[ADXA] Message From DXAC - Delta

[Roger]

Joel
I agree with you completely my only complaint is not the threshold for 
Honor Roll but the maintaining entities that do not and never have 
qualified legitimately.
I will not get farther into that discussion.
A question I would like to see an answer to, and the answer has no 
influence on my opinion, just curiosity and I don't know if anyone has 
an answer.
How many entities have been active in the last 10 years?

Roger


On 3/16/2026 6:48 PM, Joel Harrison, W5ZN via ADXA wrote:
>
> ADXA Folks,
>
> That a country does not allow amateur radio, or it has not been 
> activated in 10 years or more is simply not a valid argument and has 
> been debunked here many times. Three prime historical examples are 
> China, Albania, and Viet Nam. There are ADXA members (me included) who 
> cried to the high heavens we could NEVER work those countries because 
> amateur radio wasn’t allowed. I remember ole Jim Crowley, W5IRG (SK) 
> in Hazen claiming he would die before he could ever work BY. Then, low 
> and behold out of no where and all of a sudden amateur radio was 
> allowed in China. Same with Viet Nam and Albania. There are other 
> examples. So these countries that are not on the air as of today, 
> March 16, 2026, could change on a dime tomorrow. It has happened 
> before and will happen again.
>
> How many of you thought you would NEVER have a shot a Bouvet after the 
> last failed effort a couple of years ago? How many of you thought you 
> would never have a shot a Peter 1? That one is planned by the group 
> that just very successfully pulled off Bouvet. The recent KP5 
> operation was a very successful experiment that proved to the U.S. 
> Gov’t that amateur radio could be used in a restricted area with very 
> minimal human intervention. The result will prove beneficial in 
> activating other restricted areas that some of you need. I can tell 
> you for a fact there are ongoing discussions with world governments to 
> activate some countries that are currently highly restricted. It is 
> unknown if those negotiations will be productive, but the effort is 
> being made.
>
> I still want to hear a valid argument as to why some folks believe 
> they are entitled to achieve DXCC Honor Roll? DXCC is not, and never 
> has been, an entitlement program. North Korea is standing in the way 
> of me having #1 Honor Roll and I may very well be SK before it is 
> activated again but that does not entitle me to an achievement level 
> that would be watered down and the requirements lowered simply because 
> of an entitlement belief.
>
> I do realize and agree there are a couple of entities on the list that 
> seem ridiculous. Roger noted Scarborough Reef as one but that is a 
> different matter to address in the DXCC rules than lowering the 
> requirement for Honor Roll.
>
> All of the current arguments to reduce the required level to achieve 
> Honor Roll are nothing more than entitlement crying because some 
> believe their DXCC achievement should receive some special reward. 
> Well, it is rewarded by acknowledging the total number of DXCC 
> entities they have confirmed and if you’re over 300 that is very 
> special, but it does NOT warrant Honor Roll.
>
> If I haven’t pissed enough of you off already let me finish by saying 
> it is now easier to work DX than ever before thanks to FT8. Don’t 
> believe me? I have a friend who just got on FT8 about 3 weeks ago and 
> he has already worked 200 DXCC countries. 20 years ago that would have 
> NEVER, NEVER, EVER happened in that period of time.
>
> DX’ing is a marathon, not a sprint. I want to see every ADXA member 
> achieve Honor Roll and I want to help you get there, but not by 
> believing you are entitled to achieve it with lowered requirements.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
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