[BC] Why some DXers give a bad name

[Douglas B. Pritchett]

AM DXing still brings me enjoyment. However, as a station chief many 
years ago in Mississippi, it was more problematic. A few high and 
mighty DX "experts" declared a jihad against our station first 
complaining in print in a DX magazine that our station did not reduce 
power at sunset on a handful of dates. Then they began sending 
letters and making phone calls the the Commission.  The GM and I 
compared their complaints for time and date to our xmtr logs and 
found we were in compliance, yet these 2 DXers continued to harrass 
our GM and even our owner. It was our secretary (a Florida State 
grad) that noted these "DX experts" were in a part of Florida that 
was just inisde the Eastern time zone, while the Magnolia state is 
in  the Central time zone. And their figures were exactly one hour 
off...... A quick letter to these "experts" and to the magazine 
publisher from our station's attorney quelled the phone calls and 
triggered an in print apology from the magazine. Never heard a word 
from the Commission. I guess that shows how much clout they have..............

-- 
Douglas B. Pritchett
Fort Wayne, IN
WBZQ1300 at verizon.net



Mark Durenberger wrote:

>What DX-ers often say is that "the station's cheating."  That 
>over-worked word flies in the face of the very attribute that makes 
>DX-ing fun: the vagaries of propagation.
>
>Instead of a cartwheel and a 'wow', when conditions shift to bring a 
>station pounding in 20-30 db higher than usual, the usual response 
>is: "they're cheating; they're still on day power."
>




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