Wait a minute guys -- I personally think VP6 (not Barbados) and P5 should both be suspended because I haven't worked them, even tho' I have everything else on the DXCC list -- plus a bunch that are no longer there. My reasons for not working these two "entities" has nothing to do with anything.
I'm as competitive as the next guy and I waited until "countries" like China and Albania were re-activated -- just like those who haven't got Mt. Athos will have to wait for Apollo to get back on the air or for someone to replace him, visitor or resident. Changes to DXCC's rules have been bandied about by DXers for years, for selfish or for real reasons. In the end, it is a game that only we care about. If you don't like the game, don't play. This thread is as ridiculous now as it was the last time it appeared. The trick has always been to live long and prosper. Some of us do and some of us don't. That's the way the cookie crumbles. And anyway, what difference does it make in that big antenna farm in the sky? 73, Al, VE1AL _________ Steve Lawrence wrote: > I too floated the idea of a suspended list many years ago and it met > the same fate. Now that I revisit it: Imagine that a "suspended" > country became active and worked, say, only three stations. It could > take another 10 years or whatever the "inactivity period to suspend" > before it was suspended again. This would knock the guys on the lowest > rung of the HR off. So we'd need an activity criteria to be reinstated > as a country from the suspended list. How many Qs would be enough? 1, > 10, 100, 1000? What if the Qs were all JAs? Clearly a no-win situation. > > On another front, the "new" DXCC is clearly the "Challenge" but by not > starting fresh and allowing the OTs to scour their QSL files, the > League missed an incentive opportunity for the relatively newer DXers. > Not exactly a level playing field. In pushing for a fresh start, I > pointed out that W4DR would be the first "winner" and the next 10 were > equally easy to predict. In the "Challenge" a golden opportunity was > missed. > > 73, Steve WB6RSE > (Self admitted OT) > > On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 03:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I proposed this very idea a number of years ago and never got past the > > first person: the idea of a "suspended" list - or whatever word you > > wish to choose - for those countries/entities not on the air for a > > certain reasonable period of time. Perhaps 10 years is not long > > enough, but someone above my pay grade can decide those sorts of > > things. Your list, even minus P5, might be too long for a large > > number of people to accept. Oh sure, I received a polite "Thank You" > > letter, but that's where it died. > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
