‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM OCTOBER 2018 QST PAGE 70 ‰ COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION TO A LOCATION THAT USUALLY HAS SOME COMMERCIAL FACILITIES FOR FOOD AND LODGING. OF THE FIVE DXPEDITIONS ANALYZED IN THIS CATEGORY, THE LARGEST BUDGET WAS 90,000, AND THE SMALLEST WAS 17,000, RESULTING IN A 46,400 AVERAGE COST. WITH AN AVERAGE OF 60,000 CONTACTS MADE, THE AVERAGE COST PER CONTACT WAS 0R86. THE LICENSING FEES ARE AMONG THE LARGER COSTS FOR A FLY IN EXPEDITION. IN ONE RARE COUNTRY ANALYZED, LICENSING CHARGES TOTALED AS MUCH AS 50 OF THE COST OF THE OPERATION. ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ SECONDLY, SHIPPING TO SOME OF THESE DESTINATIONS CAN BE SIGNIFICANT DUE TO IMPORT DUTIES OR UNRELIABLE SHIPPING ROUTES. OFFSETTING THESE HIGH COSTS, TRAVEL AND PLANNING TIMES ARE SHORTER THAN CHARTERED PLANE OR SHIP OPERATIONS. BECAUSE THESE TRIPS ARENT USUALLY RARE, THEY RELY ON A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF OPERATOR FUNDING 66. THE REST OF THE BUDGET WAS PROVIDED BY FOUNDATIONS AND CLUBS 21, AND INDIVIDUALS VIA DONATIONS AND QSL REQUESTS ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ