[OKDXA] What DXPeditions Should We Fund?

[John Geiger]

That is great to hear!  I hope he does do CW, that would be easier to break
through the east coast wall.  I do know that Baldur (DJ6SI) did go on a
DXpedition there in the past and I think there have been some others also.
Maybe we can get Pope Francis licensed!  They would probably let him
operate from there.

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 5:39 AM, <w5le at beggstelco.net> wrote:

> John,
> With Mt. Athos being a religious enclave like it is, the likelihood of a
> DXpedition there is almost non-existent.  However, this may brighten your
> day.  Besides SV2ASP/A, Monk Apollo, there is a new ham on Mt. Athos,
> Monk Iakovos, SV2RSG.  He has only been licensed since 2015 but if you
> ever see that call spotted, he's not your run of the mill SV call.
>
>
> > I also need Crozet, Bouvet, North Korea, Pratas, and ZD9 from your list,
> > in
> > addition some of the more common I still need are Somalia, Nepal, Bhutan,
> > Cambodia and XX9.  I would personally throw a couple of hundred dollars
> at
> > any DXpedition that would go to Mount Athos and be accredited by the
> ARRL!
> >
> > 73 John AF5CC
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 9:13 PM, N4IJ <dougn4ij at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> My personal most needed are: Baker & Howland, Crozet, Pratas, North
> >> Korea,
> >> Bouvet, ZL9 and ZD9.
> >>
> >> I need a few others that are not DXpedition material, just gotta be on
> >> when
> >> they are on.
> >>
> >> Doug N4IJ
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 10:25 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > The OKDXA receives many requests for funding from DXpeditions. When we
> >> get
> >> > these, we usually provide some funding for the "big ones," like Bouvet
> >> Is.
> >> > But I began to wonder... Even though I missed (completely!) the 3B7
> >> due
> >> to
> >> > work, I know that it was heard enough here in OK that we would have
> >> had a
> >> > good chance to work it. Yet, I have a friend in CO, with a pretty good
> >> > station, who never heard it on any band. DX is like that and there may
> >> be
> >> > regional "most needed" DXCC entities different from the generic "most
> >> > needed."
> >> >
> >> > Are there any DXCC entities that are particularly rare /here in OK
> >> > /different form the "most needed" list that we should consider funding
> >> > should a request come through? If so, what are they? Or, should we
> >> stick
> >> > with the simpler "DXCC most needed" list for our decisions?
> >> >
> >> > 73,
> >> >
> >> > Kim Elmore N5OP
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> > Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM,
> >> PP
> >> > SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
> >> >
> >> > /"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But,
> >> in
> >> > practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true
> >> that it
> >> > doesn’t matter who said it./
> >> >
> >> >
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