Steve I don't get that one either. I live in Pennsylvania. So if I go on vacation and work P5 from say Nebraska and then go to New Mexico and work BS7H I can only count one of these??? What's up with that? 73 Bruce NJ3K
On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:37:01 -0500, Steven Rutledge <steven.t.rutledge@...> wrote:
And be able to change the additional location once a year?????
Steve, N4JQQ
On 8/12/2020 12:57 PM, Ria, N2RJ wrote:
Summary:
Current rule: Add to your DXCC totals from anywhere within the DXCC entity. So you can work from Maine, and work DX that is favorable out East and then log in to a station in Western Washington or Oregon, and then work DX that is favorable on the other coast.
Proposed rule:
Pick one of: Work all DX from stations within a 200km circle from your station address as registered with the FCC OR Work all DX from within a 200km circle anywhere within the DXCC entity
AND Designate one additional location to work DX from and have it count for DXCC.
That is the summary.
AA6YQ's suggestion was: Keep the rules as-is AND Offer a "single location endorsement" that says that you worked all DX from one small circle. This would be similar to WAS where all contacts have to be made from a circle of a maximum of 50 miles in diameter.
This is just an endorsement and does not affect the existing or any future DXCC awards. It is completely optional.
Ria N2RJ
Ria N2RJ
On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 13:00, Skip <k6dgw@...> wrote:
and, many who might have an opinion one way or another may not be subscribed to ARRL Awards email or otherwise be unaware of the changes being considered? The commentary here is certainly self-selected,
"The
kiss of death in statistics." Normally in a membership organization,
a
committee tasked with determining if there is a problem and what possible solutions might work would survey with a large enough random sample for statistical significance. DXCC would seem to be important enough to warrant some effort in this direction.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County
On 8/11/2020 3:03 PM, Ria, N2RJ wrote:
Like the symbol rate discussions there are one or two people who dominate the postings and people would rather not get in the middle of it. That’s probably why you aren’t seeing more participation.
Ria N2RJ
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 5:54 PM W0MU <w0mu@...> wrote:
I think those that say propagation hopping is happening frequently
and
apparently ruining the award should provide facts not hearsay. Why
are
the big names behind this STILL hiding behind curtains?
W0MU
On 8/11/2020 3:21 PM, Ria, N2RJ wrote:
This is an unscientific poll. There has also been a call to action by one of the remote services. So I wouldn’t say that 3:1 is truly reflective of the ham radio population.
Ria N2RJ
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 5:13 PM Lin Holcomb <lin@...> wrote:
Yes is seems so and seems arbitrary. and from my own experiments propagation does not vary on >17m inside a 500km radius, but <12m it varries greatly inside a 50km area. 73, Lin PS as a DXAC member I suggest you read all of the comments, by my count it is about 3:1 opposed to a change. While might does not make right it does make a difference in donations, membership and votes.
