On Mon, 24 May 2004 04:44:18 GMT, "Hellen Marsh"
wrote:

Am I missing something? Isn't Isle of Man a modern populous island right
by England and Scotland? I mean, isn't it a 'normal place'? What makes
this a DX-Pedition? Does that mean if I travel from Seattle to, say,
Ireland,
and set up a ham station that I'm a DX-pedition?? What am I missing
here? I thought DX peditions happened on little coral outcroppings and
remote islands with no resorts on them..... Hardly Isle of Man....

Helen

The importance of a DXpedition is the cumulative imagination of the
participants combined with the cumulative imagination of the post card
chasing, basement bound slobs (aka "the deserving") who need a new
card for their shoebox.....

The real world importance of ANY DXpedition, be it to Good Grief Reef
or Staton Island, is ZERO.

Since ham radio is but a game played by oversized children with
expensive toys, a DXpedition can be anywhere the participants desire
it to be - you can go on a DXpedition to your back yard if you'd like,
Helen. The word "DXpedition" was invented by the children who play
ham radio - it's not found in the dictionary, nor defined in Part 97,
so the definition is anything you want it to be.....

What these guys are doing deserves SPECIAL RECOGNITION - not
because of the local of the DXpedition, or the amount of equipment
they are taking along, but because they aren't begging for money to
pay for their trip, as do most groups of DXpeditioning children.

What a concept - some guys are gonna pack up their radio stuff and
go on vacation to an island for a week or so and have fun and are
going to pay for it themselves. Unheard of in the world of ham radio
DXpeditions.....

So anyway, Helen, the answer to your question is YES, you are
missing something - you are missing the concept of what a DXpedition
is, and why people go. You should plan one, and go see what it's like
first hand. When you decide to go on that DXpedition to your back
yard, be sure and invite that groucy old ******* from Singapore to
go along - sounds like he needs to get out of the house more often.

73, Jim KH2D

"Hellen Marsh" writes:

Am I missing something? Isn't Isle of Man a modern populous island right
by England and Scotland? I mean, isn't it a 'normal place'? What makes
this a DX-Pedition? Does that mean if I travel from Seattle to, say,
Ireland,
and set up a ham station that I'm a DX-pedition?? What am I missing
here? I thought DX peditions happened on little coral outcroppings and
remote islands with no resorts on them..... Hardly Isle of Man....

Helen



A DXpedition is a amateur radio dedicated trip to anyplace where
there's some demand for contacts from the particpants in the game we
play. IOM isn't common on the satellites, and for a while wasn't
terribly common on RTTY, so a DXpedition would be appropriate.
Also, it's a relatively rare prefix, so a DXpedition there for any of
the WPX contests is appropriate. EI isn't uncommon in any mode.

But there are islands off the coast of Washington state that do rate a
DXpedition for island collectors. And probably counties and grid
squares in the state for people who collect those contacts.

In spite of what some people think, this is a not unworthy game we play.

73, doug
MD0BPI (once upon a time), also K1B, T33C and 3D2CI

"Hellen Marsh" writes:

Am I missing something? Isn't Isle of Man a modern populous island right
by England and Scotland? I mean, isn't it a 'normal place'? What makes
this a DX-Pedition? Does that mean if I travel from Seattle to, say,
Ireland,
and set up a ham station that I'm a DX-pedition?? What am I missing
here? I thought DX peditions happened on little coral outcroppings and
remote islands with no resorts on them..... Hardly Isle of Man....

Helen



A DXpedition is a amateur radio dedicated trip to anyplace where
there's some demand for contacts from the particpants in the game we
play. IOM isn't common on the satellites, and for a while wasn't
terribly common on RTTY, so a DXpedition would be appropriate.
Also, it's a relatively rare prefix, so a DXpedition there for any of
the WPX contests is appropriate. EI isn't uncommon in any mode.

But there are islands off the coast of Washington state that do rate a
DXpedition for island collectors. And probably counties and grid
squares in the state for people who collect those contacts.

In spite of what some people think, this is a not unworthy game we play.

73, doug
MD0BPI (once upon a time), also K1B, T33C and 3D2CI

"Hellen Marsh" wrote in message tnews.com...
Am I missing something? Isn't Isle of Man a modern populous island right
by England and Scotland? I mean, isn't it a 'normal place'? What makes
this a DX-Pedition? Does that mean if I travel from Seattle to, say,
Ireland,
and set up a ham station that I'm a DX-pedition?? What am I missing
here? I thought DX peditions happened on little coral outcroppings and
remote islands with no resorts on them..... Hardly Isle of Man....

Helen

Helen, I was thinking about activating Ohio next weekend. If I do,
I'll give further details in my next post.

bb

"Hellen Marsh" wrote in message tnews.com...
Am I missing something? Isn't Isle of Man a modern populous island right
by England and Scotland? I mean, isn't it a 'normal place'? What makes
this a DX-Pedition? Does that mean if I travel from Seattle to, say,
Ireland,
and set up a ham station that I'm a DX-pedition?? What am I missing
here? I thought DX peditions happened on little coral outcroppings and
remote islands with no resorts on them..... Hardly Isle of Man....

Helen

Helen, I was thinking about activating Ohio next weekend. If I do,
I'll give further details in my next post.

bb

In article , Doug Faunt N6TQS
+1-510-655-8604 wrote:

A DXpedition is a amateur radio dedicated trip to anyplace where
there's some demand for contacts from the particpants in the game we
play. IOM isn't common on the satellites, and for a while wasn't
terribly common on RTTY, so a DXpedition would be appropriate.
Also, it's a relatively rare prefix, so a DXpedition there for any of
the WPX contests is appropriate. EI isn't uncommon in any mode.

It also depends upon what you want. A DXpedition to a fairly common area
seems like a waste of time, but it may not be for the people who need
that particular country on a specific band and mode.

For example, I live in Israel. Not a very rare catch, but for someone starting
out a weekend U.S. time operation on 10 meters when it's open would allow
them to get a new country. Especialy if the station operates in English and
at 5-10 wpm CW.

Someone coming here for a week or two could do several hundred contacts and
make a lot of new hams happy.

So next time you plan a vacation, think about making it a DXpedition.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson

In article , Doug Faunt N6TQS
+1-510-655-8604 wrote:

A DXpedition is a amateur radio dedicated trip to anyplace where
there's some demand for contacts from the particpants in the game we
play. IOM isn't common on the satellites, and for a while wasn't
terribly common on RTTY, so a DXpedition would be appropriate.
Also, it's a relatively rare prefix, so a DXpedition there for any of
the WPX contests is appropriate. EI isn't uncommon in any mode.

It also depends upon what you want. A DXpedition to a fairly common area
seems like a waste of time, but it may not be for the people who need
that particular country on a specific band and mode.

For example, I live in Israel. Not a very rare catch, but for someone starting
out a weekend U.S. time operation on 10 meters when it's open would allow
them to get a new country. Especialy if the station operates in English and
at 5-10 wpm CW.

Someone coming here for a week or two could do several hundred contacts and
make a lot of new hams happy.

So next time you plan a vacation, think about making it a DXpedition.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson

Not so far fetched as one might think -- if you can determine which county
in Ohio has the lowest population (Ham Wise) -- you can put that county on
the air and get a lot of action from the county hunters. Dxpedition to
Morrow County, Ohio (:-)

For a real challenge -- drive thru all Ohio counties as a rover and give out
Worked all Ohio county awards (:-) Some Hams have done this while on
vacation!!! Might qualify as a "Worked all Ohio Counties DXpedition" 88
counties in Ohio

Or a rare Ohio grid square -- the VHFers will pile up on you. An Ohio's
rarest grid square Dxpedition (:-)

Or a special event station commemorating the closing of the Ohio steel mills
and rubber plants. Dxpedition to Ohio's crumbling steel mills (:-)

With these you can be the pileupor instead of the pileupee. Great for the
ego and improve your contest skills.

If you live in the Indian ocean area-- Hocking County, Ohio might well be
rare DX (:-)

All in good fun -- or is it good DX -- ear of the beholder huh

--
Keyboard In The Noise

Opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world. Author unknown but
"right on"


Helen, I was thinking about activating Ohio next weekend. If I do,
I'll give further details in my next post.

bb