[Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996

[HK3CW]

Yup or like http://www.radio-sport.net/hk_ra3co2.htm

We could be here all day exchanging ham cheater links...

73 de Rob  HK3CW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Lago" <ac7dx at comcast.net>
To: <dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996


> You mean like these people?
> http://dokufunk.org/upload/xy0rr.pdf?PHPSESSID=4bd92b9f419c55b78ae9d7599a234ee5
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> Check out the operators who knew they were not in Burma, but went on to
> operate many Dxpeditions that counted...right Harry?
> 73
> Ron
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> On 4/11/2011 11:22 AM, HK3CW wrote:
>> I agree but go tell that to the contest cheaters, its a hobby and there's
>> more cheaters that DXCC entities!
>> There are cheaters everywhere! Like if I contact a rare island I would 
>> like
>> for that station to be actually ON the island instead of on the boat NEXT 
>> to
>> the island. Or if I contact a station, I'd really like for that station 
>> to
>> be legal not some bogus callsign pirated by somebody...
>>
>> 73 de HK3CW  Rob
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Richard J. Fiero II W5TFW"<joeyw5tfw at gmail.com>
>> To:<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996
>>
>>
>>> IMHO,
>>>
>>> this is a HOBBY,  why does it have to be such a LEGAL nightmare !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Joey
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ron Notarius W3WN"<wn3vaw at verizon.net>
>>> To:<nt5c at texas.net>
>>> Cc:<dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 1:04 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] 7O1A Yemen in 1996
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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