John! I can't see how Bill should be able to answer your questions as I suppose he hasn't seen any documention yet -- WFWL as usual!
73 de Osten SM5DQC [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill (ARRL DXCC) Moore Cc: DX Chat Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:48 PM Subject: [DX-CHAT] 7O Bill: I am writing this as an open email to you in hopes that you will respond to my questions for my benefit, and also for others that partake in DXCC. The following article appeared in the DXis website: Chris Lorek, G4HCL, has authorized me to inform everyone that he plans to be active from Sana, Yemen, once again as 7O/G4HCL from Monday 13 August until early on Wednesday 15 August. Chris has written permission and official authority to operate on all HF amateur bands under supervised conditions, but warns that it may or may not be possible to obtain the specific documentation that satisfies DXCC requirements. WFWL! This is NOT A DXpedition but a business trip, and operation will therefore only be when possible and is only likely to be for short periods at a time. Chris will be using 1kW to a professional biconical monopole communications antenna. Activity will be SSB only, and probably only on 20m (look between 14170 and 14260kHz). QSL information for this operation is direct only to G4HCL,PO Box 400, Eastleigh SO53 4ZF, UK. This begs the obvious questions given the recent 7O operations (7O1YGF AND 7O1A) that have happened and not approved by DXCC: 1. Have you had any contact with Chris regarding who the proper authority is and what paperwork is necessary for it to get DXCC approval? Would you let us know who the recognized authority is there and what paperwork is required from them. I ask this question because it keeps coming up in discussions about past and future operation from 7O. If he hasn't contacted you, are you going to try and contact him to advise him on what is required to get approval of his op from DXCC. 2. Do you feel there is a possibility of this becoming a DXCC approved operation? Is it worth canceling my current vacation plans to try and make a contact and get a card confirming it? 3. Since it is not a Dxpedition and since he will only be operating during his available time, it means extensive time commitment on our parts to try and be there when he activates. That pretty much ties up 3 days to do that. When he is on, there will be huge pileups with the slimmer chances of getting through .Is it worth going through all of that if it is unlikely to ever get DXCC approval? Sharing you opinion on this will hopefully gives us a better feel for whether it is worth the effort and sacrifices to get in the log. I don't need any more wallpaper of worthless QSL cards from 7O. Sincerely John Owens - N7TK Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
