> As for DXCC, since sometime in the 1990's (as I recall), we could legally move anywhere or operate anywhere and collect DXCC.
> Prior to that, it was not unheard of for people to call people on the phone to "help" them get a new country. > 160 meters for many years had a phone-a-friend list. I recall that going on in various forms since the 1970's, at least. > Suddenly, it is a major problem that will ruin radio as we know it! There were ethically-challenged individuals in DXCC then, just as there are now. Commercial remotes just take it to a new level. > I think anyone who bases their success or value in life by how they rank in something as silly as a national DXCC list, > or worrying about someone making 50 more contacts in a contest, deserves all the angst and distress worrying about others creates for them I don't see any angst, distress or worry being expressed here -- only a passion for trying to trying to make DXCC the "premier operating award" that the ARRL claims it to be. And I certainly don't see anyone here basing their success in life on DXCC rankings. I do agree with K5GO though -- in its current state DXCC has become a joke. > The most tragic thing I recall in Ham radio was hearing W8UDN, Ed, (a person I rarely spoke to) actually crying on the radio > when he was losing his 160 station. Listening to Ed's open distress and sadness at no longer being able to enjoy something > he loved for most of his life turned a page for me. No one is proposing taking access to a radio (or a remote) from anyone. - Larry K5RK _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
