Re: [DX-CHAT] Leader boards

2011-10-24 Thread Dave Gomberg
At 14:21 10/24/2011, Don Berger wrote: I must admit this "leader board" is a new concept to me and I've been a Dx'er for 50 years. I infer it is a list of the sum total of q's made with a Dxpedition. Not quite, I believe it is a count of band x modes. So a max of 3 counts per band (fewer

Re: [DX-CHAT] Leader boards

2011-10-24 Thread Don Berger
I must admit this "leader board" is a new concept to me and I've been a Dx'er for 50 years. I infer it is a list of the sum total of q's made with a Dxpedition. If so , I'm perplexed at the name - shouldn't it be the "get a life" board? Don K1vsk - Original Message - From: Dav

[DX-CHAT] Leader boards

2011-10-24 Thread Dave
Greetings; I've stated this before, quite a while ago. Whether it be chasing DX or designing equipment, I challenge only myself. Hard to cheat that way . One would need to be somewhat schizophrenic to derive any satisfaction from cheating oneself. The leader boards can be fun as well as a "

[DX-CHAT] Clublog/Leaderboiard run AMOK??

2011-10-24 Thread Zack Widup
It is not only unethical and unsportsmanlike, it IS illegal. To use someone else's callsign without their permission is illegal. That's just as bad as people sending letters to the FCC under a different name/call stating they want a different callsign, just so they can get the callsign of the cur

Re: [DX-CHAT] Up

2011-10-24 Thread Bill Hawkins
I think it's a combination of some not knowing what there are doing and others forgetting what they are doing. But, every day I continue to be totally amazed, pleased & optimistic about the future of CW as I hear the huge number of high quality CW ops in the pileups and contests! They are not

Re: [DX-CHAT] Clublog/Leaderboiard run AMOK??

2011-10-24 Thread Ron Notarius W3WN
 As I said to a DX newsletter editor when this news broke the other day: Un - flippin' - believable. And "flippin" isn't exactly the precise wording I had in mind, but this is a family reflector. There is a certain mentality running around our ranks these days of "win at any and all costs", combine

[DX-CHAT] Test message

2011-10-24 Thread Dave
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Re: [DX-CHAT] Clublog/Leaderboiard run AMOK??

2011-10-24 Thread Zack Widup
These people need to get a life. A real life. Ham radio is only a part of my life, a tiny part lately as work has been frantic. Even if I didn't work, I am involved in so many other things ... 73, Zack W9SZ On 10/23/11, Gary K9GS wrote: > > > > > SB DX @ WW< KB8NW $OPDX.1033 > Ohio/Penn DX B