[Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

John,

IIRC, the central ministry denied that the license issued by the branch office was proper or legal.  So that's one big difference.

I have had many long conversations with a former US Air Force officer too and from Dayton over the years, and one of our favorite topics was hashing out the 7O1 situatiions.  He told me that when he was active duty and working in that part of the world, it was not uncommon for things to be done on a handshake... and if something became public knowledge that could be embarressing, or worse, could cost someone to have their head separated from the rest of their body, it was thus very easy for any public official to deny everything.

In other words, and I'm speculating here, if someone involved with national security took afront to the 7O1A operation, it is easier for the people in San'aa to deny all (and shift the blame) rather than stick their necks out (almost literally) over the license issued in Aden.  And IF that is the case -- remember, I'm speculating here, I am not saying that this is fact -- who do you believe, when it comes to determing if the operators had a valid license to operate?

And IIRC there have been other situations over the years where a government has retroactively cancelled or otherwise invalidated existing licenses (the 9U situation a few years back comes to mind), so this is not unprecedented.  I'm not saying it's right or it's fair, but it happens.

73


Apr 11, 2011 01:26:17 PM, nt5c at texas.net wrote:

On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Ron W3WN wrote:

> I have been told by a reliable source that, in essence, the hold up 
> on 7O1YGF was the lack of documentation -- ANY documentation -- that 
> showed that they were in the country legally, and/or that they had 
> permission to import the equipment they operated with, either of 
> which would imply that they had permission to operate.

That's why I found the rejection of 7O1A odd. I've not heard anyone 
question that Franz and Zorro were legally in Yemen (Aden), or that 
they had permission to operate from the Ministry of Communication 
office there (perhaps it wasn't written?). It's really not our 
problem if, after the fact, the Sana'a central Ministry office 
resented what their Aden branch had done.

Ah well - thanks for confirming that I'm not missing one guys!

John, NT5C.
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