Topband: The Remote Question..

[Wes Attaway (N5WA)]

Amen.

On 2015-07-12 16:28, Dave Heil wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> There was no competition among those who walked to school, no matter
> what the distance.  There were no awards, annual listings, pins,
> certificates, plaques or such.
> 
> The internet is akin to telephones and cable television more than to
> amateur radio.  If you're making your way to Topband DXCC with
> stations on both coasts and receivers/antennas on various continents,
> you are not operating in the spirit of the awards.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Dave Heil K8MN
> 
> On 7/12/2015 3:00 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>> 
>> There really is a difference among all the people who walked to school
>> and back every school day for 12 years or so. Some of them lived 
>> across
>> the street and others lived ten miles away, uphill both ways <evil
>> grin>. I do see that somebody who did all of a DX challenge from their
>> home location has more bragging rights than somebody who did parts of 
>> it
>> over the internet.
>> 
>> This message was done in part with the internet. Doing it all by radio
>> would be *more* fun.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Bill  KU8H
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