True. Two of my favorite DX contacts weren't DXCC entities at all:
KG1DT on Fletcher's Ice Island (T3) in the Arctic in 1959. Look it up.
UPOL12, a Soviet military/scientific expedition to the North Pole in 1963. Not
sure that was a legal amateur call, but who's counting?
Still, for the most part I've chased DXCC entities over the years.
73,
Ken, AB1J
-----Original Message-----
From: James Cain <jamesdavidcain@gmail.com>
To: CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, May 11, 2020 6:30 pm
Subject: [CQ-Contest] What affected DXing?
Reply to K3KU,
All good points, but
There's a difference between DXing and chasing DXCC entities. Too many DXCC
entities are artificial constructs to keep the elite donors appeased -- see
Pratas Island, Scarborough Reef.
In the past two years I have made four JA contacts from Florida, with 100
watts on CW and a wire in a tree -- ON 80 METERS. To me, that's DXing.
K1TN
(Mixed Top of the DXCC Honor Roll, retired)
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
_______________________________________________
CQ-Contest mailing list
CQ-Contest@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
|