Topband: FT8: Making it too easy?

[DXer]

Hi Mark,

So, if I use the same 'rational' some people here seems to use, those DXCC
awards earned with full legal power, multiple towers, beams, and amps,
should really be a mark of shame on their holders?  :^)

There is no one way, your way, yes, but not only one way.

73 de Vince, VA3VF



On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Vince
>
> Well, you could use a machine gun instead of a bow and arrow to bag the
> “big one” and hang it’s head on the wall,  but it wouldn’t be quite the
> same, now would it?
>
> What’s the difference in rolling up to the ice-cream hop in your 1962
> Coupe DeVille convertible that you just cut a check for,  or rolling up in
> one that you’ve spent years restoring?
>
> I think that pretty much answers your question.
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2017 1:45 PM, "DXer" <hfdxmonitor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> For those that say FT8 makes it too easy to win awards, climb the DXCC
>> ladder, or make it into the HR.
>>
>> May I ask what the reason is for going to the trouble, and expense, of
>> purchasing the best transceivers, installing towers, beams, and amps?
>>
>> How is your operating enhanced, if not by making it easier to 'bag' that
>> difficult entity?
>>
>> Wouldn't a DXCC award be more valuable if earned with a galena receiver,
>> and an indoor random wire?
>>
>> 73 de Vince, VA3VF
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