[SADXA] Unique DXpedition policies

[Bob Coomler]

Love it!  Thanks, Keith.

Bob W7SWL



>________________________________
> From: "Keith Schlottman, CPA, PFS" <keith at schlottmancpa.com>
>To: Southern AZ DX Association E-Mail Reflector <sadxa at mailman.qth.net> 
>Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 11:14 PM
>Subject: [SADXA] Unique DXpedition policies
> 
>A Dx'er friend sent me this...
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>
>3 December 2012
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>After a lot of negotiation we are pleased to announce a multinational team
>of twelve is to undertake a Dxpedition to Bouvet Island from 25 March 2013
>to 5 April 2013 using the callsign 3Y0IOF.
>
>We will be operating 24/7 with five stations covering all bands 160m-10m.
>
>We understand that Dxpeditions are all about you the DX operator therefore
>we are pleased to announce some exciting new innovations.
>
>We appreciate many of you feel you should not have to make any effort to
>work us. Accordingly we are offering you the chance to call us on the
>telephone when you are ready for a QSO.  That’s right we will give you a
>phone number and when you are ready you can ring us and we will immediately
>cease to work the pile up and call you on a frequency of your choice.  Not
>only that we will also ensure an email is sent to you directly after the
>QSO to confirm you are in the log.  Furthermore we are organising a team of
>experts who, if you wish, will fly in and set up your rig on the required
>frequency, connect the antenna for you and make sure the heating or
>ventilation is on so it is nice and warm or cool in your shack as the case
>requires.  Don’t worry about propagation.  We will make sure there is some
>between us as we understand that is our responsibility and it’s our fault
>if there isn’t.
>
>If that is not for you then don’t worry we are just as happy to work you in
>a pile up.  We realise that we will need to operate in accordance with your
>operating habits so therefore we will understand if you call over the top
>of another station we are trying to work, or when we are specifically
>calling a part of the world you do not reside in, or if you are simply
>calling aimlessly or while we are transmitting, or even if you call when
>you cannot hear us.  We will do our best to work you despite all this and
>yes we know it’s our fault if you do not make it into the log.
>
>We wish to acknowledge the value Frequency Cops bring to a Dxpedition so to
>recognise this we are going to specifically publicise some times when we
>will arrange for some operators to deliberately call us on our frequency
>instead of split.  Frequency Cops can even register their availability with
>us to help us ensure these periods get maximum uptake by the Frequency Cop
>community.  During these periods the Frequency Cops will be able to say or
>send “up up!” to their hearts content. (Note: we will make sure we tell the
>pile up to listen up and not down as the recent PT0S Dxpedition has taught
>us that Frequency Cops don’t know how to send “down” in CW).
>
>We also don’t want the “tuner uppers” to feel left out and like them we
>feel dummy loads are completely overrated.  So when we are ready to
>transmit on a band we will give them the opportunity to tune up on our
>frequency before we start working the pile up.  Each period will start with
>us sending our callsign and “QDL” (“Quick Dummy Loaders”) so they will know
>when to commence tuning up on us.  We will allow for at least five minutes
>for this as we know how important it is for the tuner uppers to make sure
>their finals are good and ready.  We acknowledge if they go bang it’s our
>fault.  Depending on demand we will every now and then send “QDL” while
>working a pile up so any tuner uppers late to the party can tune up on us
>as well.
>
>Unfortunately we will not have cluster access while we are on Bouvet but we
>know this will not stop you posting announcements and comments on the
>cluster about our Dxpedition.  Some suggestions for you to try include
>saying what band you want us to QSY to or mode to operate on, the quality
>of our ops and the usual “loud”, “can’t hear them here”, “thanks for 7th
>band” or “yee hah” comments.  Likewise as we noted above we understand it’s
>our fault if you cannot work us and therefore we accept in that case you
>will post on the cluster calling us the worst Dxpedition ever.
>
>We can’t wait to be of service to you.
>
>
>The 3Y0IOF Team
>
>RELEASE ENDS
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