[Dx-qsl] (no subject)

[N7DC at cs.com]

>From todays ARRL bulletin:

"6O0A ---> Sam Voron, VK2BVS (6O0A) [425DXN 636] has been back in Galkayo,
Central Somalia for a while and will be there until 30 September. He has
established two club stations (the first at the Radio Galkayo ARC and the
second at the Radio Daljir ARC) which are being used for amateur radio radio
training courses. Those stations are also available for the use of foreigners
and details on getting the Somalia Visitors ham radio license can be found at
http://www.radiogalkayo.com/banner/radio_school3.php. As for getting a QSL
card from 6O0A, this is a "QSO only" station and Sam is not interesting in
QSLling: "I am leaving the QSLing for the hams who may mount future
dxpeditions or when the locals can do it", he says. "

NOT THE WAY to train future amateur radio operators.  HE may not be 
interested in QSLing, but who does he think its contacting them when they are 
"training"?  Start them correctly in the WHOLE of the hobby, and dont leave out a very 
important step.

I wonder if this is the same person who went to one of the South Sea Islands 
a few years back, and did the same thing?  

With the LogBook of the World and eQSL out there, and completely free, there 
is no excuse whatsoever  for not at the very least using those services, and 
thus allow the worlds ham population to not only work, to to confirm this 
fairly rare country.  

Ive got Somalia on two bands, so dont look for me to be in there, if there 
are to be no QSLs.  Its a shame to go to all the trouble to "train" hams, and 
not go all the way.
Danny