The idea is IF YOU LISTEN TO ME! GET TO WORK!

...."If you can't ear me ! Please don't call me!

Please do not follow the Web Cluster!
Use your antenna and your receiver!
If you do not listen, please do not call !

Maybe you just got your ticket, ---maybe you're an old timer who is tired of ragchewing and handling traffic,--maybe you just plain got bit by the DX-bug---anyway it happened and you're joining in this DX game. Fine , we're glad to have you. Now lets talk a litle bit about the rules.

What rules you say? All you do is listen around a minute and call CQ DX. What more is there to it? Well, if you're going to DX  a month or two  and work maybe 100 dxcc countries or 150 different prefixes that approach might be all right. You can work most of the countries in Europe and South America, that way, specially countries with large population of active hams which are known to DX men as "garden variety" countries. However if you are going to shoot for WPX, WAZ or SSB DX or CW DX Awards you're going to need to contact a lot of rare to vary rare countries. Sometimes you will only be able to do this by listening for a DXpedition schedule to operate from the country you need, or there maybe an active ham or two in the country who get on the air sporadic intervals. Whichever it is, the old "CQ CQ DX" technique is not good enough. You won't work rare countries that way. There is no substitute for less talk and more listen. Lots and lots of quite mornings and evenings just LISTENING!

Most DXers dream of being "on the other end" one time. I am no different except i made it and giving a new country to many other amateurs on my previous islands adventures, was one of the most satisfying experiences of my life.
Give a new one to all stations !to have a lot of fun ;  to work as many stations as possible We are not concerned with pile-up. Get records or reach number of QSO's
Our amateur radio philosophy has changed considerably in the last years since Mozambique with C91BWW or C98BWW,Most of the amateur radio community only looks for 59 or 599 forgetting the operator that is .... on the other "side"

On the other hand we know who has accompanied us in recent years, in our activities, who has sent us a friendly word, a thank you.
Those who in the middle of the QSO i like to ear ; ... "Thanks MARQ! See you again!" "good job MARQ is NOT a NEW ONE ...but it's Great to see you! " ...." Well Done Marq ! Thanks for NEW Band!" ........ "Great to ear you Marq ! thanks for CW QSO !"
For us it is also a joy and satisfaction to recognize some indicatives that are familiar to us

Amateur Radio  is a mixture of feelings.
We should try to give more of ourselves without anything in return .. then we know that more day less day we will be compensated.

The idea of an activity like in this case the Faroes Island forces me to devote a lot of time to planning.

I have to keep in mind that there will be two (2) flights by plane, the first Lisbon to Barcelona and then Barcelona to Vagar.
This time I will not take neither amplifier nor "GREAT" antennas, I will do an activity as simple as possible.

I've always enjoyed using unusual antennas  and surprising my friends their effectiveness - at times. This time I will take Home brew VDA 30M, 20M, 17M,15M and 12M and a portable Sigma antenna.
The idea is to LISTEN TO ME! GET TO WORK!

The amateur radio has its values in the character of its operators.

Many CQ WW Champions when operating at 100 Watts or less have seen mediocre and simple ,,,,, while others with experience and dedication with low power get great scores and achieve great results

Final Results

The TERRIBLE conditions I had during my stay in Faroes couldn't permit a Final  Result as I expected.  Our location was near the Fjord close to the sea but with to Big Mountains surround . The QRM mostly the time was 5.9 and some parts of the day 5.9 + - 

CQ ZONES : 12 Zones

DXCC Entities : 56 

The Sunset around 23:59 and sunshine at 4:00 AM 

My 1st QSO was with my friend Luis CT4NH and last with

SOME PHOTOS HERE

I don't care ! Although Faroes  is not incredibly rare, it makes the top 250 most wanted DXCC countries at number 215 and still generates much interest when activated, often by holiday makers with limited equipment, antennas and time on the air.

Spend a moment listening OY/CT1BWW in order to pick up our pattern of operation. I prefer working "free" listening COMPLETE CALLSIGNS , don't give me SUFFIXES or PART OF THE CALLSIGN . GIVE ME THE COMPLETE CALLSIGN PLEASE! If i get a  pileup and gets too unruly, we may occasionally start working by numbers.  We promise not to spend too long on any number and will cycle through the complete sequence in about 10 to 20 minutes. Start and end at any number, not necessarily 1!  We may also call specific call areas/continents, and also 

DXcluster spots from over-excited DXers often list broken (incorrect) calls.  Do not call until your are certain who you are calling and make sure you log OY/CT1BWW  correctly.  You would not want all this hard work to go to waste, would you?! I will send our own call frequently, usually during every QSO but at least once every few minutes.  If you are still not certain when we contact you, just ask.  

You are using correct phonetic?

The purpose of phonetic equivalents in voice operation is to make yourself understood. Note I'm not say this is the principal purpose.  It's the only purpose. The logical corollary to this is, then, that as long as you make yourself understood, it really makes little difference what phonetics equivalents you use. If this be true, then what's the difference whether we use, say, for CT1NJM, the phonetics Nan Jig Mike, NOVEMBER JULIET MIKE, Nepal Japan Mozambique , Nine Jumping Monkeys, or No Joking Matter?
Isn't insistence on a standard phonetic list carrying standardization a little too far?
Throughout the years, a great many organizations and communications concerns have endeavored to achieve standardization in the struggle to reduce the spoken to the written word. the result has been promulgation of different standards .
So you ask , what's the conclusion ?
Which phonetic list should we amateurs use?
Working DX , using place-names for phonetics; They claim Y Yokohama and Z for Zanzibar are more readily understood by DX stations than Y Yankee and Z for Zulu

I still say, however , that the only purpose of a phonetic equivalent is to make yourself understood. If you accomplish this, the first time, then you are using the right list.

After all these years, I can recognize hundreds of call signs.  Many of these callsigns have become familiar.

The Station code defines the operator ... we may not remember the name, but for sure we remember the call sign if your operator is Good or Bad, respectful and cordial or uneducated and unfriendly

But using the correct standard  phonetic alphabet when calling in a pileup is Does not make you a retrograde.  The phonetic alphabet (Alfa through Zulu) in radio traffic serves to avoid mistakes during exchanges of letters and words. To achieve this goal, the 26 alphabet letters have been attributed a unique word. A DX station listens for these unique words in the pileup. His ears are harassed by the fusion of all these words (and figures) and fatigue increases. If we deviate from the standard words of the phonetic alphabet, it gets even more difficult for him.

Are newly licensed amateurs totally unprepared to met today's challenge of operating a radio station?          Are they completely unprepared to apply practical operating technique to a situation requiring both academic as well as practical skills? Just what is it that makes one operator appear better then another ?

When given a dozen or so amateurs, all licensed an equal number of years and all having similar code speeds, why will one or two always outshine the others?  Why has more anxiety recently been voiced on the operating characteristics found on the bands?

In fact after having read four Morse Courses I could verify that the results obtained by the students diverge significantly. Those who "love" and have a passion for Hobby, take learning as an obsession to the point of teaching as much as possible, others who take Hobby as a "joke" end up demoralizing and giving up.

Also I think it has a great deal to do with the improper pre-training period prior to the amateur receiving his license as well as a complete lack of self-training following the General exam

It is a known fact that a great many amateurs buy and/orb built nothing until they are sure their ticket hangs securely on the wall. Many prospective Hams  therefore never gave the ability  or desire to "listen in " before exam, time. Some General class licenses, embarrassed to make the effort through the Novice ranks are completely flabbergasted by the QRM. " My code records were never like this!" cries the unbelieving brass-pounder. Whether your choice  of mode be phone or cw there's certainly more to operating than knowing the Q- Code or memorizing a page or two from basic rules on amateur radio . The trouble probably lies with the well meaning association, which as an effort to stimulate 

The old timer too, lost much of this status as one who take newcomers under his wing. Years ago it was almost unwritten law that an experienced amateur required to "show the ropes" to an SWL . 

Today it has become "Let George do it!" many times a prospective amateur will accidentally fall into the clutches of one who is as inexperienced as himself. Naturally, the results are disheartening and indeed time consuming, considering the relearning period involved. Many newly licensed amateurs and some old ones too are quick to mistakenly evaluate the " Roger Roger OVER and out" operator as one emulate. If his operations seem professional and it goes uncorrected, what's a poor fellow to think? The true DX operator and the traffic handler seem to be overhaul standouts in operating technique. In the DXers case the infamous "Black List"  (which should probably be used more often) keeps the operator aware that any misconduct  on the air will not be tolerated. Is it only logical , when DX station calls " CQ JA ONLY" he's not besieged by all others calls areas? Although the traffic handler is not confronted with "Black List", his skill remains  high in the knowledge that traffic must pass quickly and accurately .I'm not naive enough to think that every amateur  can be a contest winner or a top traffic handler or Net coordinator, I feel however , that there has been to much emphasis placed on passing the code and written examination, with little emphasis on what happens after

Whether the ham be a tinkerer , who hasn't made a contact in months, or a fellow who is on the air nightly , amateurs owe it to themselves, and to those aspiring to become amateurs, to practice self discipline, consider the other fellow, give advice freely to those who ask for it and above all not be reluctant to tell a fellow when he's making an obvious mistake.