It appears that Frodo and Don Quixote are alive and well.
73, Jay/AF2C --- K9AJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 18:25:06 -0700 > >From: Stu Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Timor Leste > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Original-recipient: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Statement of JA1BK concerning the > status of Timor Leste > >Nelson Moyer, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED], has reported > DXCC > >Desk manager Bill Moore's ARRL's comments that > UNTAET/4W and Timor > >Leste are the same DXCC entity and Nelson guessed > that "... Stu's and > >Kan's petition has been denied." > >That is not the case. The petitions are very much > alive and are under > >consideration by ARRL. They are partially based on > the addition of the > >United Nations to the entity list even though this > violated DXCC2000. The > >person who added UNTAET/4W to the list mistakenly > thought that ITU had > >allocated the 4WA-4WZ bloc to UNTAET when in fact > it had been allocated to > >the United Nations. A mistake was made. > >Many of you dxers treat DXCC as a game, and so it > is. But since you're > >spending much of your life playing it, why not read > the rules just once at > ><http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html>http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html > > > > >I myself in a few days as 4W1BK made 3,503 QSOs > with 2400 stations in May > >of this year, many with contacts on several bands > and modes, and 4W1DN > >(JR2KDN) worked other stations. I am optimistic > that the petitions will > >be accepted and immediately thereafter several of > us will reactivate 4W1BK > >(we still have Thor's Rhombic and Force 12) , and > hopefully, all who need > >the new one will be in the log. > > > > 73 > > > > Kan > > JA1BK 4W1BK > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems, etc DX-NEWS http://njdxa.org/dx-news DX-CHAT: http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX NEWS items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives http://www.mail-archive.com/dx-news%40pro-usa.net -------------------------------------------------------
