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THE 28TH AC4TO WAS INTO CU AND W5OZI EM00 INTO DL.  BY CONTRAST JULIO,
NP3CW, REPORTS ALMOST DAILY OPENINGS TO EUROPE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
KEN, DA2KW JN59 AND KEN, KE2N FM18 REPORT OUTSTANDING ES CONDITIONS IN
EUROPE ON MAY 24 25.  CONTACTS THROUGHOU
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CT1ZW/356 K7NN/360 W8LU/349 OK1DH/350 AD6W/339 K6RO/336 W4QM/370 IV3YYK/336

THE VHF COMMUNITY LEADING BY EXAMPLE, DOING HIS/HER BEST TO DO THE RIGHT
THING AS WE SEE IT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO APPLY PEER PRESSURE
AS NEEDED TO ENCOURAGE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR.  BUT JUST AS WE NEED TO BE
REMINDED AT TIMES OF WHAT A CONTACT IS, SO DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE
ETHICS OF WHAT WE DO.  AS TABLE 1 STATES DONT DO ANYTHING YOU WOULD NOT
WANT TO BE MADE PUBLIC.  ON THE BANDS THIS MONTHS HIGHLIGHTS ARE A SEMINAL
ACHIEVEMENT ON 432 MHZ AND A STRONG ES OPENING ON 2 METERS.  THANKS TO MY
CORRESPONDENTS INCLUDING W2BVH, K6LMN AND N7DB NOT OTHERWISE MENTIONED.
FIRST 432 MHZ DXCC.  VIA AL, K2UYH, COMES A MESSAGE FROM JAN BRUINIER,
DL9KR ZDENEK AT Z3/OK1DFC HAD ASKED ME TO GIVE HIM A BEACON AND WHEN
PAUSING TO LISTEN TO MY ECHOES, HE SUDDENLY APPEARED WITH A 549 SIGNAL THUS
GIVING ME DXCC ENTITY 100 AFTER MORE THAN 30 ACTIVE YEARS OF CW, RPT CW,
EME ON 432 MHZ.  A HUGE THANKS TO OK1DFC AND OK3RM.  THUS ON JUNE 6, JAN
BECAME THE FIRST OPERATOR TO COMPLETE 432 MHZ EME.  THIS WAS ALL DONE ON
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YV1TO/340 K9SG/331 WR6O/334 N0JZ/336 AF2C/346 K6YRA/370 W7OM/363 OE2SCM/338
AA4XR/341 K5EO/342 W4PKU/333 IK8AUC/336 N1RR/338 YV5ANT/338 K9US/338

SIDERED AN ACCEPTABLE PRACTICE.  PERHAPS WE NEED TO THINK FURTHER ABOUT THE
ETHICS OF THIS PRACTICE.  WHAT ABOUT ASKING FRIENDS TO WORK YOU AND ONLY
YOU, OR CLUB MEMBERS WORKING ONLY CLUB MEMBERS?  VHF CONTEST SPECIFIC RULE
2R3R5 ALL ROVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ADOPT OPERATING PRACTICES THAT ALLOW AS
MANY STATIONS AS POSSIBLE TO CONTACT THEM.  IS DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE
CAPTIVE ROVERS WHO WORK ONLY ONE STATION.  THIS IS A RULE THAT ONLY
ENCOURAGES SUCH ETHICAL BEHAVIOR THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR BEING A
CAPTIVE ROVER.  A SINGLE ONE POINT 6 METER CONTACT MIGHT SATISFY THE
LITERAL RULE BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES A ROVER SATISFY THE ETHICAL
CONSIDERATIONS AND INTENT OF THIS RULE?  THIS IS A DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO
ADDRESS.  THERE ARE NO ABSOLUTES BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL HUMAN CIVILIZATIONS,
BOTH EASTERN AND WESTERN, HAVE CONVERGED TOWARD SIMILAR BEHAVIORS IN THIS
RESPECT.  WE KNOW THIS IN THE WESTERN WORLD AS VARIANTS OF THE GOLDEN RULE
AND ITS DERIVATIVES, BUT SIMILAR RULES GOVERN GROUPS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD.  THERE ARE ABERRATIONS BUT MOST PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THEM AS
ABERRATIONS.  ETHICAL CONDUCT CAN ONLY BE ENCOURAGED BY EACH ONE OF US IN
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K6KLY/342 W7LFA/363 OE1UZ/360 9A1R/337 K4TNN/340 W4JVN/346 IK6GZM/336
N1CPC/336 YV1CLM/335 K9PPY/352 WR5Y/332 LU5HN/340 AA7A/349 K6TA/362
W7MO/347 OE1WHC/336 9A5CY/331 K5CWR/331 W4LIA/333 IK6SNS/330 N1GS/340
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