[Dx-qsl] 7O1YGF and TT8ZB

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

There's no "hidden agenda" here.

It's been well established that 7O1A did not have a license from the central
governmental authority, only permission from local authorities.

And I know for a fact that past ARRL staffers have literally begged and
pleaded with the 7O1YGF operators for some -- any -- documentation to prove
that they had permission from the central government to import their
equipment, let alone anything that would appear to be proof of license.
Further, at least some team members have claimed to have this documentation
and have promised to foward it along; they haven't.  So your beef with the
7O1YGF operation lies with the operation, not with the ARRL.

I have also talked at length with a local DX'er who spent some time in that
part of the world.  Suffice to say, based on his background information on
that part of the world, I strongly believe that the 7O1YGF team had, or
thought they had, permission to operate; but, someone higher in authority
than their contact(s) disapproved.  And that their contact(s) dare not put
anything on paper, as it could mean their necks (figuratively and
literally).

Bottom line gang, is very simple:  You must have a valid license from the
entity's central governmental authority to operate from your DXCC entity for
it to be accepted.  These were the rules in effect at the time of the two
aforementioned Yemen operations.  Neither of these operations had them or
have proven otherwise.

How any of this can be considered the "fault" of the ARRL in general and/or
the DXCC desk in particular is beyond me.

73, ron w3wn

-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Doug Renwick
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 6:32 PM
To: 'DX-QSL Reflector'
Subject: [Dx-qsl] 7O1YGF and TT8ZB


The one major complaint I have about the ARRL/DXCC is the
reluctance to accept Yemen contacts...7O1YGF and 7O1A by
DJ9ZB.
For some 'hidden reason' the ARRL feels that 'approved'
Yemen operations are not acceptable to them.  Until
otherwise proven, I think that it must be political in
nature.  It's too bad that the ARRL has soiled a good award.

Doug


At 05:54 PM 3/11/2007, Dick Flanagan wrote:

>Has anyone received credit for the 7O1YGF operation to
Yemen in
>April 2000?  I just had my card returned by the DXCC Desk
for lack
>of documentation.

It will never be approved.  Which is too bad, since the
operators
were clearly where they said they were, and they had some
sort of permission.

73 - Jim AD1C


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