To put it simply You are only cheating yourself.
It is not up to me to control other adults. Mike va3mw On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 6:43 AM Roger Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Personally, I don't really care what anyone else does ! > > I achieved DXCC on 160m many years ago . . . and stopped even counting new > countries once I had worked over 200. (it used to be really hard, as so > few > Countries were licensed for Top Band, but these days almost everyone is) > > I KNOW I worked those stations . . . but never bothered collecting QSL > cards > or applying for some piece of paper to put on the wall. To me it's about > the > SATISFACTION of having achieved something. > > In fact - as I've stated before on here - I'm really not bothered about > working somebody in a rare country . . . it's working ANY distant station > on > Top Band that gives me a buzz . . . and regardless of how many times I've > worked that station before. > > The same goes for Contests . . . decades ago I used to actually enter Top > Band contests . . . but it really holds no interest for me having hundreds > of quite easy contacts hour after hour . . . I now just come on to try and > pick out the DX stations in-between all the strong Europeans (again, a > unique problem on 160m, as there is no Skip) - THAT to me is an > achievement. > > Again, I am not bothered about the people using their Computer to have > contacts . . . it would never interest me in a million years, as I feel > there is no operator or equipment skill involved, so zero satisfaction. > But > hey, if it floats some people's boats, that's up to them. > > The only thing that DOES bother me is when people stop coming on > Human-based > modes on 160m because they think the only activity is on the Computer modes > ! > > If more people make an effort to come on the band (instead of complaining) > there WILL be more CW & SSB DX activity on Top Band ! > > Anyway . . . hope to work some of you in the Contest this weekend. (Had to > put my antenna back up yesterday, as it came down in the Gales we had over > here !) > > 73 Roger G3YRO > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
