Mike: I couldn't have expressed it better than you have. DXCC has a 40+year (that I know of) history and it is the pinnacle of DX awards. I don't participate in DXCC Challenge as it takes way to much time to make a dent in the standings. More power to those who do like it. I have, however, put 15 years of my life pursuing a high position on the DXCC List, and many others have put many more years in the same pursuit. Some people become SK's before the get to the top of it, and that may well happen to me.
When you become a SK and your call sign ceases to be active, you fall off the list. It is a badge of honor to be high on the list, and the ultimate distinction is to reach the top. That remains my goal. The DXCC List in the Yearbook is our report card in this pursuit and it, if nothing else, should be in the DXCC Yearbook. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. You and I are not alone in this feeling. Sincerely John Owens - N7TK -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Mike(W5UC) & Kathy(K5MWH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > AMEN John: > > Last year when I complained that the annual DXCC listings were > missing, a part of the explanation I got verbally from a particular > League official, was that the DX Challenge is now the premier DX > Award in the league DX program. Pardon my French, but BS. That's a > matter of opinion. Challenge may possibly be attracting more > attention, but Challenge is "the newest big thing". I would expect > that there would naturally be a flurry of new activity there. DXCC, > however, is still the original, and IMHO, the most prestigious of the > DX awards. (don't challenge me with the merits of all of your > favorite awards; I don't want to hear it) > > I also, don't know who,when, decided that the Yearbook needed to look > like Parade Magazine in my Sunday paper, with a lengthy review of all > of the news I saw on Fox News this past week. Please, just take it > back to it's original form and leave it alone. > > It really would be nice if people would quit trying to discover a way > to destroy the few remaining traditions we have left. I'm so sick I > want to puke from operators ending correspondence & on air > communications with "73's". The term is 73; please learn what it > means, and use it correctly, and please leave the Yearbook tradition alone > > 73, > Mike, W5UC > > "age & treachery will overcome youth & skill" > http://www.suddenlink.net/pages/w5uc/ > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org > > 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, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
