Agreed... Big deal if they spend $1500 - $2000 out of their own pockets. That's
an average cost for traveling to that part of the world... besides PZ is not
that rare.. you can find PZ5RA or others on the air regularly....
Jeff
>
> From: "Lee Hiers" <aa4ga@contesting.com>
> Date: 2003/07/11 Fri AM 12:11:41 EDT
> To: <SECC@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [SECC] PZ Dxpedition
>
> On 10 Jul 2003 at 19:17, Greg Richard wrote:
>
> > So how can you and your club members help? Well, each individual team
> > member is putting up $1,500 to $2,000 as a starth'lg point towards
> > this event. However, more funds need to be raised between now and
> > October in order to make this a top-notch expedition. All donations
> > received from individuals and clubs will be used to offset expenses
> > for equipment (some of which will be left in PZ as a donation), full
> > color QSLs, and other normal costs associated with such an event.
>
> I don't get it...these guys are going on vacation to operate a more-or-less
> existing
> station and they want donations? Wish I'd thought of that when I was going
> on those
> trips....
>
> Sorry for the attitude...
>
> Lee
>
> --
> Lee Hiers, AA4GA
> Cornelia, Georgia
>
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