[Elecraft] OT: solved: K7NEE/8R1 Dan (Guyana) on 30m

[Tom Childers, N5GE]

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:26:51 -0500, you wrote:

>
>> Maybe he's in the process of applying for k7nee.
>
>Even if he has applied for K7NEE as a vanity call he's not 
>entitled to use the call until the FCC issues it.  Looking 
>at the FCC database - "Daniel Nezgoda" is a Technician Plus 
>who has applied for the vanity call N7EAA (not K7NEE).  
>
>This operation looks bogus on so many levels (Tech Plus on 
>30 meters, illegal call, etc.).  I don't know if it is a 
>violation for the FCC to use an improper call when portable 
>outside the US but I'd think the authorities in 8R1 would 
>want to know that this guy isn't who/what he say he is. 
>
>73, 
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV 
> 
[snip]

My feelings exactly.  That is a bogus operation, even if the operator thinks
it's not.

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