The Life of the DXer: |
The Life of the Birder: |
"ATNO" |
"Lifer" |
Sunrise & sunset tend to be the best times...but not always. |
Sunrise & sunset tend to be the best times...but not always. |
How many DXCC can I work this year? |
I'm doing a "Big Year" |
That amplifier/radio cost HOW much?? |
That spotting scope/camera lens cost HOW much?? |
DXCluster |
eBird.org hourly/daily/rare alerts via text |
ARRL |
Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
QSL as absolute proof |
Photograph as absolute proof |
Logging software |
Logging software |
Band totals, mode totals... |
County/State/Country/Continent/Lifetime totals |
DXpeditions |
Birding Hotspots (really the reverse of a DXpedition--birders go to the rare bird) |
"The P5 called me out of the blue" |
"A Kirtland's Warbler landed on our deck railing" |
SWLing doesn't count. |
SWLing does count (identifying a bird by sound is accepted practice). |
Remote operation is controversial |
Remote "encounters" are allowed, but are tracked separately from in-person. |
DXCC list |
ABA list |
Countries on the DXCC list can be deleted/changed/added |
Bird species on the ABA list can be as well (two species now considered the same, one species split into two, extinction...) |
Computer-assisted operation (e.g. FT8) has become controversial. |
Computer-assisted operation is becoming controversial. Smartphone apps that identify birds both by sight and sound...does it count if your phone hears the bird but you don't hear it/see it/even know what it is? |