[DX] DXing and DX nets

[Bob Nielsen]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 12:35:02PM -0700, John Geiger wrote:
> Was anyone also insulted by the article in the last
> Hows DX in October 2002 QST?  In this article, working
> DX on a DX net was compared to "Selling your soul" and
> stated to be as unethical as running over the legal
> limit of power (which is not only ethical, it is
> illegal, but that was not mentioned).

I haven't received my October QST yet, but I beg to disagree.

I think we all would rather work them without nets, but in a few cases
there aren't suitable alternatives.  I recall around 20 years ago the
only station in Nepal was 9N2MM and as far as I know, he only worked
the nets (pileups can be a bit intimidating for inexperienced operators
on the DX side).  It's a bit like shooting fish in a barrel, but I didn't
hesitate.  

I suppose there are some who feel the same about packet clusters,
contests, dxpeditions, etc., as well.

Bob, N7XY