[ADXA] The ADXA Weenie Award

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

A few weeks ago while urging you folks to jump in the V84SAA pileups I 
made reference to those that couldn't make a Q would be a candidate for 
the ADXA Weenie Award!

A little background is in order.

Once upon a time, not so very long ago before the internet, DX Clusters, 
Chat rooms, texting and instant messaging when we all used mail sent via 
the USPS I would receive a letter or card from Rick, K5UR. There would 
always be some little note written on the envelope. It might be 
addressed to Joel "Weenie" Harrison or on the back of the envelope when 
I would flip it over to open would have written "your weak!". I got a 
nice kick out of those little snippets!

Now, in today's sad environment some might immediately go to Twitter and 
claim this to be a form of bullying, that they were highly offended by 
those comments, get air time on CNN with sympathy from the TV talking 
heads and would then run home to their mama's basement crying.

How did I take it? It was a CHALLENGE and one I took with humor and self 
motivation to make sure my station and operating practice was optimized 
and efficient enough to KICK HIS BUTT in the next pile up!  Thus the 
motivation for my declaring an ADXA Weenie Award!! :-))

So, were you a weenie with V84SAA? If you jumped in the pileup and 
fiercely fought it out, even if you were NOT successful, you are NOT a 
weenie. The V84SAA path and propagation was tough, VERY tough and so is 
XX9D. Jeff, K1ZM who was one of the V84SAA ops just wrote a long four 
part report on the propagation struggles on their end. If you were in 
there calling an didn't make it I know you learned something, or you sat 
back, grabbed a technical book and researched what you could have done 
better and you are implementing that for the next battle....you are 
learning. I learn something from EVERY pileup! (Yes I really do!)

Maybe you turned on your radio and tried very diligently but could not 
hear them. You are NOT a weenie because you put forth the effort and 
will know what to work on and improve for next time.

So, who are the ADXA Weenies for this DXpedition? Those who didn't even 
get on the air and try! The ADXA Weenies are those who stayed in their 
recliner in the den and didn't even put forth one iota of effort. So, 
with credit to Monday Night Football's "Come on Man!" segment:

COME ON MAN!!!!! GET ON THE AIR AND WORK SOME DX!!!

73 Joel W5ZN