[Dx-qsl] 7O1YGF and TT8ZB

[Osten B Magnusson]

Doug!

Have you ever worked in, or operated from a country where they
hardly know what amateur radio is? I have, and in those countries
there is no FCC, no regular licensing, and you have to accept the
documentation you get, if you ask for more you will get nothing...

Therefore the ARRL decisions are not subjective, but as most
paperwork is very different from a license issued in countries like
USA and Sweden, it may appear subjective. However it isn't, and
that's the reason I think that sometimes it takes much longer time
to get documentation approved, not only one person make the
decision.

Regarding Afghanistan and Iraq, there are several operations which
have not been approved, why I don't know.

Regarding operations from an embassy, yes there must be an approval
from the authorities of the DXCC-entity. Please read below a part of the
DXCC-rules, available at      www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc

73 de Osten   SM5DQC

a) Areas having the following characteristics are not eligible for inclusion on the DXCC List, and are considered as part of
the host Entity for DXCC purposes:
i) Any extraterritorial legal Entity of any nature including, but not limited to, embassies, consulates, monuments, offices
of the United Nations agencies or related organizations, other inter-governmental organizations or diplomatic missions;


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra at sasktel.net>
To: "'Ron Notarius W3WN'" <wn3vaw at verizon.net>; "'DX-QSL Reflector'" <DX-QSL at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:46 AM
Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] 7O1YGF and TT8ZB


> Help me out here.  Do all the operations from Iraq and
> Afghanistan have central government authority or is it from
> some other authority?
>
> Suppose the Yemen operation took place from an embassy, say
> a US embassy, would they require central government
> authority at that time?
>
> My point is are the rules consistent for each and every
> operation?  Or is the decision subjective?
>
> Doug
>
>
> 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
>
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