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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:34:39 -0800 (PST)
From: Dennis Doran <wb8wtu@...>
Subject: [QRP-L] [FOX] Why not post the freq or
small range of freqs
To: jgaynard@..., qrp-l@...,
WB8WTU@...

Yes, things have been sparse in Ohio, and I stand
with
Mike as batting
0 for 6 this season. Feast or famine on the
Northcoast.

I have been on both sides of this issue. Over the
past
several years,
I've always thought that posting Fox spots made the
whole thing too
easy. I thought that we should have to search and
try
to dig-out the
contact to make it a real challange.

Well, this year I finally got my wish,
and............
I hate it. Digging
through all the garbage looking for the Fox is
time-consuming and
frustrating at times. I've never been in the top 10,
but I've never been
scoreless either !!! I share all of Johns comments
and
feelings.......
however.........

I also agree with Mike. These are the rules that we
started with, and
we should stick to them. The key, I think, is to
keep
things in
perspective. The whole idea of the Fox Hunts was to
improve our
operating skill, not bag a pelt and go watch our
favorite TV show.
Conditions have made this season a REAL challange in
this area
of the country.

I've experienced frustration this year as well, but
have prepared
myself for dining on humble pie. Also, it's made me
think of fine-
tuning the equipment, re-working the antenna, giving
it my best
shot, and letting the pelts fall where they may.

Some sort of 80 meter operation event would be
interesting, but my
vote is to keep things as they are for this hunt.
If
it's 0 for Everything,
so be it.

Speaking for myself, propogation be darned, I'll be
there every
Thursday for the Hunt, shooting for a pelt. I am
prepared to be a
"Hemingway Hound", that is, "to die in the
rain............alone". ;)

Tally-Ho !

73, o-o and such,
dennis
WB8WTU




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