Topband: Out-of-Turn Callers DX Expedition finances

[Victor Goncharsky]

 Garry,
In the good old days when I was learning the art of ham radio from Don Miller's DX and contest operations and my Dad UB5WF, I've got an idea of the ham spirit that makes all of us equal under the Sun.
This is the corner stone of our hobby - the equality, no matter how much one's paid for the hardware and antennae or has donated for a certain expedition.
You presume that although we are equal, the country which paid more is more equal then the others.
I think this is completely wrong.
In fact, how can you distinguish between those US hams who paid and those who not? Does it mean that their countrymen, in accordance with your theory, have paid for their free lunch?
I was fortunate to have them all before the era of unproportionally expensive dxpeditions and accompanying aggressive fundraising has come.  

Пятница, 06 февраля 2015, 18:27 -08:00 от Garry Shapiro <garry at ni6t.com>:
>Dado,
>
>When you go to see a film, do you expect your neighbor to buy your 
>ticket? Do you complain when you do not like the film?
>
>When you buy a car, do you expect your neighbor to pay the dealer? Do 
>you complain when the car is not perfect?
>
>When you go to a restaurant, do you expect your neighbor to buy you 
>dinner? Do you complain if you do not like the food?
>
>If you do, and get away with it, then you go right ahead and let your 
>fellow hams pay for your DXing. You are obviously an important person 
>and deserve such consideration. ;-)
>It therefore must be a privilege for me to support your hobby for you, 
>and thank you.
>
>Back during the Arab oil embargo in 1973, there was a very popular 
>bumper sticker in the US which said:
>
>"Gas, grass or a**: nobody rides free."  That is American slang, but I 
>think you can figure it out.
>
>Garry, NI6T
>
>
>

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73, Victor Goncharsky US5WE/K1WE (UW5W in VHF contests, ex UB5WE), P.E.
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