[OKDXA] 3Y0J

[Kim Elmore]

Bouvet is a very nasty place from a weather standpoint, not to mention 
the ocean conditions. It's essentially in the Furious 50s where waves 
can constructively superimpose to create huge, single-event waves that 
can capsize large ships. From a weather standpoint,  I hope they went in 
with all eyes open.

As for "The Deserving," as far as I know the term was used in a literary 
sense by WA6AUD, Hugh Cassidy, who published the West Coast DX Bulletin. 
He famously wrote a number of short columns on DXers and DXing with many 
memorable characters. An excellent archive of these, along with some new 
ones written in his style, can be found at 
http://www.oocities.org/capecanaveral/1641/dxstories.html. These are fun 
reading. In short, anyone insisting they deserve a particular DX entity 
is not among The Deserving.

Lots of things aren't a good look for the hobby. i.e., late night 75 m 
activity or 14.313 Mhz... It's up to those of us that ARE among The 
Deserving to be a good look for he hobby!

73,

Kim N5OP

On 2/9/2023 8:47 AM, Peter Laws N5UWY wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 3:49 PM N5OK<coyday62 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> it could be life threatening.  I just hope they stay safe.
> Yes, me too, whether or not I work them.  Or hear them.
>
> I always assumed that "the deserving" was sort of an in-joke, not to
> be taken seriously, like "said with a wink" ...  It appears that there
> are many who aren't in on the joke and really feel that they do
> "deserve" a confirmed contact.  Not a good look for the hobby.
>
>
-- 
Kim Elmore, Ph

Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, UAS, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)

/“I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, 
'wouldn't it be much worse if life *_were_* fair, and all the terrible 
things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?' So now 
I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the 
universe." – Marcus Cole, Babylon 5: “A Late Delivery from Avalon”/