Bill: Thanks for the rapid reply. Too bad he didn't contact you, and you are unable to contact him. Hopefully he is aware of the posted DXCC rules and knows the acceditation requirements. I guess it is kind of a tossup as to whether it will ever count. My personal guess is that it won't be. Yemen is obviously a very difficult place to get an approved DXCC operation from. It seems easy enough to get some kind of permission to go there and operate given recent operations, but fitting the DXCC criteria is another story. WFWL in this case involves a large time committment and expense, but that will have to be my personal decision under the circumstances. Thanks again for your reply and information.
John Owens - N7TK -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Moore, Bill, NC1L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John: Please see my comments under each item, below: Regards Bill Moore NC1L DXCC Manager ARRL - The National Association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Telephone: (860) 594 0234 Fax: (860) 594-0346 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DXCC Web Site: www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc Blog: http://www.arrl.org/blog/DXCC%20Dialog From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 12:49 PM To: DXCC Cc: DX Chat Subject: 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. REPLY: Well, I tried but my attempt (e-mail) failed as it appears to be a bad address. And, he has not attempted to contact me, in advance. Since his visit is coming real soon contact by regular mail seems unlikely. Documentation requirements are prescribed by the DXCC rules and can be found in Section III: Accreditation Criteria. We will need to await his return to see what paperwork he might have. 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? REPLY: No way to tell right now. Cancelling vacation plans is your personal decision. 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. REPLY: I hope the people do not base their decision to work an operation based solely on my word! As they say, WFWL Regards Bill This message may be re-transmitted as long as it is in its entirety Sincerely John Owens - N7TK Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [email protected] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
