[ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..

[HamOP]

I had my 63th year in June. Can I come to the 50th Party when it happens?? I’ll bring wine.
San

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From: w5zn at w5zn.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 5:06 PM
To: Stan Ross
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Subject: Re: [ADXA] Joel's upcoming article in our newsletter ..

Good deal Stan...congrats quite an accomplishment!
Also congrats on 49 years. I knew you were about one year ahead of me. I'll be at 48 years in a couple of weeks. So, we gonna have a "50th Party" next year????   :-))
I still remember our old Novice days and Arkansas Teenage Net days back in the early 70's.
ZN

On 2020-09-23 15:36, Stan Ross wrote:
Great comments, everyone.  
 
I, too, need P5 (and FR/G) to have "worked 'em all" but I'm not losing sleep worrying if I'll work them before time to go SK. 
 
This Saturday, 9/26, will be my 49th ham radio "anniversary" and most of my ham career did not involve amplifiers and elaborate antenna systems... a Swan 500C (courtesy of my grandfather K5VRC before he became a SK) and a simple ATB-34 Tri-bander that I saved up for got me well on the way of what has turned out to be a lifelong love of DX'ing.
 
So, as we patiently await Cycle 25's better band conditions, we can wait for those elusive entities as well.
 
73 and good DX!
 
Stan
K5VR 
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On Sep 23, 2020, at 12:15 PM, HamOP <k5yy1 at cox.net> wrote:
Good post Joel
I will try to be brief. I was on the DXAC for many years and Chairman in late 70s and early 80s, and the talk began from those DXers who were chasers for a few years only and lacked 3-4 countries and wanted the uninhabited or countries not allowing amateur to be deleted. The DXAC was strongly against this, especially when some "real old timers" who had been around 2-3 times longer than those 'newcomers' still needed 1-2 of the same 3-4 rare countries..
 
I will NOT discuss the allowance of Burma a few years ago at this time and the "way too fast allowing it" without proper proof of "him" being there with permission, mainly because 100s on the DXCC needed only Burma for Top of Honor Roll. In the late 1970s to early 80s there was a time when 3 of the top 5 rarest countries suddenly appeared within 3-4 months and most DXers got them, including HZ/YI Neutral Zone, etc. Then people shut up a while! You don't just delete 3Y, BS7 and No. Korea at this time and cheapen the DXCC award program for the ego of a few, politically motivated hams in our "HOBBY"... This ain't a business you know.
 
Anyway, good prelim comment Joel about your upcoming dissertation for us to read slowly and understand and then support the right agenda that the ARRL should adopt, without politics!  The initial Kosovo operation sorta stands out too. Hmmm.
San K5YY
 
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