Topband: Brave New World

[Doug Renwick]

Herb,
I understand your frustration with your call sign screw ups.  I get the same
thing from time to time using a VA prefix.  I worked North Korea on both 10
and 15m, but the 15m contact was no where to be found, nothing even close.
That and other screw ups has taught me to make sure I am in the log, if I
really need that country or band, to make a duplicate contact.  I know some
will get all bent and twisted out of shape for that practice, but I am in
this game to win.

Doug

I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could.

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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.






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