This kind of thing happens too often. Sadly, there is no cure for those who skim the gravy off other people's prepatory hard work. The worst of this practice is when a group or person jumps to a DX location with poor or no real permissions and spoils the place for a long time for ham radio there, and gives ham radio a bad name many places beyond that location. The other eventuality is that a DX trip results in injury or death due to poor planning or poor on-site behavior. I advocate more stringent DXCC oversight because DXCC is the only thing folks listen to. On the other hand, several entities just lack a formal way of licensing hams, as per below, getting DXing into a match between those who DXCC already trusts and others, because "the trusted insiders" just "must be ok" and thus an oral approval can be called a license, or whatever other method is used, for example. 73,Charles [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [DX-NEWS] 9X Press > Release> Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:54:41 +0100> > Team members of the > multinational dxpedition to Rwanda, 9X0R, > express their disagreement and > disappointment to the three > German operators who are operating from Rwanda > now, > because the only important thing for those three hams, it seems, > is > to be the first regardless of anything else.> > As everyone knows, it was > almost impossible to get a license > in Rwanda. After 6 months of hard work, > I reached an in-person > interview with the Head of RURA, the department of > Rwanda's > Government that deals with affairs of radio, and, risking my > previous > work and the full cost of this trip, I went to talk to the head of > the RURA .> Before my trip to Kigali everything related with amateur radio > > (licensing included) was frozen . RURA Officials were fearful of amateur > > radio activities and they had not much interest in this matter. They did > > not know how to make a license, or conditions or standards to apply or > > protocols to follow, problems which were solved thanks to the work > done by > Peter Stabusch and myself in those frenetic days of the > beginning of this > year. So they start to establish the Rules to follow > for obtaining the > amateur license and at the same time they prepared > my 9X0R license. > > I > am a member of the German DX Foundation and since my appointment > with the > head of RURA was confirmed past December, I sent an email > to GDXF Secretary > informing him about my plans and told him that I > would like to have another > GDXF member in my team. I was > communicating this way to my friends in the > GDXF, including its > President,DJ9ZB, telling them about my plans without > hiding anything > because I was thinking that all GDXF members we are > gentlemen.> > Today, thanks to the work others have done, DJ6SI, DK2WV and > > DJ9ZB have been able to get their 9X0 licenses so quickly, at the > same time > counting us for nothing, although simple domestic > education means, at > least, informing us about their intentions. > > I suppose that their only aim > was to go there and get on the air before > us regardless of anything else. > > > This is something I would never have done because of my > moral principles, > my ethical principles and my education. > > 9X0R members want to express our > revulsion towards this kind > of practice. We will continue with our plans of > doing the Dxpedition as > it was planned and helping to establish amateur > radio in Rwanda as > well as Rwanda Amateur Radio Union in the Republic of > Rwanda > and donating materials for the future Kigali's radio club station so > that > young people of Rwanda could get acquainted with the world of > > Amateur Radio and would be able to learn about international > friendship > through our hobby.> > Therefore, I ask everyone of you that, if you spend > your time on > calling 9X0X-DJ6SI, 9X0W-DK2WV or 9X0Z-DJ9ZB pile-ups , > just > think and remember which kind of hams you are trying to contact. > > We, 9X0R > members, still believe in the gentlemen hams and we are > against those who > believe that anything is valid looking to be first.> > The 9X0R will return > to the German DX Foundation the funds donated > by it because we believe that > the actions of its President, DJ9ZB, are not > the proper ones to promote > amateur radio, DX and dxpeditions.> > Antonio Gonzalez EA5RM - 9X0R> > > www.9x0r.com> > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------> Archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> THE DXR is sponsored by the > North Jersey DX Association.> Please visit our website:> > http://www.njdxa.org/index.php> To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send request > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and allow a few hours for acknowledgement> > ---------------------------------------------------------->
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