On the other hand... Tim Pettis, KL7WE (SK), in chasing WAS on 432, was known to visit needed rare states with a portable EME station, put it on from there, and work his own station (as well as others) to get credit for those states. Another ham would operate his home station. This action of visiting ops operating stations of guys on DXpeditions continues to this day and contacts made like this should be and are considered to be completely valid. You should consider re-evaluating the contacts made by your good friend.
BTW, I had my first ham radio contact in Tim's shack when he was K7BRQ. We went to elementary and high school together. 73, Paul K7CW -------------------------------------------- On Sun, 5/21/17, W9UCW--- via Topband <topband@contesting.com> wrote: Subject: Topband: P.O.A. To: Topband@contesting.com, k8...@alphacomm.net Date: Sunday, May 21, 2017, 7:34 AM Brian, your comments about digital modes made me think back on times "BDM," (before digital modes). The occurrence I'm about to describe clarified what it takes for me to feel accomplishment in the "on the air" part of Ham radio. This happened over 40 years ago. While I was on one of 20 trips to South America that allways included operating from HK0, San Andres, a lifelong buddy of mine in Illinois drove out to our home and asked my wife to let him fire up my station. He got on the air and worked two DXpeditions at a couple very rare locations, using my call. He knew I didn't have those two and they might not be on again for many years. While he was there, he filled out QSL cards for the contacts, took them with him and sent them out. Neither he nor my wife or daughters mentioned this occurrence to me. Getting the cards would be the big surprise. So later, when the cards came, I looked at the date and started asking questions. My buddy was all giddy about what he had done for me. Everybody gets their jollies in different ways and that's what makes the world go around. I can't think of a reason why I would complain about how others get theirs. But I remember looking at those cards and realizing that they meant nothing to me. There was no satisfaction in the fact that they had been worked from my station, because I was not part of the equation. . I thanked my buddy. For him, his jollies came from getting in the log and getting the cards, by any means possible. I respect that and didn't argue. He laughed and said "Those were P.O.A. contacts." That means "power of attorney." I wasn't happy until I had worked those two entities myself. This all made it clear to me how I get satisfaction from on-the-air contacts. 73, Barry, W9UCW _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband