Before anyone else's temper flares up on 7O1YGF, let's all remember one key fact:
The DXCC Desk can't approve the operation. Not won't; can't. Why? Simple: The 7O1YGF team never submitted anything. In past years, I've had a lot of talks at Dayton and via email with various people connected to the DXCC program at the time. Whenever I've brought up the subject of this one, I have been told many times, point blank, that they would love to approve the operation. But until documentation (not just photographs) of some kind, any kind, is submitted, it will remain pending. Many of us argue about the fine points of what should count for sufficient documentation... passport or visa stamps, or customs approval to import the gear, or a letter from Someone Official indicating that they had permission to operate... whatever. If any of this documentation exists, no one in Newington has seen it. If it doesn't exist, no one from the team has told Newington the story. By the same token, without a submittal, I doubt that they will approve it. That opens the door to anyone who claims "the dog ate my license" when asking for approval. Yes, once upon a time, a DX'er's word on where he was operating from was pretty much good enough. That was back in the days when dx'ers were few, dx'er's were presumed to be gentlemen and honorable, and the world wasn't as concerned about coverring it's collective assets if something went wrong. And then came W9WNV, and Romeo, and a handful of others of that ilk, and a change for the worse came. So give Newington a break. They're not out to undermine a DXpedition; hardly the case. But it's their program, their rules, and those rules aren't exactly a secret... so if someone chooses not to play ball, don't blame them. 73 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
