increasingly expensive. The only way to get on the island is 
> via a helicopter, and they have had to make many trips.
>
> Some of my friends go on these trips (three are on Navassa), and all 
> of them complain that while EU hams are very demanding, they don't do 
> much to contribute to the cost. Take a look at the "News" tab on this 
> link, then the "Our Sponsors" tab, noting the breakdown by continent 
> for contributions from Clubs and individual hams.
>
> http://www.navassadx.com/
>
> All of that notwithstanding, some of the key players on this 
> expedition were also part of FT5ZM, which did a spectacular job of 
> filling logs everywhere, taking advantage of propagation and great 
> station engineering. AA7JV and HA7RY are part of this trip. Their 
> topband record is excellent. And they're not the only guys who know 
> how to work topband.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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