[ADXA] I Want My MTV !

Tue Apr 23 14:39:23 EDT 2024

I am heartened to see such staunch support for ARRL not lowering our standards for Honor Roll on DXCC. There are many “what ifs” out there that require in-depth analysis by DXAC and the Board. Good standards and consistent rules are what makes DXCC the world’s premier amateur radio operating awards program! During my tenures as Delta Division Director, PSC Chairman and DXCC Liaison, I have hard worked to ensure the integrity of the DXCC program. I want to thank Joel for his thoughts here and Steve for his work as our DXAC rep. We haven’t won every battle but we are winning the war to preserve and improve DXCC. You guys have made my day!  Carry on! 

TU ES 73! 

David A. Norris, K5UZ
Director, Delta Division

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> On Apr 23, 2024, at 12:41 PM, Stan Ross <k5vr.stan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Joel and all the ADX folks,
> 
> We (Joel and I) got into amateur radio about the same time. My current standings are approaching a 53 year effort mixed in with 7 moves, two states, 3 rental QTHs with limited antennas, most years barefoot (my first “General” class radio was a Swan 500C which produced maybe 200 watts) a three element tribander (no WARC bands)…. You get the picture. 
> 
> Finally in the early 2000s I was able to put up a small log periodic with an 18 foot boom and started filling in the band slots, finally made Honor Roll (a 40+ year effort), am now at the halfway point in the DXCC Challenge, and am anxiously awaiting for Glorioso to put me within 1 of making the top of the Honot Roll (the elusive P5 probably won’t be on the air in what’s left of my lifetime, but hey, as someone once said, it’s not the destination but rather the journey.)
> 
>  Who knew a hobby I started at age 14 would’ve lasted a lifetime? But it’s been a fun ride (and kept me off the streets and out of the bars!)
> 
> So, for the so-called “Newbies” I say “Hang in there” and as Joel says, “Get in there and work’em!”
> 
> 73,
> 
> Stan
> K5VR
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Apr 23, 2024, at 8:34 AM, w5znjoel at gmail.com wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Greetings ADXA Folks,
>>  
>> April is quickly moving into history. As I’ve noted before, the past several years I’ve been a 160-meter DX enthusiast in my goal to hit the 300 DXCC mark on that band, currently at 290. The low band season starts to fade this time of year and my mind focusses on other amateur radio and personal interests. I’m quite excited with all the DX activity on the bands and within ADXA. Everyone is racking up nice band countries as well as all time new ones.
>>  
>> This morning I was watching the YouTube video of the Visalia DX Forum. Well, up until the time the ridiculous madness took over and I could no longer stand it and turned it off. The primary topic of debate in the forum was reducing the requirement to achieve DXCC Honor Roll. We’ve had this same debate within ADXA more than once and Bill, K5FUV, has presented an excellent program on this topic during our past two annual conferences. The one comment during the Visalia DX Forum that pushed me over the cliff was “We need to Honor Roll easy for the ‘newbies’ so they can achieve some status!” WHAT???? (I actually added a few other words to “what” but it is inappropriate to repeat those here!). What is it about the DXCC Honor Roll that you must reduce the requirements just so a “newbie” can acquire some status? Let’s review the opportunities a “newbie” has for status in the DXCC program:
>>  
>> Achieving DXCC – confirming 100 countries. You have now entered the great hall of DX
>> Achieving DXCC on more than one band or mode – You have proven you aren’t running a Heathkit HW-32 and can move around to other bands/modes effectively
>> Achieving the 1,000 mark in the DXCC Challenge, then increasing that total to the next ‘500’ level
>> Achieving 5 Band DXCC (or many more than 5)
>>  
>> These are all very special achievements…..ALL OF THEM! And I’m very proud of the fact that the ADXA folks are achieving goals in several of these areas and not simply focused on DXCC Honor Roll. Let’s not forget the reason the DXCC Honor Roll is so coveted is because it is the pinnacle achievement in DXCC and should not be reduced to “everyone gets a trophy!”
>>  
>> C’mon Harrison, you are on the DXCC Honor Roll so you don’t want anyone else to get there. NOT SO! I want to see every ADXA member achieve DXCC Honor Roll, but not because the requirements were lowered. Even though I’m on the Honor Roll I am not “Top of the Honor Roll”. I need only one, P5 North Korea. Now, Dennis W5RZ is “Top” so I’m jealous and have my lip pooched out. I’ve been DX’ing for what seems like a millennium and I “deserve” to have it so let’s remove P5? Absolutely not. The day I finally achieve “Top” I want it to still be as prestigious as it is today.
>>  
>> Some of the comments during the portion of the forum I watched (before I had to vomit) is to place some countries on an “inactive” list, not delete them, but make them inactive so they don’t count toward the Honor Roll requirement. OK, let’s think about this for a minute and let me use the recent Bouvet operation as an example. Let’s say Bouvet was moved to the inactive list. Several of you make Honor Roll. Bouvet comes on the air and is moved from inactive to active and you are not able to work Bouvet. Some of you were not. So what happens now? You fall off the Honor Roll because the entity requirement increased and you didn’t make it. You going to turn in your plaque? I didn’t think so. There would be another cry to lower the requirements or allow for a “special accommodation”.
>>  
>> With credit to Dire Straits - I want my MTV! “I shoulda learned to play the guitar, I shoulda learned to play them drums” Maybe we shoulda learned some patience! Honor Roll for nothing and your plaque for free?
>>  
>> I once had a boss who kept a pacifier in his desk. When someone would walk into his office and start complaining (whining) he would reach in his desk and hand you the pacifier. Yea, I was the recipient on more than one occasion so for now I’ll stop whining and highlight some of the great achievements ADXA folks have made as recorded in the “Member Standings” page on the ADXA website.
>>  
>> DXCC Challenge:
>> 1,000 – 1,499 – 11
>> 1,500 – 1,999 – 12
>> 2,000 – 2,499 – 5
>> 2,500-2,999 – 3
>> >3,000 – 2
>> Those so close to 1,000 they can smell it – 5
>>  
>> 5 Band DXCC – 31
>>  
>> DXCC on more than one band/mode – 52
>>  
>> And for Honor Roll 10 are “Top of the Honor Roll” and 20 are on the Honor Roll.
>>  
>> I’ll put the ADXA folks up against any DX group in the country…..heck, in the world. So, while working toward DXCC Honor Roll don’t overlook the fact there are many other highly coveted DXCC achievements that will cement your status as a BIG DOG in the world of DX. Now, with that pursuit in mind “GET IN THERE AND WORK ‘EM!”
>>  
>> 73 Joel W5ZN
>> ADXA President
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