[DX] Question about E31A

Fri, 07 Mar 2003 11:34:08 -0500

One note on this:   Eritrea, was a protectorate assigned to Ethiopia (by 
the old League of Nations and then the United Nations) prior to 14 
November, 1962, thus the calls were ET2, not E3 at that time.  The only two 
active stations, that I knew of (and I was there) were ET2US , The American 
club at Kagnew Station, US Army Base, and Aldo, ET2ZU.   They became ET3USA 
AND ET3ZU ( with the prefixes 9E3 and 9F3 also being allowed) on 14 
November,1962, due to the local political group being taken by gun point 
into the assembly room, and forced to vote to become a state of 
Ethiopia.  We woke up one morning and "we were in Ethiopia"
     After a long prolonged war between Eritrea and later,  their 
neighboring southern state, versus Ethiopia, those two states won and 
Eritreans were given the right to vote whether to go it alone, or become a 
permanent part of Ethiopia.  They of course decided to go it alone.  There 
have been wars and border skirmishes between the two countries ever 
since.  Eritrea has been the site of numerous wars and different countries 
have occupied it for centuries.  Muslims and Christians have swept back and 
forth many times across the country and have created a mixed racial 
profile, with several languages spoken even today.  Surprisingly the people 
are cheerful and friendly, and It would not surprise me in the least to see 
an American base back in there, in support of our ongoing conflict and 
"chase" of Bin Laden and associates.  The Dahlak Island group lies just off 
the coast, in the Red Sea, and would be an excellent place for air forces 
to be stationed.  The old Russian base there was used during their recent 
conflicts in support of Ethiopia against Eritrea.  Prior to that it was 
held by the Italians in WWII, then the British etc. etc.

  At 11:47 PM 3/6/2003 -0500, Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote:
>Mike,
>
>Good thing I'm a pack rat!
>
>The JH1AJT flap, er, situation took place in June, July & August 1999,
>according to the
>various emails I kept.
>
>I had clipped the following from the 30 August 1999 ARRL Letter to use in my
>club newsletter -- because Bernie W3UR was the original source quoted, I'd
>run it by him before using to make sure I didn't accidently violate his
>"Daily DX" copyright -- and this is the last I'd heard about specific
>details regarding Zorro's situation:
>
>"The Daily DX reports that DXpeditioner Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT [7O1A
> > XW30A XU1A E31A], voluntarily surrendered his Amateur Radio station
>license
> > last May. Editor Bernie McClenny, W3UR, cited a telephone conversation
>with
> > the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications in Tokyo, Japan, as his source.
> > Miyazawa was to have received the DXer of the Year Award at the New
>Orleans
> > International DX Convention August 28.  On June 16, the newspaper Asahi
> > Shimbun reported that Miyazawa and another Japanese amateur were arrested
> > after allegedly obtaining an operator license under false
>identification. -
> > W3UR/The Daily DX (Vol. 3 #147), The ARRL Letter (Vol. 18 #34)."
>
>There were also additional allegations regading Zorro (and another amateur,
>Daikoku JG3QCW) being detained & questioned by the authorities.  There were
>some discrepancies noted by many at the time over who was detained, for how
>long, and whether or not charges were filed.  Looking the many emails over
>(almost 4 years later) it seems that only issue(s) related to the license
>were pursued by the authorities -- and if I am incorrect on that, corrected
>information never made it to an email that I saw.
>
>Also, if memory servers, Zorro withdrew from consideration as DX'er of the
>Year, and I don't believe anyone else was nominated to take his place.  But
>I'll have to go digging back into my Daily DX & ARRL Letter archives to
>verify that.
>
>As far as E3 Eritrea goes, the DXCC info I have notes:
>    (E3) Only contacts made November 14, 1962, and before,
>    or May 24, 1991, and after, count for this entity
>
>...so the entity itself was OK for the E31A time frame.  As to whether or
>not E31A in general counts, or why G4DDS had his 9F2CW/A  card rejected,
>that question should be asked directly to NC1L at the DXCC desk.
>
>Finally, all of "the usual suspects" still show JH1AJT as the E31A manager.
>
>73, ron wn3vaw
>
>"It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood... won't you be my neighbor?"
>Fred Rodgers, "Mister Rogers Neighborhood," SK, 27 February 2003
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mike Pickard" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 8:42 PM
>Subject: [DX] Question about E31A
>
>
>Fellow DX-ers,
>
>My friend Alf, G4DDS has a pesky QSL question (below) regarding E31A. I
>spent a fair amount of time doing on-line searches and all postings were
>from the June/August, 1999 time frame. See the example clipping below of
>the 1999 news release when JH1AJT, "Zorro", was reported to be in jail
>for ham license transgressions while at the same time being nominated
>for DX-er of the year at the 1998 New Orleans DX Convention! After that,
>there is a dearth of info. I find no more listings.
>
>Thanks for any help & 73,
>Mike K7NPN
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>3/2/03
>Hi Mike
>Is it possible for you to find out through your DX club if the call E31A
>worked in August 1993 counts for Eritrea.After sending my QSL cards to
>the ARRL they have rejected my 9F2CW/A Eritrea QSL as i worked him on
>the 31 Jan 1993 and they will only accept QSL's dated 1 Feb 1993 and
>after.Does anyone know if the ARRL will accept the E31A for Eritrea?If
>so is there a new QSL manager as i have heard that the operator is
>serving time in a Japanese jail??
>Hope everyone is keeping well and the summer is not far away
>73, ALF G4DDS
>
>-=-=-=-=- Example of the news release from 1999 -=-=-=-=-=
>Zorro Turns in his Ticket
>from ARRL Letter Aug. 25th, 1999
>The Daily DX reports that DXpeditioner Yasuo "Zorro" Miyazawa, JH1AJT,
>voluntarily surrendered his Amateur Radio station license to authorities
>last May. The DX newsletter, edited by Bernie McClenny, W3UR, cited a
>telephone conversation with the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications in
>Tokyo, Japan, as the source of its report. Miyazawa was scheduled to
>receive the DXer of the Year Award at the New Orleans International DX
>Convention August 28. On June 16, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper had
>reported that Miyazawa and another Japanese amateur were arrested after
>allegedly obtaining an operator license under false identification. Over
>the years, Miyazawa has been to many DX spots throughout Asia, Africa
>and the Pacific Ocean including 7O1A, XW30/XW30A, A51/JH1AJT, XU1A,
>XW8KPL, E31A, among others
>
>
>
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