[ADXA] North Korea

[Richard Harris]

Graft is one thing and pretty common in many parts of the world, but to
pay a regime that has threatened nuclear destruction to it's neighbors (and
us!)
is crossing the line for me for a hobby. They want foreign money for their
programs no matter how they get it. Sending their workers to foreign
countries
to earn money was a new one for me. Xenophobia to the worst degree equals
North Korea.... Rick

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Joel Harrison <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:

> Not to jump in the middle of politics but it is not uncommon to have to
> pay the government of a very rare DX country a good bit of money for
> operating permission. It has happened many, many times in the past so this
> is not unique. There is a reason a lot of these countries are rare!
>
> Regardless, this was an unfortunate ordeal and I'm sure everyone has read
> a number of the details and opinions from both sides of the isle. N6PSE is
> certainly a very experienced DXpedition leader and knows what he's doing,
> especially since he just returned from South Sandwich and South Georgia
> Island's and added those to his extensive list of rare DX activations.
>
> Hopefully this will work out in the long run and P5 will be activated at a
> level far above what it has in the past.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
> > Interesting article on NK in today's ARRL Newsletter.
> > I'm not familiar with the subject, but I think paying NK for anything
> > is either illegal or, if not, highly irresponsible regardless of how
> > rare it is. They are a major problem in the world of geopolitics.
> > My 2 cents hi..
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