"Incognito" said :

Ah DX IS
It is indeed, but there's no rule that says we can't try our best to
help mold it in a certain way, and that's been the intent of this
thread.

I would say that 90% of the DXpeditions of late have been well run by good
to excellent operators.

I disagree. The BIG DXpeditons, yes. PW0T, K1B, TI9M, XR0X (which I
never worked, by the way), Mali last summer (which I also never
worked), etc. All good. But there have been a spate of others that
were poorly conceived and even more poorly executed. These are the
ones that I'm commenting on. Operations that could have and should
have done things differently.

About the same as 20 to 30 years ago.

Wasn't around 30 years ago, but 20+, yes, indeed.

Ya still gotta work em which we little guns know may take a LONG time and
some real DXing skills.

And lots of fun -- and heartbreak -- in the process! That's what keeps
the game fun.

As far as the newbies (and oldies) calling over the DX or ignoring directive
calls -- not much has changed there either -- same o same o. Recently I read
a 30 year old DX club news letter complaining about the same procedures,
lids, etc

Sad to see so little has changed. But the OPERATORS should know better
and NOT give the go-ahead to some lid who calls out of turn, unless
it's to shut him up and not log him! Even then, it sets a bad
precident, and just invites more lids to ignore the operator.

And it's the DXpeditions show. If they want to operate simplex, split, or
work their home country first -- well they are calling the shots.

And that one sentence is why I started this thread. I wrote it in the
fervent hope that some ham, somewhere in Upper Slobovia or Lower
Dipthong who is planning a DXpedition to a rare entity will read these
words and hopefully do things a little differently.


73 de Peter, W2IRT
(ex-AB2NZ, VE3THX)

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