[OKDXA] Naive DXCC Question

John Geiger af5cc2 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 27 22:55:21 EST 2017


Hi Kim,

Which country was it for?  My Kure QSL was for 1982, but I think I had
another one around the 1988 or 89 date for Juan De Nova that had the same
issue, I think.

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> It was 23 Feb 1989 a phone QSO on 17 m. I'm pretty sure it was part of my
> very first submission for DXCC and so would have fallen under what you
> describe. That's what I suspect, anyway. I haven't yet found the card, but
> I've seen images of it on the web and I remember it because it has a
> cartoon Monk seal on the front. I guess I thought it was cute.
>
> 73,
>
> Kim N5OP
>
>
> On 2/27/2017 9:40 PM, John Geiger wrote:
>
>> Hi Kim,
>>
>> How long ago did you submit those countries for your original DXCC?  I
>> think quite a while back the ARRL did not keep track of mode for mixed
>> submissions.  I remember having that issue for Kure Is. at least, and had
>> to resubmit it when I applied for a phone DXCC.
>>
>> 73 John AF5CC
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have a naive question, or perhaps simply an ignorant one.
>>>
>>> I'm looking over my DXCC totals paperwork that I received a few days ago
>>> from ARRL. I see two credits for countries that are still active, but for
>>> which there is no mode information. Why do they show up as only "Mixed"
>>> with no "Phone" or "CW" or any other mode associated with them? What's up
>>> with that? Is this something I've done? How do I get credit for a QSO
>>> that
>>> has no mode association?
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Kim N5OP
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP
> SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>
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> doesn’t matter who said it./
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