I know this isn't going to get any sympathy from US OPs, but
I'll ask anyhow. DX stations *usually* ask for areas like EU, NA, SA
etc. And because there are so many JA DXers, often JA only. Where
does Canada and Mexico fit into this? 3C7Y just spent 10-15 minutes
asking for USA only and finally went QRT because the whole world kept calling.
I agree, especially on the first few days of an operation,
DXpeditions have to cut things down somehow, and going by continent
where they have the best propagation makes sense. I do not think
they ought to single out a specific country. NA, EU, AS, etc. should
be good enough. Given the relatively few VE and XE stations compared
to W, does it really help to ask for USA only? If so, they ought to
take 10-15 minutes and ask for VE only, and then XE only.
For the record:
(1) I don't need 3C on 20M
(2) I know the main CW OP personally (KH7Y) and I'm sure he meant NA
(3) They will be there long enough to work anyhow
Just a philosophical question -- wouldn't it be better to ask
for continent? I'm not picking on the current 3C operation, just
pointing out that a lot of DXpeditions do this -- especially asking
for "JA only." Seems to me "AS only" would make more sense, as then
the HLs, HSs, etc would have a shot then. To their credit, when most
say say USA only they mean NA, and will take VEs and XEs, but in my
view DXpeditions should go by continent, not specific country. Try
to imagine the chaos if they started picking out individual EU
countries . . .
73/DX Paul VE1DX
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