Well, if I work 100 countries using a low antenna and QRP, I'm proud of hanging
that DXCC certificate on my wall, and telling any guest in my shack how I got
it. How about if ARRL just issues a DXCC certificate to every ham who has a
license? How would that make you feel if your guest says "oh yeah, I got one of
those DXCC thingys in the mail along with my first QST magazine." I don't have
a problem with the big guys running gigantic antennas and KW stations - I say
well done. But to live (for example) on the west coast and use a remote station
in Maine, and then get your DXCC certificate based on those contacts ALONG WITH
those made from the west coast - it just lowers the "quality" of the award.
If you live in an "antenna restricted" or prohibited QTH, well life is tough. I
am in one of those areas and still manage to get stealth / invisible antennas
put up. Do I have a 150 foot tower, five mile long Beverages, 2 KW amp? No. Can
I work DX with my wire antennas? Sure. I won't ever be on the Honor Roll, and
I'm OK with that - there are a lot of other ways to enjoy this hobby, and I
mean A LOT.
My feeling is that this award should be governed by a rule similar to Worked
All States - all contacts must be worked from a station or stations no more
than 50 miles from each other.
Anyway, I've heard these arguments about RHR for months and am pretty sick of
it all. Yes, I can hit the delete key and set up an email rule for deleting the
messages, but it does get tiring, as the subject line morphs now and then. I
also subscribe to the Elecraft reflector and I can tell you that threads like
this would have been ended long ago by the moderators.
It should be a place to exchange information related to equipment, propagation,
antennas, etc. - not a continual gripe session about perceived cheating or not
cheating. Good grief - give it a rest!!!!!!!!!
Jim Bennett / W6JHB
Folsom, CA
> I don't get it. WHY do you care?
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