Re: [DX-CHAT] Yemen

[Fred Souto Maior]

DXCC is a challenge and wasn't created to be easy to arrive at the top. I and many others, had to wait a long time to work ZA and XZ (XY). I had to wait more then 20 years and other guys that started earlier already had ZA and XY credited easily. But I never asked to change the rules to make it. Some entities easy to work on the past are difficoult actually and vice-versa. That's the name of the game !!!!!  And never forgett "This is a hobby" Best regards to all of you from Brazil.   Fred - PY7ZZ   -----Mensagem Original----- De: Tony Martin W4FOA Para: Scott Manthe ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviada em: Terça-feira, 2 de Setembro de 2003 17:48 Assunto: Re: [DX-CHAT] Yemen Very well stated Scott!   Let's make this Honor Roll thing easy enough so we can all make it without much effort....heck maybe we could even make it automatic for those who have been active DX'ers for at least 10 years.  Then after 20, one would automatically be added to the "Top of the List".    Hmmmm, this sounds a bit like incentive licensing, doesn't it?   I would suggest that while one waits for those "never to be activated" countries, try multi-band DXCC 160 thru 6 meters.  Let's not make it so easy that it becomes almost automatic.  Like my granpappy used to say, "anything worth having, is worth working for".   My 2 cents worth!   See you in the pileups.   Tony, W4FOA     ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Manthe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Yemen 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