[Dx-qsl] 7O1YGF

[Dave Haney]

Right on the mark !

Let's stop pointing fingers at the ops who invested considerable
time,effort,money, and other resources into this operation. They deserve our
gratitude instead of all the grumbling.

Since it is the League that is issuing the desired awards, they certainly
could accept this operation (at least on a provisional basis).

73
Dave Haney
W3SJ
List Administrator


I agree with most of what Mike, K3AIR and others, have to say.  I also
worked 7O1YGF on SSB and CW. I have both cards and if they counted I would
be at the top of the Honor Roll.  I've been a ham for 50 years this March
20th and it has been a long haul trying to work them all.  Never had a beam
up until 1988. Always wire or vertical antennas.

>From what I remember about the OH operation that took place after the
7O1YGF
he was only there for a long weekend and only worked one NA station.  All
the rest were in Europe.  I also remember hearing the Yemen government told
the ARRL that if they recognized this operation there would never be another
amateur radio operation from Yemen.  Well that doesn't seem to matter since
its been almost seven years and no one had operated in dxpedition style from
Yemen.

I also believe one of the German operators is a silent key. Seems like he
passed away a couple years after the operation.

What I think the ARRL should do is recognize this operation on a temporary
basis until a real operation can take place.  Something like what happened
to Romeo operation from Myanmar (Burma).  I was told by an ARRL official, at
HAMCOM in 1997, that they planned to revoke the credit XY0RR that they had
issued unless the person had QSLs from XZ1N. I don't know if anyone actually
lost credit.  I also think the Yemen government owes the US big time for the
USS Cole incident.

It also seem to me that DX in DXCC was about working distant places and not
foreign governments which it seems to have become.  This 7O1YGF operation
took place not to long after the Yemen Civil War had ended. I think there
were still two government bodies function one in Sanaa and the other in Aden
and they probably had less that perfect communication between them.  No one
had thought about amateur radio and what to do about it. So if it comes up
just say that "operation is not possible".

Isn't that what the hams that want to mount a dxpedition to KP1 or KP5 hear
from the US government?

We can always hope their will be an operation in the future.

73
Herb
AB5C


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