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Re: Topband: RHR

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Subject: Re: Topband: RHR
From: James Bennett <w6jhb@me.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:39:37 -0800
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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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