> > > ...Even using CW it is infinitely easier to work > DXCC on multiple bands these days than back in the fifties, well maybe I > will make an exception for the 1958 era.... > ================= Ha ha, yep. I worked DXCC as a Novice in 1957-58, all on 15 CW. It's true that signals were popping in from all over the world at the time. But the level and type of activity were completely different, of course. I worked many countries still deemed to be rare via QSOs with local hams (e.g. Johnston Island) or visiting scientists (e.g. Amsterdam Island), but only a couple via DXpeditions (e.g. Navassa). Often you'd have an exchange of name and qth, even with rare DX when others were waiting. You found DX by tuning and listening, and most QSLing was via direct mail. A different world. Now with clusters and micro-QSOs (5nn tu) you can knock off DXCC within 24 hours during a contest. Which is more fun? I dunno. Either way, hearing your call come back from the other edge of the world can give a little jolt of adrenaline, no matter how many times you've done it. I don't get any jolt seeing my call on the FT8 scroll.
73, Tony KT0NY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
