Shelby: This topic gets regurgetated periodically and the answer will be the same as before. Froom Hans (DK9KXA or DK9XX?) who was part of the group that went there:
No documentation was sent to DXCC because they never got actual paper confirmation of permission to operate there. They had verbal permission. Written permission has be be obtained directly from the Ministry of PTT. In spite of numerous letters, the Ministry of PTT would not send the written documentation to back up their verbal permission. As far as I know, that is still the case. They did their operation in Sanaa, in plain sight and with the knowledge of the local chief of secret police who monitored their opertion and did not complain. They had substantial antenna systems installed which made it very obvious what was going on. It was 400 yards away from the HB9 and DL embassies. After 9 days of operation and 35K QSO's, they were asked to cease operation and leave the country which is what they did. No one was arrested and no equipment was confiscated. The beef is with the Ministry of PTT for failure to back up their verbal permission with the ARRL required documentation and until they do, it will not be recognized by DXCC. Per Hans, the operation was stopped because a ham radio group complained about it and caused its demise. They know who the people are. The DXpedition group is not to blame. They had every reason to believe that they had proper permission for the operation. John Owens - N7TK -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Shelby Summerville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "7O1YGF remains in "pending documentation" status." > > As is, at least for me, ZB2/4O3AL. I fail to understand, if an operation is > legitimate, why the operator(s) are reluctant to send documentation? > > HNY to all > > C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW > > > 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 > 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
