Re: [DX-CHAT] Yemen

[Scott Manthe]

While I do think there are some absurd entities on the list, I think that people tend to forget that getting on to the honor roll is supposed to be DIFFICULT and it's supposed to take time AND effort. After all, it is called the "Honor Roll" for a reason.   It seems that some ops want to remove countries from the list because they haven't been active for a few years, or that it seems that it might take 5 or 10 years for the next legtitimate operation. I can understand the desire to want to get to the top of the honor roll, especially if you're only a few away, but removing entities isn't the way to do it. DXing is often a long term propostition and we have it much better these days than before there was an internet cluster or DX internet mailing lists. Those two tools alone make DXing so much easier- we learn almost immediately when the operations will take place and when they do take place, when they're on and where they're at on the bands. Unfortunately, there is nothing to make waiting easier, which is why patience is a virtue. ;)   Geo-political situations change constantly. What seems like a hopeless situation one day can change overnight. Remember Albania? I missed N. Korea because I couldn't hear him, but it was amazing that there was such a long term operation from there in the first place. There is hope for almost any entity, but it just takes time. If it exists, there will eventually be an operation from there.   73, Scott, N9AI  ----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Stone To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Yemen Hi,   Well, for what it is worth here is my thoughts.  I am sitting at 325 and of the 10 I have left, several (3 or 4) have "no likely chance" of operations.  Why keep them on the list? If a country does not allow activity from an entity I would like to see them go off the 'active' list.  However, I do remember a brief operation from Yemen just last year - and I missed that one too.   This could be handled by starting an 'inactive' list and then using the active list to determine honor roll, etc.  I am not just complaining but really wonder why an entity would be keeping someone from 'top of the honor roll' when there is no possibility of operations from there.  If a legit operation started the entity could be moved back to the active list.  Just an idea - probably full of holes but just an idea.   It would require some bugs to work out but I think it could happen.  As for me, I have hopes that the 3C0 dx-pedition will put me on honor roll and 'top of the honor roll' is a long way off :-).   73 de N5PHT, Gary