[Dx-qsl] New DXCC rules

[Peter W2IRT]

On 3 or even 4 bands, at that!


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Regards,
Peter Dougherty, W2IRT
DXCC Card Checker/CQ-WAZ Checkpoint

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-----Original Message-----
From: DX-QSL [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Richard F
DiDonna NN3W
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 4:57 PM
To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] New DXCC rules

DXCC itself is a pretty easy award.  You can do it in 24 hours in a major
contest event....

73 Rich NN3W
On 1/24/2015 4:50 PM, Peter W2IRT wrote:
> My comments ###
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DX-QSL [mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
> Robert Emory
>
> Just my personal thoughts.
> For me DXCC is a personal achievement.  If I can look MYSELF in the DX 
> mirror and feel fine that's all that matters.  I really don't care how 
> YOU made it; how YOU succeeded; what corners YOU cut; how much YOU 
> paid a dexpedition for YOUR card.
> I only care about MY DXCC plaque and how I got there.
> If YOU need to "cheat" and it's that important to YOU then go for it.  
> I think it cheapens the award for YOU but not for ME.
>
> [pjd] ### Cheating cheapens the award for anybody who *does* compete 
> against the rest of the world's DXers. It's a friendly competition and 
> one I know I'll never win since I don't have a superstation of my own, 
> but it's a competition I love and I'm passionate about. I want to 
> compete against my fellow hams with consistent and fair rules.
>
> ###DXCC is a premiere operating award, not a "thanks for playing" 
> award like WAC or even WAS, or worked all river barge terminals or 
> whatever. It's the Big One, and it should be reserved for operators 
> using either their own stations (remoted or otherwise) or stations 
> belonging to friends or clubs where no financial remuneration is 
> involved to the station-owner, it should be situated in mostly the 
> same propagation conditions as the operator, and all gear must be 
> interconnected either via cables or RF operating exclusively on 
> amateur radio frequencies with no connection to the PSTN or Internet. 
> If you're wealthy and have a yard full of towers and an aluminum 
> overcast of your own, that's great. You get to be with other top dawgs 
> in the big leagues. If you have 100W and a vertical, but all other 
> condx being the same, you get to participate at a slightly lower level,
but at least you can take pride in your contacts.
>
> ### Paid remote stations violate every aspect of Ham Spirit in my 
> book, and by requiring the Internet, it's no longer even amateur 
> radio. Playing dial-a-remote to get the best propagation is just 
> downright cheating, and I put all of those on the same footing as DX 
> nets "that's a good QSO. Two by two, rifle shots, bang bang" or some other
DX spoonfeeding balderdash.
>
> ### If the League really wanted to address this situation they'd 
> create a parallel award for real stations only. DXCC Ultra, if you 
> will. I'd pay extra to play in the "no kids, lids or space cadets" class.
>
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