[LCC] Expectations of DXpeditions

[K1DW at aol.com]

>From  N0UN..............   well put !!!!!
 
 
http://n0un.net/expectations-of-dxpeditions/
 
 
_Expectations of DXpeditions_ 
(http://n0un.net/expectations-of-dxpeditions/) 
 
I  find it hard to believe that people complain about DXpeditions and their 
 practices.  It doesn't matter if it's a limited two day DXpedition like  
PQ0T on Trindade, or a super DXpedition like FT4TA on Tromelin that seemed to 
 last for weeks, it's all the same - Internet chat rooms, forums, DX 
Clusters  and our airwaves fill with whining, crying, complaining, bitching and  
hate. 
I  understand disappointment, but since when does disappointment turn to 
spiteful  name calling, blame and hate?  "Yep,  I'm disappointed I didn't work 
them and it's all their fault". 
I  guess I see it different than a whole lot of other folks.  In almost  
every DXpedition I see an opportunity granted me to work a new country, 
band-fill or  mode.  Hey, if they get on 160 Meters, fine.  If they don't,  fine.  
If they stay on CW the whole time?  Fine.  SSB?   Fine too.  They're there 
for a day?  Two weeks?  Never  again?  It's all OK with me, I'll adjust to 
whatever it is they need to  do.  Did they call and work "North America" 
only?  By numbers?   Did they work the wrong band at the right time or at the 
wrong time on the  right band?  Those things matter to me, but I try to take  
what they give and  I'm grateful I even have/had the chance. 
Hey,  it's their time.  Most of the time it's their money.  K1N Navassa  
was over 15  THOUSAND DOLLARS from  each operator!  They're the ones going to 
wherever it is they're going  and they are the ones putting it all on the 
line.  Who are we to hate  from our comfy leather chairs in our heated Ham 
shacks?  Never does my  frustration on what a DXpedition is doing (or not 
doing) rise to name calling  and hate.  Disappointment?  Sure.  Hate?  No.  
Unlike  QRMers, Lids, idiots and boneheads who deserve the wrath of us for taking 
 away QSO's,  DXpeditions are doing what they can to make QSO's. 
How  can I say what I want to say without offending anyone?  Hmmm, let's  
try.  Here's my best offering: 
"If  you don't like what they're doing, shut your piehole and go do it  yo


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