[ADXA] DQRM, etc

[k5cs]

I think the current round of DXpeditions are just a little lower in 
"most wanted" status such that the DQRMers don't feel like the prize is 
not big enough for the taking.  When another Bouvet level operation 
comes along they will be out in force.  On the other hand, the 
DXpeditions are getting smarter.  If there's not a power limit, they can 
bull their way through.  I read on their website where the upcoming 
H44WA Solomon Islands operation will use a unique serial number appended 
to their FT8 signals that can be verified with a website to certify they 
aren't a pirate.  The six digit serial number will change every 30 
seconds and only they and the website know the serial number!  Now 
that's ingenuity at its best!  Of course it won't work for CW or SSB but 
I'll bet some solution is not far away.

  The ADXA conference was stellar!  I can't wait for next year. Joel 
says he's already working on next years meeting.  How is he going to top 
this one?  We have a long, difficult wait to find out...

73,
Charles, K5CS



On 11/14/2023 10:38 AM, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> I'm almost afraid to mention this, but does anyone else think the 
> level of Deliberate QRM is lower with these DXpeditions?   There have 
> been so many of them, that the misfits who do this may just be 
> suffering from fatigue, or perhaps there are so many DX signals on the 
> air that the DQRM'ers aren't great enough in numbers to cover them all.
>
> 4W8X may have another good answer.  In one of their bulletins, they 
> said their power level is "roughly twice what is allowed in the US".  
> Their signals are tremendous and would be fairly immune to most DQRM.  
> 4W8X also has at least one, probably more, excellent CW operators.
>
> I've worked TX7L on CW on 6 bands, SSB on 3 bands, and digital once, 
> on 80 meters.
>
> I have also noticed being logged several times on digital contacts.  
> 7O73T has me down for two contacts on 30M but my ONE and only one 
> contact with him was pretty straightforward. I guess it doesn't matter 
> - two is better than zero, if you're going to have a strange QSO count.
>
> I can't even begin to describe how great the convention was!  I think 
> everyone left with the feeling that this was something special.  Even 
> though my recurrent vertigo came back and was an aggravation, I had a 
> wonderful time.  Many thanks to Joel, and all the others who did the 
> work to make it happen.  Adrian has the true ham spirit.  His story 
> about practicing putting the tribander together in the snow for 3Y was 
> evidence of that.
>
> 10 new band counters added since the end of the BIC period, but the 
> DXpeditions make that easy.   Challenge total is 1274.  1300 by year's 
> end!!
> 73,
> Dennis/RZ
>
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