[DX-CHAT] Is This Old News????? DJ6SI arrested in Greece
Steve, N4JQQ RADIO LAW: FAMED GERMAN DX'ER DJ6SI ARRESTED IN GREECE In what has to be one of the strangest international legal issues involving a ham radio operator, famed German DXpedition leader Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI, has been arrested in Greece. But in a strange turn of events he was permitted to return to Germany if he promised that he would come back to Greece for trial. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom trying to sort it all out: -- Let me start by saying that it is very hard to know what has really taken place because most of the news sources are foreign language ham radio blogs and other news reports that have been electronically translated into English. Also, as we go to air there comes a purported statement in German from the person in the center of the controversy, DXer Baldur Drobnika, DJ6SI. It was posted to QRZ.com by YO4PX after being translated by DK5KF. As that is the latest information, lets start there and then take a look at the rest of the story as it seemed to unfold. The statement credited to DJ6SI reads as follows: June 3rd, 2012, 20:46 (UTC 2) Dear Michael, I wasn't charged with espionage. As a reason of my arrest it was stated that: 1. I performed radio traffic without the approval of the Greek authorities; 2. I owned transmitting equipment which enabled the reception of other frequencies; To the accusation was later added an other point: I hindered the visualization of the content of my notebook. I would like to ask you to eliminate the information that I was arrested for espionage, or to replace it with my statement. Vy 73 Baldur DJ6SI Now, the back story: According to news reports, 75 year old Baldur Drobnica, DJ6SI was on holiday on the Greek island of Kos. That's where he was reportedly taken into custody for the crime of espionage which was quickly reduced to operating amateur radio equipment. This, even though both Greece and Drobnika's home country of Germany are both signatories to the CEPT pan-European Amateur Radio licensing agreement. Even so, Greek news reports appear to indicate DJ6SI was actually arrested under a 1929 Greek law covering illegal operation of radio telegraph equipment even though the CEPT agreement would likely superscede the older law. According to Greek ham radio blogs the accusation of espionage was based on a complaint that he was producing strange noises with his computer. Those strange noises turned out to be CW and RTTY. This was corroborated by many who notice reports of his operation on Internet-based DX spotting clusters. Quite quickly the espionage charge appeared to disappear and the reduced charge under the 1929 law implemented. And in a strange turn of events, DJ6SI was permitted to return to Germany but he was told that he must return to Greece to stand trial on June 7th. That hearing is likely taking place as this newscast goes to air. But as several Greek hams have pointed out, DJ6SI would have not been permitted to leave the country if there were any real case or even a suspicion that he was engaged in spying activities. And one Greek ham radio blog took the matter a lot further. The Radio Amateur Association of Greece issued an angry statement defending DJ6SI. It claims that the responsibility for the entire matter should be placed on the to the shoulders of the officer that ignored laws and regulations, arrested DJ6SI and led him to court. They also place blame on the prosecutor who they say was quick to suggest his conviction based on a law passed in 1927, in the year 2012. The hams also point out that radio amateurs have been complaining for years to the responsible Ministry that public services and institutions and particularly police have not been informed properly about ham radio. The association says that it's the governments duty to inform all relevant authorities about amateur radio and its operations. Obviously. This story is far from over. __._,_.___ __,_._,___ --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] 7O6T
Just curious, did anyone NOT get their 7O6T confirmations via LoTW yet? My contacts showed up in Clublog and I've sent for a card with a modest donation, so I'm ok that I will get the confirmations. However, I haven't (yet) gotten the confirmation on LoTW and I'm just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat? 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com k2dbk.blogspot.com twitter: @k2dbk On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Scott Manthe n...@arrl.net wrote: My QSOs showed up in LoTW today, too. I made a *very* modest donation, so it looks like everyone who donated any amount via the OQRS system can expect their confirmations soon. 73, Scott, N9AA On 6/6/12 8:51 PM, JIM Abercrombie wrote: Received LOTW confirmation today. Yes, I made a $25 donation via paypal. Jim --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] 7O6T
I did OQRS and made a paypal donation last Sunday. Nothing here. Others are waiting that I know of as well. Don N1DG At 11:41 AM 6/9/2012, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: Just curious, did anyone NOT get their 7O6T confirmations via LoTW yet? My contacts showed up in Clublog and I've sent for a card with a modest donation, so I'm ok that I will get the confirmations. However, I haven't (yet) gotten the confirmation on LoTW and I'm just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat? 73, David, K2DBK http://k2dbk.comk2dbk.com http://k2dbk.blogspot.comk2dbk.blogspot.com twitter: @k2dbk On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Scott Manthe mailto:n...@arrl.netn...@arrl.net wrote: My QSOs showed up in LoTW today, too. I made a very modest donation, so it looks like everyone who donated any amount via the OQRS system can expect their confirmations soon. 73, Scott, N9AA On 6/6/12 8:51 PM, JIM Abercrombie wrote: Received LOTW confirmation today. Yes, I made a $25 donation via paypal. Jim --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to mailto:imail...@njdxa.orgimail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.orghttp://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- - N1DG--Licensed since 1962 EX-WB2DND, A61AD (GUEST OP, QSL MGR), /VP8O, /KH4, A52DG, /KH9, /BV, /VS6, /4X, /9V /A7 Webmaster: VP8O, K4M, BS7H, 3Y0X, K5K, A52A, VK0IR, 9M0C, ZK1XXP, WB2DND/KH9, BQ9P, ZL9CI 2006 inductee into the CQ Magazine DX Hall of Fame Member: NCDXF, CWops, ARRL, DDXA, YCCC AIM SKYPE: aurumtel Please consider the environment before printing this email --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
Re: [DX-CHAT] 7O6T
I MADE A MODEST PAYPAL DONATION REQUESTING LOTW FOR MY 20M CW LOTW CONFIRMATION. NOTHING YET. 73 BENNY K5KV On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Don Greenbaum d...@aurumtel.com wrote: I did OQRS and made a paypal donation last Sunday. Nothing here. Others are waiting that I know of as well. Don N1DG At 11:41 AM 6/9/2012, David Kozinn, K2DBK wrote: Just curious, did anyone NOT get their 7O6T confirmations via LoTW yet? My contacts showed up in Clublog and I've sent for a card with a modest donation, so I'm ok that I will get the confirmations. However, I haven't (yet) gotten the confirmation on LoTW and I'm just wondering if anyone else is in the same boat? 73, David, K2DBK k2dbk.com k2dbk.blogspot.com twitter: @k2dbk On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Scott Manthe n...@arrl.net wrote: My QSOs showed up in LoTW today, too. I made a very modest donation, so it looks like everyone who donated any amount via the OQRS system can expect their confirmations soon. 73, Scott, N9AA On 6/6/12 8:51 PM, JIM Abercrombie wrote: Received LOTW confirmation today. Yes, I made a $25 donation via paypal. Jim --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- - N1DG--Licensed since 1962 EX-WB2DND, A61AD (GUEST OP, QSL MGR), /VP8O, /KH4, A52DG, /KH9, /BV, /VS6, /4X, /9V /A7 Webmaster: VP8O, K4M, BS7H, 3Y0X, K5K, A52A, VK0IR, 9M0C, ZK1XXP, WB2DND/KH9, BQ9P, ZL9CI 2006 inductee into the CQ Magazine DX Hall of Fame Member: NCDXF, CWops, ARRL, DDXA, YCCC AIM SKYPE: aurumtel *P*lease consider the environment before printing this email --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org --- --- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org ---
