Bill,
There was no competition among those who walked to school, no matter
what the distance. There were no awards, annual listings, pins,
certificates, plaques or such.
The internet is akin to telephones and cable television more than to
amateur radio. If you're making your way to Topband DXCC with
stations on both coasts and receivers/antennas on various continents,
you are not operating in the spirit of the awards.
73,
Dave Heil K8MN
On 7/12/2015 3:00 PM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
Hi Mike,
There really is a difference among all the people who walked to school
and back every school day for 12 years or so. Some of them lived
across
the street and others lived ten miles away, uphill both ways <evil
grin>. I do see that somebody who did all of a DX challenge from their
home location has more bragging rights than somebody who did parts of
it
over the internet.
This message was done in part with the internet. Doing it all by radio
would be *more* fun.
73,
Bill KU8H
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