Doug, How-long is "now?" There is nothing "instant" about working North
Korea for DXCC. It would take much time and meticulous planning. And
some places I worked have been for decades. Actually waiting for and
working BS7H and then "got that dreaded message" I was not in the
log...I probably will never ever have another chance work this piece of
rock in the South China Sea. There are gunboats nearby to make sure of
that. I do not feel "entitled" to work anything nor even find someone
who has access to the BS7H logs and find my call there as/*K4VFZ */which
so often occurs even though the op replied with "KV4FZ TU" How would I
ever know what the op put down in the log until it was to late to do
anything about it? BTW /*K4VFZ*/ has never been issued as a call but it
has over 100 countries already without ever working any of them.
It continues to be a struggle and the techologocial advances like the
internet, Remote Rig, automatically controlled amps, Steppers, skimmers
and the like should never be considered a scourge on our hobby as some
try to portray them.
On 2/26/2015 10:06 AM, Doug Renwick wrote:
This is a good example of the entitlement crowd attitude. They believe that
all the DXCC entities need to be available NOW, no waiting. Reaching the
top of the honor roll was long term plan that kept us interested in DXing
for a lifetime. Now some want it to be just like a mail order degree ... no
work and instant gratification. Just like our schools ... no one fails ...
everyone passes.
Doug
I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could.
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I really believe all this concern where the operator is actually seated
will be somewhat lessened when someone is able to get a compact plug and
play emote controlled briefcase size setup in P5. The operation would
not require a visa and radio clubs could share in providing the
operators. A 100 watt package with a 20-10 vertical placed in a utility
room on the top floor of the 1082 foot high Ryugyong hotel in downtown
Pyongyang for the cost of just having the hotel feature on the QSL card.
Some of the QSL proceeds cold go to a help establish a radio club in
PDRK and those techies there could probably end up securing a proper
license for the system. Just think of North Korean being on the air
24/7 and everyone would have a chance to finally get this most rare an
elusive country confirmed. the badmouthing of remote controlled stations
would end.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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