DXpedition politics.
June 16th, 2010
DXpeditions are funded in many different ways.
- Sometimes the operators will fund themselves entirely bearing all personal travel and equipment transportation costs.
- Sometimes a DXpedition will be funded by a group or organisation who’s members have an interest in that DXCC entity being activated.
- Some DXpeditions might be sponsored by equipment manufacturers.
- Some DXpeditions may be sponsored by the individual donations of many hams around the world in support of a rare entity being activated (often one that they personally need).
- DXpeditions can also be funded by any combination of the above methods and of course other methods not listed here.
The crux of all of this is that there is often a degree of ‘obligation’ to make sure that those sponsoring the DXpedition get a fair chance at working them. This is where it can get a bit tricky.
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