You are missing out on all the fun !!!! On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:41:47 -0800 (PST) Bob Kupps <[email protected]> writes: > Yeah DXCC stopped being interesting for me back when the the UN HQ > building in NYC was declared to be a "country"; maybe it isn't even > on the list anymore I haven't checked for decades... > > > > On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:02 AM, Herb Schoenbohm > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gents... Amateur radio is supposed to be devoid of politics as much > as > possible. but the more you dig the worse it gets. I once attended > an > IARU Region II meeting in Jamaica and was amazed by all the wheeling > and > dealing going on with DXCC accreditation at the core. That was > nearly 50 > years ago and it seems not much has changed. I had even heard that > the > ops at 706T where banned from working any 4X4's but the sharp ops > with a > wink and a nod just logged VX4*** rather than mentioning anything on > the > air. Would the ARRL "DXCC Desk" discredit a single 4X4 in need of > this > one? I sort of doubt it. At times there are bona fide reasons to > make > exception. Also the creation of private DX preserves by the ARRL > for > certain Radio Societies is legend. In fact KP5 (Desecheo) should > never > have been granted DXCC status when Mona Island which permits > visitors > was refused. Additionally Water Island, which KP2A fought for for > years, was clearly not part of the USVI and until recently > administered > solely by the U.S. Department of interior. But so the story goes > that > hams in Puerto Rico had decided to join the IARU as a distinct and > unique entity apart from the U.S. and the creation of a private DXCC > > location was the price the ARRL paid to halt those plans. The DXCC > > rules have been anything but consistant and have been bent and > twisted > like a heavily gerrymander congressional district to purposely > include > or exclude voters of certain just to satisfy some. > > > Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ > > > > > > > On 11/18/2013 3:47 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > > > > Len, > > > >> Why, you might ask after all this suffering, is that this nation > >> still is not recognazid as a separate entity to this very small > >> world of the global assembly that Ham radio really is? > > > > Ask the Serbs and Russians why they blocked Kosovar membership in > the > > UN and prevented ITU from assigning a callsign block, dialing > prefix > > and internet TLD? If the Serbs and Russians recognize the > Palestine > > they could certainly allow Kosovo similar international > privileges. > > > > Kosovo is recognized by the US as an "independent state" (see: > > http://www.state.gov/s/inr/rls/4250.htm) and like the EU the US > > maintains diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Unfortunately, the > > DXCC Rules (see: > http://www.arrl.org/files/file/DXCC/DXCC%20Rules.pdf) > > do not include the US DOS "Independent States in the World" > listing as > > a qualifying option for a "Political (Rule 1) Entity". > > > > 73, > > > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector > _________________ > Topband Reflector >
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