[Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK

AL_N6TA six2go at comcast.net
Sat Jul 6 13:11:02 EDT 2019 

It may be that the rules have changed now that the Fish and Wildlife
Services and other non-FCC agencies have become more involved with access
and permissions for some of the places that you visited.
Al
N6TA

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Zack <k7acz at cox.net> 
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2019 9:51 PM
To: allanws at n9isn.com; 'AL_N6TA' <six2go at comcast.net>
Cc: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK

Back in my day many small Pacific Islds had LORAN stations operated by the
US Coast Guard. We would fly supplies in via USCG C-130 acft based in
Hawaii. For the far Pacific (Iwo Jima and Marcus) we would get supplies at
Yokota AB in Japan. For Palau, Yap, Ulithi, etc, we would go to the
Philippines. Every USCG LORAN station was equipped with a KWM-2A, 30L1 Amp,
and Mosely TA-33 yagi for use on the MARS bands.
Some guys got a ham license, or were pirates, and put the stations on the
air. I operated from most of them on layovers and once from the Air Force
station on Johnston Isld. As small as Johnston was the Coast Guard was on a
smaller island a couple of miles away. The Coasties went to Johnston for
R&R. But the other LORAN stations were only Coasties and some JA pers
running a WX stations.

These were US Territories and US ham licenses were legal. As far as having
permission to land that was never an issue. So it seems if a person was able
to land on Wake, either as a member of the military or a contract worker,
he/she should be legal to operate from the island.
Wake used to be a major refueling stop for Air Force acft. At times there
would be maint issues or other problems requiring them to RON.
So if there was a ham on one of those flites and he was to make friends with
either the Coast Guard or air Force trustee of their ham stations it seems
he/she should be legal to get on the air.

My 2 cents worth as a Pacific Island hopper.

Alan Zack
Amateur Radio Station K7ACZ
Official USCG Auxiliary Comm Station
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Delta Rocket Quality Engineer, The Boeing Company, Retired Aviation Chief
Warrant Officer,  U.S. Coast Guard, Retired http://www.qrz.com/db/K7ACZ
http://gocoastguard.com http://www.uscgradio.net http://www.comm-one.club
http://oldbluejacket.com/USCG_CoastiesRule.htm


-----Original Message-----
From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Allan W Schlaugat
Sent: Friday, July 5, 2019 04:47 PM
To: AL_N6TA <six2go at comcast.net>
Cc: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK

Lets really muddy these waters up. My only contact with them, on 30M, was
confirmed on LOTW *and* I submitted it as a band entity counter for DXCC and
it was accepted for credit in late December 2018.
It still counts as of today. Though I bet if the ARRL does a audit and
cleans this up, I will lose that credit for 30m. That happened to a 9Q
station several years ago and I lost a 10m contact with them after I
submitted its LOTW confirmation.

See ya   Al   N9ISN




On Tue, 2 Jul 2019 19:10:24 -0700, "AL_N6TA" <six2go at comcast.net>
wrote:

>LoTW confirms my QSO.  I realize that does not make it a valid entity
for awards.  Glad I do not need it.  Have you asked the op for his story?
>He was quite inexperienced as an op but may know just what he needed
for DXCC.  He should be asked if someone needs to know the situation.
>Al
>N6TA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net>

>On Behalf Of wa6poz at comcast.net
>Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2019 2:31 PM
>To: 'Ken Boasi' <n2zn at rochester.rr.com>; dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK
>
>Ken,
>
>Assumption is he had permission.  Who gave it?  Since he is using his
call portable the FCC did not get involved.  
>
>The league requires documentation.  Did N7NVK get permission from
some other governmental organization, i.e., Fish and Wildlife.  If so, he
must have paper to prove it.
>He needs to send a copy or the original of the permission to the
league.
>
>Many, many years ago I was the QSL manager for a friend who traveled
the world for a major news organization.  He was a regular visitor to
Lebanon went to the Communications Office and obtained a license  but the
league refused to accept it. The license was on official stationary
correctly filled out but unsigned.  
>Unsigned because the official feared for life if the license got into
the wrong hands.  I was his QSL manager for Jordan but he held license for a
dozen other countries, all valid. 
>
>Same is true if you obtain a license to another country.  The league
wants to see the paper.
>
> Gerry WA6POZ
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx-qsl-bounces at mailman.qth.net>

>On Behalf Of Ken Boasi
>Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 4:00 PM
>To: dx-qsl at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Dx-qsl] KH9/N7NVK
>
>Hi guys,
>
>I recently submitted a card for KH9/N7NVK for DXCC and it was
rejected for “no documentation received”. 
>
>Has anyone else had this happen? Also, any idea what documentation
the League would be looking for? Presumably, if he’s on Wake Island to begin
with, he has permission to be there. Having a US license means he’s properly
licensed for Wake. I guess he needs permission to operate radio on the
island from some authority?
>
>73, Ken N2ZN
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Amateur Radio: N9ISN            Home Page:   www.n9isn.com
American Philatelic Society #186089                    

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behind me.

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