Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers - DXPedition Funding

[Mike Cizek]

NCDXF started giving presentations on DXpedition costs and funding a few 
years ago.  N1DG, who was treasurer at the time, gave one at Dayton and 
W6OAT has given them, too. They showed a geographic breakdown of 
donations and foundation, clubs, and individual donor percentages.  They 
also included a dollars per QSO analysis showing that each QSO with a 
sub-Antarctic expedition (3Y/B, VH0H, etc) cost around $5.00.

73,
Mike W0VTT

On 05-Feb-15 21:27, Larry wrote:
> Someone did a more extensive analysis of several DXpeditions maybe 2 
> or 3 years ago. Basically the same conclusion. Typically  NA puts up 
> the largest percentage of the funds but doesn't get that percentage in 
> Q's. I forget which group it was posted in.
>
> 73, Larry  W6NWS
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Garry Shapiro
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 8:43 PM
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers
>
> 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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