I enjoyed reading the ZD7KYD DXpedition summary by KY8D, vacation style.

A modicum of polite banter was both hoped for and expected. Minimalist QSOs of just only 599 TU did not merit manual entry into my spiral-bound paper logbook. And for being absent from that, were not transcribed later into my PC database from which LoTW uploads get issued. No apology whatever shall be forthcoming.

Allow me to here lament the relentless erosion of amateur radio into just yet another sport. One now made completely silly by the invention of FT8. Hardly can you call it a communication activity once the majority of all radio traffic contains nil information. Connecting computers by radio to accomplish what, exactly? Just to play tag? Seriously?

The ADIF file is ready for upload. Said upload will eventuate immediately upon receipt of a certificate for ZD7KYD from the ARRL. Said certificate was applied for on 2025-02-16, and should not take long. Included in said ADIF are only those QSOs listed in my pencil-on-paper logbook (not any push-button ‘599 TU’ QSOs such as ignored my attempt to extend for a meaningful duration, and so proved not worth the effort to write down).