[ADXA] Clarify OH2BH article in QST this month about ST0

[w5zn at w5zn.org]

I would be interested in Bill's comments as well, San. Rick may remember 
also.

All I recall is what you have referenced below and my head was spinning 
back then because I had it, then it was deleted, then it was back on but 
I had to work it again then it was back and forth, back and forth.

Joel W5ZN

On 2022-02-21 17:46, Sandy Hutson wrote:

> In OH2BH's article about DXing in this month's QST there is some 
> confusing statement on page 61, showing him and OH2MM putting on 
> ST2FF/ST0 in 1980. It says it was "the first time the entity was 
> counted for DXCC". Then states it counted again in 2013. It was not the 
> first time ST0 counted for DXCC in 1980. I may be misreading things...
> 
> To clarify:   ST0 was put on the DXCC list officially in late 1978 and 
> operations were accepted for DXCC including the first ham known 
> operation a few months before my ST0YY, and our QSOs counted for DXCC. 
> ST0 was added along with 4U1UN in in about November 78 and retroactive 
> QSOs counted ( maybe even back to 1972, if someone else had operated ).
> 
> The article states it counted again in 2013 when Z81X operated. Well, 
> IN BETWEEN those mentioned operations, ST0 was DELETED in 1998 and then 
> was "r_eactivated_" in 7-14-2011 and counted for DXCC again. Maybe 
> nobody operated from 7-14-2011, so  perhaps OH2BH's trip in 2013 was 
> the first after ST0 was re-added?
> 
> _   Yaesu DXCC entity "Essentials"_ clarified ALL DXCC entities, 
> Deleted and Current.
> 
> * ST0 *** Contacts between May 7th, 1972 and December 31, 1994 count 
> for this entity.
> * Deletion 1998
> * ST0 (after re-added in 2011) mentions the "new addition" and the 
> unofficial prefix
> 
> Perhaps K5FUV would like to chime in with his thoughts on the page 61 
> misquote on dates and first time to count for DXCC in 1980.. Long story 
> short is ST0 was deleted and re-added to the DXCC standings at two 
> distinct time. Counts as a deletion and you had to rework again after 
> 2011.  Ain't DX fun but complicating at times as to 'count or no count' 
> and when?... 😊
> 
> San YY
> 
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