Topband: Brave New World

[Herbert Schoenbohm]

Doug, How-long is "now?" There is nothing "instant" about working North 
Korea for DXCC.  It would take much time and meticulous planning.  And 
some places I worked have been for decades. Actually waiting for and 
working  BS7H and then "got that dreaded message" I was not in the 
log...I probably will never ever have another chance work this piece of 
rock in the South China Sea.  There are gunboats nearby to make sure of 
that. I do not feel "entitled" to work anything nor even find someone 
who has access to the BS7H logs and find my call there as/*K4VFZ */which 
so often occurs even though the op replied with "KV4FZ TU" How would I 
ever know what the op put down in the log until it was to late to do 
anything about it? BTW /*K4VFZ*/ has never been issued as a call but it 
has over 100 countries already without ever working any of them.

It continues to be a struggle and the techologocial advances like the 
internet, Remote Rig, automatically controlled amps, Steppers, skimmers 
and the like should never be considered a scourge on our hobby as some 
try to portray them.



On 2/26/2015 10:06 AM, Doug Renwick wrote:
> This is a good example of the entitlement crowd attitude.  They believe that
> all the DXCC entities need to be available NOW, no waiting.  Reaching the
> top of the honor roll was long term plan that kept us interested in DXing
> for a lifetime.  Now some want it to be just like a mail order degree ... no
> work and instant gratification.  Just like our schools ... no one fails ...
> everyone passes.
>
> Doug
>
> I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could.
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>
> I really believe all this concern where the operator is actually seated
> will be somewhat lessened when someone is able to get a compact plug and
> play emote controlled briefcase size setup in P5. The operation would
> not require a visa and radio clubs could share in providing the
> operators. A 100 watt package with a 20-10 vertical placed in a utility
> room on the top floor of the 1082 foot high Ryugyong hotel in downtown
> Pyongyang for the cost of just having the hotel feature on the QSL card.
> Some of the QSL proceeds cold go to a help establish a radio club in
> PDRK and those techies there could probably end up securing a proper
> license for the system.  Just think of North Korean being on the air
> 24/7 and everyone would have a chance to finally get this most rare an
> elusive country confirmed. the badmouthing of remote controlled stations
> would end.
>
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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