[DX] Fw: For the DX reflector ... (fwd)

[Ray McClure]

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Subject: For the DX reflector ... (fwd)


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> Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 18:04:16 -0500
> From: n6bfm@mindspring.com
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> To: w8cnl@mindspring.com
> Subject: For the DX reflector ...
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> Greetings Jim:
>
>
>
> As you know, because of low intestinal fortitude, I do not subscribe
to any
> Internet Reflectors (I still wake up at night in cold sweats following
the
> endless Antenna Reflector debate about the merit of plastic owls on
towers).
> However, on occasion, and this is one, when my name/callsign is
bounced around
> the Internet, people send me copies of the postings.
>
>
>
> Jim, we've know each other more years than I can count.  As always,
your
> remarks are mostly 100% on the mark.  As always, you clearly state the
facts,
> it is however the interpretation of the facts that we differ on.
Kinda like
> when George W. says Saddam Hussain sucks.  I grab for the nuke
keycodes, you
> grab for your zipper.  It's all in how we interpret the facts.
>
>
>
> Fact:  "9K is not DX."  We agree on that.
>
> Interpretation :  As you know I also operated from Singapore as 9V1VP.
> Singapore, like Kuwait is just that - When you're in Singapore, you're
in
> Singapore, When you're in Kuwait, you're in Kuwait - end of story.
Believe
> me, the QTH is 9K.
>
>
>
> There are two notable differences between Kuwait and Singapore.  One
good, one
> bad.  The good news is that Kuwait is a State.  So the correct
response to the
> FAQ "What State are you in?", is indeed "The State of Kuwait".  The
bad news
> is that Kuwait is geographically short skip to Italy.  Again, the
cause of
> waking up at night in cold sweats.
>
>
>
> Fact: "9K2ZZ is not a good example of DX.  He's a not a pileup, he's
an RF
> circus on an ego trip."  Again, we agree on that.
>
> Interpretation : Fact #1 above agrees that 9K is not DX.  Am I on an
ego trip?
>  Again, Jim, we're 100% in agreement.  Because of the grossly
disproportional
> number of Male vs Female Amateurs, I suspect DX/Dxers/Dxing to be more
of a
> testosterone thing than ego.  To me it's like an adult version of kids
in
> competition to see who can pee highest on the bathroom wall.
>
>
>
> Jim, last I heard you were in a Florida no-antennae retirement
community.  You
> have plenty of time to sit down and seriously listen to Pile ups, DX,
Dxers,
> etc.  I listen a lot (mostly because I can't stomach what I hear on
the
> bands).  The only way I can explain the behavior of those who pursue
this
> facet of our hobby has got to be ego/testosterone.  What else so fully
covers
> the behavior of those in pile-ups, those little groups of people with
bad
> audio gathered on a frequency congratulating each other on how bad
they sound.
>  Those who get up at oh dark hundred every morning on 40M to discuss
the
> latest side-effects of their new hemorrhoid medication with their
fellow
> sufferers.  Those with the big stacked arrays (yes, I'm jealous) who
talk
> about nothing but how big it is.
>
>
>
> I'm not shy or embarrassed to admit it's all about testosterone.  Why
should
> you be.  I'm very happy with my dipole, 100W, as 27 cent microphone.
You
> should be happy and content to not participate in the DX facet of the
hobby
> anymore, and do you Dxing on the Internet reflectors.
>
>
>
> Fiction :  "Bob should get a Pulitzer prize for bad manners".  Well
Jim, there
> just had to be at least on thing we don't agree on.
>
> Interpretation:  I actually believe a am a very polite operator.  I
seldom
> allow by total intolerance of idiocy/stupidity to reflect on my
impeccable
> manners.
>
>
>
> We're agreed that 9K is not DX.  There's absolutely no question where
9K is.
> However, I will always (without exception) answer the inevitable
question
> "What's your QTH?", with a polite "In the spare bedroom", then proceed
to the
> next person who can't wait to spell Ed for me, or to clarify that NY
is the
> abbreviation for New York (did I tell you I'm a John Rocker fan?).
>
>
>
> Personally I do not feel obligated to spoon feed everyone who has
entered the
> hobby totally ill prepared.  If the station who calls me doesn't know
my
> callsign (and I give it at the conclusion of every QSO), or doesn't
know where
> 9K is, or doesn't know what state K2ZZ in in, I really don't care.
>
>
>
> When it comes to QSL information.  Again, an issue of absolutely no
concern to
> me.  I don't QSL. I never have.  However, in keeping with my very
polite
> operating practice, I always answer the (again) inevitable question
"QSL
> info", with "Anywhere you like".
>
>
>
> Anyway Jim, in conclusion, in the days when you were DX, we have had
QSOs from
> my home QTH.  Hey, I was a miserable son of a bitch then, I'm still
one now.
>
>
>
> 73,
>
>